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Dirty Work by Eyal Press Book Review
Released: 5 th January 2023 Genre: Non-Fiction, Society, Politics Number of Pages: 270 In the 21 st Century our day-to-day lives in the west feel easier and more convenient than ever. Supermarkets with all the food we could ever want, digital technologies that provide seamless connection, machinery that has sped up manufacturing and removed much of the manual labour. But there is a grim underbelly to all our modern progress, one described vividly by Eyal Press’s Dirty Work.

Rob Cain
2 days ago2 min read
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All The Colours Of The Dark by Chris Whitaker Book Review
Released: 27 th March 2025 Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance Fiction Number of Pages: 576 All The Colours Of The Dark from Chris Whitaker has received some hefty acclaim from multiple outlets. It’s a very effective novel with only a couple of stumbles. In 1975 a small American town is rocked by some sinister kidnappings, beginning from the perspective of the young Patch. In his darkest hour, he finds hope in a young girl who was also taken. Patch manages to escape and reconnec

Rob Cain
Oct 142 min read
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James by Percival Everett Book Review
Released: 2024 Genre: Fiction, Historical, Drama For more than forty years, Percival Everett has been a leading voice in US literature....

Rob Cain
Sep 22 min read
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All The Houses I've Lived In by Kieran Yates Book Review
Released: 27 th April 2023 Genre: Non-Fiction, Society, Politics Number of Pages: 291 Kieran Yates is a journalist with many...

Rob Cain
Aug 262 min read
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Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Book Review
Released: April 1985 Genre: Western, Society Number of Pages: 353 Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, released in 1985, is considered one...

Rob Cain
Aug 182 min read
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The Divided State by Joonhong Park Book Review
Released: 2nd May 2025 Genre: Politics, Society, Psychology Number of Pages: 163 Making sense of modern politics is a difficult task...

Rob Cain
Aug 82 min read
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How To Know A Person by David Brooks Book Review
Released: 24 th October 2023 Genre: Non-Fiction, Society, Psychology Number of Pages: 271 David Brooks is an author and commentator with...

Rob Cain
Jul 112 min read
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The Beach by Alex Garland Book Review
Released: 14 th October 1996 Genre: Fiction, Travel, Drama Before Alex Garland became a prominent screenwriter and director, he made his...

Rob Cain
Jul 102 min read
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The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee Book Review
Released: 16th June 2022 Genre: Fiction, Historical, Crime Drama Number of Pages: 336 Since 2017, the Sam Wyndham series has received...

Rob Cain
Jun 162 min read
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The Earth Transformed by Peter Frankopan Book Review
Released: 2023 Genre: Non-Fiction, Environment, History From the ice age all the way to the 21st Century, humans and planet earth have...

Rob Cain
May 312 min read
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Alt Reich by Nafeez Ahmed Book Review
Released: January 2025 Genre: Non-Fiction, Politics, Society Number of Pages: 386 What do US President Donald Trump, the Heritage...

Rob Cain
May 222 min read
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Hunted by Abir Mukherjee Book Review
Released: 7th May 2024 Genre: Thriller, Action, Contemporary Number of Pages: 496 After many efforts into historical fiction, Abir...

Rob Cain
May 32 min read
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Love in Exile by Shon Faye Book Review
Released: 6th February 2025 Genre: Non-Fiction, Society, Politics As a leading voice for transgender rights in the UK, Shon Faye has...

Rob Cain
Apr 292 min read
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The Ministry of Time Book Review
Released: 2024 Genre: Fiction, Sci-Fi, Romance As a newcomer to the UK literary scene, Kaliane Bradley jumped in with short stories,...

Rob Cain
Mar 282 min read
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The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson Book Review
Released: 5th March 2025 (Original Hardback) Genre: Non-Fiction, Society, Finance, Politics Number of Pages: 408 Inside the glass towers...

Rob Cain
Mar 222 min read
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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Book Review
Released: 1866 (Original release) Genre: Society, Crime, Philosophy Number of Pages: 434 Widely considered one of the pioneering Russian...

Rob Cain
Mar 42 min read
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Wellness by Nathan Hill Book Review
Released: 5th September 2024 Genre: Society, Drama, Romance Nathan Hill is an American journalist who recently made the jump to novels....

Rob Cain
Feb 172 min read
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Democracy Hacked: How Technology is destabilising Global Politics by Martin Moore Book Review
Released: 27th September 2018 Genre: Politics, Society, Technology Martin Moore is a director and researcher at King’s College London who...

Rob Cain
Feb 42 min read
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The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Book Review
Released: 2020 Genre: Fiction, Drama, Historical Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a UK writer who mainly focuses on children’s books. The...

Rob Cain
Jan 212 min read
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Released: 10th March 2015 Genre: Drama, Society, Fiction Number of Pages: 720 Hanya Yanagihara has written three novels over the last...

Rob Cain
Jan 62 min read
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