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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: The Sound of My Voice

We found The Sound of My Voice a compelling and reflective novel that charts Morris[...]

Book Review: Thirsty Animals

We were struck by Thirsty Animals’ vivid imagining of a drought-ruined Scotland where water scarcity[...]

Book Review: The Salt Flats

We found The Salt Flats to be an eerie, psychological journey set on the Bolivian[...]

Book Review: The Weekend Guests

We found The Weekend Guests to be a tense thriller about old friends reuniting on[...]

Book Review: Obsessed

We read Obsessed as a forensic study of fixation and violence in modern Britain. By[...]

Book Review: Weak Teeth

We read Weak Teeth as a close, unsparing portrait of working class life in Scotland.[...]

Book Review: Rabbits

We were struck by how Rabbits blends dark humour with a vivid coming-of-age journey. Set[...]

Book Review: Kill Your Friends

We read a novel set in the 1990s London music industry, told through the voice[...]

Book Review: Resolution

We read a crime novel set in late 1980s Edinburgh that follows a young Ray[...]

Book Review: The F*ck It List

We read a young adult novel centred on Alex, a teenager coping with her father’s[...]