John of JOhn
Douglas Stuart
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 Last King of Scotland
We followed Garrigan into Uganda expecting adventure and found ourselves trapped inside a violent regime.[...]
Book Review: Hazardous Spirits
We were drawn into 1920s Edinburgh where Evelyn’s steady life bends into mystery when her[...]
Book Review: Gender Theory
We were drawn into the narrator’s life from her early years of relationships and friendship[...]
Book Review: 25 Library Terrace
We returned with Hattie to a flat heavy with memory, trying to understand a mother[...]
Book Review: Quite Ugly One Morning
We were thrown straight into chaos with Jack Parlabane, waking beside a corpse and refusing[...]
Book Review: The Wages of Sin
We walked the streets of 1890s Edinburgh with Sarah Gilchrist, a determined medical student confronting[...]
Book Review: The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGil
We followed Grace McGill through fragments of memory and silence on a small Orkney island[...]
Book Review: The Panopticon
We followed Anais, a fierce fifteen-year-old in the care system, as she enters the Panopticon[...]
Book Review: The Sunlight Pilgrims
We were drawn into this frozen world where Stella, a young trans girl, learns who[...]
Book Review: The Hastening Storm
We return to Edinburgh’s deadly Pantheon Games, where every fight and alliance feels urgent. Tyler’s[...]