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: A Lesson In Cruelty
We followed three entwined lives into a mysterious death and tangled secrets. Tyce’s sharp, propulsive[...]
Book Review: The Lies You Told
We followed Sadie’s careful steps with her daughter, aware at every turn that her past[...]
Book Review: The Moon’s More Feeble Fire
We followed Dr Jack Cuthbert through 1930s London’s grim backstreets, watching him unravel a series[...]
Book Review: Hings
We found a collection that blasts humour and surreal twists into gritty Scottish lives. McQueer’s[...]
Book Review: Only Here, Only Now
We followed Cora’s bright but restless mind through a Fife summer in the 1990s, watching[...]
Book Review: Hermit
We saw Jamie drift through a life half-lived, clinging to online belonging and pushing away[...]
Book Review: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
We saw Winston’s quiet rebellion unfold against a world of unending surveillance and manipulated truth.[...]
Book Review: Animal Farm
We saw a farm’s hopeful rebellion twist into control by a few. Orwell’s animals show[...]
Book Review: Blood and Gold
We stand in Edinburgh with Jeda, half seen, half judged, and our grief turns loud[...]
Book Review: Errant Blood
For ISBN 9781910895061, we come back to Duncul Castle with Eamon Ansgar, tired from Afghanistan[...]