Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
A touching novel about learning to be vulnerable
Quiet & Reflective
Quiet and reflective is a catagory of book reviews by feeling. I use this for books whihc are less about pace and more that encourage a reader to spend time in them. To contemplate.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
A tea monk explores the purpose of life
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacquline Harpman
Austere and unsettling but with hope.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Reflections of post apocolytic wanderers.
The Blue Castle by L. M Montgomery
A quietly radical, funny story about choosing to live.
Exit, Persued by a Bear by E.K Johnston
A thoughtful, survivor-centred story about reclaiming control.
Field Service by Robert Edric
A review that reflects on some of the first world war stories not told
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
Lonliness against the backdrop of a Beruit, at war and at peace