Boyhood
David Keenan
Paper Thistle Book Reviews
At Paper Thistle, we write a review for every book we sell, specialising in Scottish fiction. Each review considers character, writing style, tone, and overall reading experience, offering a thoughtful introduction to what awaits on the page.
Book Review: Pandaemonium
We follow Danny and his friends into what begins as a normal night at the[...]
Book Review: It Ends At Midnight
We arrive at a New Year reunion where old friends gather in a luxury house[...]
Book Review: Ashes and Stones
Excerpt (ISBN: 9781529395495): We walk with Allyson Shaw across Scotland, stopping at towns and quiet[...]
Book Review: Fragile Animals
We travelled with Noelle to the Isle of Bute, her heart tangled between past faith[...]
Book Review: Burnt Offerings
Excerpt (ISBN: 9781846976162): We follow Besse Craw in Scotland in 1589, a young mother with[...]
Book Review: A Swan’s Neck on the Butcher’s Block
We followed chaotic days and nights in Edinburgh’s streets, watching friends wrestle addiction, survival and[...]
Book Review: Frankenstein
We sensed Shelley’s tragic tale unfold from ambition to horror, as Victor’s creation demands identity[...]
Book Review: Queen Macbeth
We followed Gruoch, the real woman behind the myth of Lady Macbeth, through eleventh-century Scotland’s[...]
Book Review: The Bone Library
We felt Fagan’s poems pulse with energy and the weight of lived experience. The Bone[...]
Book Review: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
We watched Miss Jean Brodie’s confident, unconventional teaching shape her girls on Edinburgh’s streets in[...]