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: Quicksand of Memory
We found Quicksand of Memory a tense psychological thriller where love and past harm collide.[...]
Book Review: Spaceships Over Glasgow
We read Spaceships Over Glasgow as a vivid memoir from Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, full of[...]
Book Review: The Sound of My Voice
We found The Sound of My Voice a compelling and reflective novel that charts Morris[...]
Book Review: Thirsty Animals
We were struck by Thirsty Animals’ vivid imagining of a drought-ruined Scotland where water scarcity[...]
Book Review: The Salt Flats
We found The Salt Flats to be an eerie, psychological journey set on the Bolivian[...]
Book Review: The Weekend Guests
We found The Weekend Guests to be a tense thriller about old friends reuniting on[...]
Book Review: Obsessed
We read Obsessed as a forensic study of fixation and violence in modern Britain. By[...]
Book Review: Weak Teeth
We read Weak Teeth as a close, unsparing portrait of working class life in Scotland.[...]
Book Review: Rabbits
We were struck by how Rabbits blends dark humour with a vivid coming-of-age journey. Set[...]
Book Review: Kill Your Friends
We read a novel set in the 1990s London music industry, told through the voice[...]