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Death becomes her

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

August 29, 2021 by The Book Omnivore 2 Comments

Casiopea Tun is a poor relative. She and her mother were taken in by her grandfather when her father died, and since then she has been treated appallingly, more like a lowly servant than a family member. In Mexico in the 1920s, her options are limited but she dreams of escaping her relatives and the small town she’s living in and live The Life: cars, dances, fancy dresses and swims in the ocean. One day, when she’s alone in the house, she opens a chest […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: silvia moreno-garcia

The Book Omnivore's CBR13 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: silvia moreno-garcia ·
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Zzzz

The last thing he told me by Laura Dave

August 21, 2021 by The Book Omnivore Leave a Comment

Sometimes I read two books at the same time, one in audiobook format and the other one on paper. I usually make sure the two don’t belong to the same genre to avoid confusion and/or unjust comparisons. So I’ll usually read one fiction and one non-fiction, for instance. This time I started listening to Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me almost at the same time as I started reading my beloved Tana French’s The Trespasser, and I couldn’t help comparing the two. That’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Laura Dave

The Book Omnivore's CBR13 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Laura Dave ·
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Tana French needs to write more books

The Trespasser by Tana French

August 19, 2021 by The Book Omnivore 1 Comment

Tana French is one of my favourite authors. I first discovered her books back in 2013 and I’ve been a fan ever since. The Trespasser was the only one I hadn’t read and I put off reading it for months because she just published a book recently (The Searcher) and who knows when she’ll publish her next one. So I savoured it. I’m normally not a huge fan of detective/murder stories. I find many of them formulaic and lazy and I’ve been burnt enough times […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Tana French

The Book Omnivore's CBR13 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Tana French ·
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Jungle fever

The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux

August 13, 2021 by The Book Omnivore Leave a Comment

Allie Fox is not your average guy. You can tell by the way he raves about the world and the people in it. At first you might think he’s just a little eccentric. After all, he does have some good points. But then you get to know him better and you realise he’s not just some harmless hippie whom you can humour for a minute or two, until you get tired of his ramblings. Fox is an inventor living in USA with his wife, two […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: paul theroux

The Book Omnivore's CBR13 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: paul theroux ·
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Fun, fun, fun!

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

August 7, 2021 by The Book Omnivore 2 Comments

Ryland Grace wakes up in a spaceship. He has two dead bodies to keep him company and robotic arms to move things around, but he doesn’t know who he is or what he’s doing there. His memory is not gone gone, however; gradually it starts returning, but unfortunately that’s not such good news. See, Ryland Grace is not really an astronaut, but a science teacher. Earth is in BIG trouble and he’s the only one left who can help. And he’s very, VERY far away […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Andy Weir

The Book Omnivore's CBR13 Review No:48 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Andy Weir ·
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Trust your friends

Dissolution by C.J. Sansom

August 3, 2021 by The Book Omnivore Leave a Comment

It’s my last year of high school. I am studying for my finals, sweating in an unnatural pre-summer heat, having no time to enjoy my last few years of childhood. My results in those finals will determine my future. One of those finals is in History. A thick tome of my country’s history starting around 1400 will need to be memorised. Each comma, each period, each quotation mark. Each fact, date and important historical figure. No room for improvisation in the History finals! Like little […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Suspense Tagged With: C.J. Sansom

The Book Omnivore's CBR13 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, History, Suspense · Tags: C.J. Sansom ·
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