Lucy

A solid thriller, when it stops trying to be too clever.

Hockey! Pies! Romance! Whats not to love?

I tried hard to love this book but it was just badly written. I like most of the characters and the setting but the story was jerky, confusing and didn't flow. 2.5/5 stars.

A ripping second half made up for a slow start. A worthy companion to The Midwife and Etta.

A subtle and clever dystopian novel that reminded me a little of Station Eleven. I love Enid, she is a wonderfully strong and interesting lead, who uses her brains and wit to solve a murder in a small, close knit community after the “Fall” of civilisation. I accidentally read the sequal first, but part one is better.

The bonus short story was better then the titular one, but both were enjoyable.

Vaguely connected stories chronicling the history of a Kentish castle. Sounds great. Sadly the stories are disjointed the artwork is lacking. A great concept, but badly executed.

Beautifully written but boring, depressing, slow and monotonous.

I loved this book just as much as the first one, although it is quite a different plot, taking place as it does, in space.

The only quibble I had was with Edna, who really didn't feel like the strong, powerful woman we met in TCS.

I wanted to love this book, but I felt it fell short. Some of the characters like Kait and Velvet I liked, others like Joe I felt were under developed. Over all, solid if a bit lacking in pizzazz.

Wonderful to read a truly unique YA adventure/romance. Blackwater Island is a well thought out setting, the characters are flawed enough to be interesting without being all emo, and the ending...!!!

A compilation of quirky and occasionally bizzare short stories told in graphic form.

Fantastic book! Has to be in my top five for the year. Really well written, with a quirky crew of characters. I can't wait for book 2.

A really hard read. Violent and emotional, but ultimately hopeful.

I'm not sure I understood this book at all.

More of a horror read than a thriller. Tightly crafted and scary.

A solid senior fiction read, with interesting characters and tie ins to historical events in NZ history. I felt it got a little repetitive after a few chapters, the earlier stories were much more engrossing than those set after WW1.

Seriously disapointing after a cracking first novel. Hangman is disjointed, hard to follow, has unlikeable characters and a terrible ending. There are many many better crime novels around.

A sweet story. but Alfie was frustratingly stupid. After 1000 years he should be smarter than this!

Incomprehensible dribbles on a page. Don't waste your life!

An amazing and inspiring amalgam of science and personal memoir.

Wow, an awesome ever so British legal thriller. I'm so looking forward to the next one. For fans of Cormoran Strike.

I loved the originality of this book, amazing and Gothic, but it did drag in places.

I really wanted to love this book, I love home grown crime, but something wasn't quite right and I think it was the characters. The plot, the murder, the cult, they all worked well, but Ngaire, Finley, Debs and Billy all felt bland and were so uninteresting that they all began to blend into each other. Never the less, I will read the sequal. 3.5/5.

The narration by the author himself really makes this an amazing listen.