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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 Cutting Room

Rain-slick Glasgow, a dead man’s hoard, and photos that shouldn’t exist—The Cutting Room leads an[...]

Book Review: Never Greener

Smart, candid, and messy in all the right ways, Never Greener asks what happens when[...]

Book Review: Sunset Song

Lyrical and unsparing, Sunset Song follows Chris Guthrie through Kinraddie’s fields and sorrows—where Scots voice,[...]

Book Review: Mirrorland

A vanished twin, an Edinburgh townhouse, and a make-believe realm that won’t stay buried—Mirrorland turns[...]

Book Review: Ink & Sigil

Quippy, clever, and Glasgow-gritty, Ink & Sigil follows a cursed printer-mage whose enchanted inks uncover[...]

Book Review: In Ascension

From abyssal vents to the brink of space, In Ascension tracks a scientist whose hunger[...]

Book Review: Hare House

Wintry and whisper-quiet, Hare House threads folklore through the Lowlands: a snowbound estate, an evasive[...]

Book Review: HellSans

Dystopia by the shape of letters, HellSans sends a corporate queen into exile when the[...]

Book Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Wry, tender, and Glasgow-grounded, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine follows a solitary woman whose world[...]

Book Review: The Quarry

Guy gathers old friends. Kit watches from the margins, not sure where he fits. The[...]