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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 Vanishing Throne
We read the second Falconer novel as Aileana Kameron faces the fallout of survival in[...]
Book Review: The Falconer
We read a fantasy set in Victorian Edinburgh where Aileana Kameron hunts fae after her[...]
Book Review: On A Northern Shore
We read a wartime novel set on the Shetland coast, where a Norwegian refugee is[...]
Book Review: Consumed
We read a dark thriller set on a lonely farm where an elderly woman’s death[...]
Book Review: Tommy the Bruce
We met Tommy Bruce in a rundown Perthshire hotel where debt, loneliness and monotony rule[...]
Book Review: The Friday Girl
We read a tense thriller set in 1978 Dundee with Detective Elizabeth Burnet at its[...]
Book Review: Ava Anna Ada
We read a novel set in a blistering near future where Anna grieves her lost[...]
Book Review: Boy Friends
We read poems shaped by friendship, grief, and care between boys and men. Through memory[...]
Book Review: Paperboy
We follow DCI Alison “Ally” McCoist back in Glasgow alongside Chuck Gardner, who runs a[...]
Book Review: To the Shades Descend
We follow pathologist Dr Jack Cuthbert in 1931 Glasgow after a political rally bombing draws[...]