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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: Room Little Darker
In the half-light of the alley, his shoes gathering the street’s brackish rain, she watches[...]
Book Review: Fake Accounts
She scrolls past night-light screens, the faces blur, the like counts ticking up and down[...]
Book Review: Pure Gold
A dull evening light slips across the peat-bog road, and two boys flick their matches,[...]
Book Review: Girl in the Walls
The old house sighed as Elise slipped between the joists. Behind the wallpaper she held[...]
Book Review: The Sisters Mao
The gallery lights dimmed and Iris held the microphone, her voice steady despite the ache[...]
Book Review: Jungle House
The house held its breath midday—Mother watched the mango trees shimmer in the heat, and[...]
Book Review: An Echo in the Bone
Claire’s fingers trembled on the quill as the British redcoats stormed the Ridge. Jamie’s voice[...]
Book Review: Blood Scion
Sloane’s hands were still shaking from the orders she’d carried out. The Lucis camp burned[...]
Book Review: Libertie
When Libertie watched the coffin slide through the Brooklyn dusk, she thought of freedom as[...]
Book Review: Verge
Rowena’s eyes flickered at the motorway checkpoint; Halim’s passport trembled under the guard’s brusque glare.[...]