Tag Archives: literature
Review: Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
“Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy’s friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it […]
Review: The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton
“It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and […]
‘unavoidably detained by the world’ – Review: Stardust, Neil Gaiman
Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us. And so I celebrate finishing my degree with some words that I feel will serve me well in the coming months. I’ve never read any Neil Gaiman before, and despite feeling like I knew a lot about him (graphic novels and Doctor […]
Review Book #4: Enduring Love, Ian McEwan
Ok, so I have two confessions to make. 1) I completely forgot about my reading list for the year… https://foreveronalilo.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/7-books-im-going-to-read-this-year/ 2) I also completely forgot that I read book #4 Enduring Love over the summer… Oops. Basically I have a terrible memory. Let’s crack on! Having read and enjoyed a couple of Ian McEwan’s books (Atonement, […]
Meeting (Fangirling over) Patrick Ness
On the weekend of the 5th and 6th October, myself and my housemate went to Cheltenham Literature Festival. You won’t see much evidence of this, however, because I cleverly forgot my camera and to take any photos which is annoying because I wanted to share it all with you. But never mind, I am not […]
Review Book #3 : The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald
As I come to the third book on my self-imposed 2013 reading list, I should probably point out that it’s a bit silly of me to title some of these posts as ‘reviews’ when they’re really just my thoughts. I don’t really know how I can review such a classic as The Great Gatsby. I should […]
Why I Want to Hate the Kindle (But Secretly Want One)
As an English Literature student, I can’t help but feel that it is my duty to protect the sacredness of books in their physical form and to consequently disown all eBooks and everything they stand for. But in seminars and coffee shops alike, as I look around at the numerous glowing screens of Kindles lighting […]
Review Book #2 : The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
“Working in New York one hot summer, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. In this vivid and unforgettable novel, Esther’s vision of the world shimmers and shifts: day-to-day New York living, her crazed men-friends, and hot […]
For What is a Fatwā ?
The Bible & Literature module I’m currently taking has thrown up some real gems. Firstly there was the amazingly bleak The Road which we compared with The Book of Job. Last week it was the epic Ben Hur alongside the Gospels on silent film, and now I’m reading Salman Rushdie’s infamous The Satanic Verses. I knew that there was a […]
The Bible and Literature
I’m currently taking a module called ‘The Bible and Literature’ which involves taking a look at the textuality of the Bible itself, as well as how it manifests itself throughout literature. It’s so interesting to actually read the Bible, because there’s so much we assume we know about it already which is often different in […]
Bethany Wren 