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: Salt On Your Tongue
We take the sea seriously, not as backdrop but as force. We move through myths,[...]
Book Review: The Last Wilderness
We walk into the Rough Bounds where tracks fade and wind takes over. We listen[...]
Book Review: The Hidden Ways
We walk behind Moffat as he hunts old tracks in bracken, on moor, and along[...]
Book Review: Confidence
We start in a Scottish seaside town where filmmaker Lisa Lee vanishes and the internet[...]
Book Review: Rock Paper Scissors
We followed Adam and Amelia into the Scottish Highlands expecting a quiet anniversary trip, but[...]
Book Review: The Family Business
We followed DI Dania Gorska deep into the north of Dundee, chasing a missing girl’s[...]
Book Review: The Polish Detective
We followed DS Dania Gorska into Dundee’s specialist crime unit as she chased clues through[...]
Book Review: The God of All Small Boys
We followed 11-year-old James from comfortable Broughty Ferry into the heart of Dundee’s mill town[...]
Book Review: The Law Killers
We read through a series of Dundee’s most infamous murders, from Templeton Woods cases to[...]
Book Review: A Scots Quair
We followed Chris Guthrie from the fields of Kinraddie into adulthood shaped by war, work[...]