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Category: Literary Reviews

June 22, 2018

Review: The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben

Rating: 2 out of 5 This is a hard one to review. I enjoyed the subject, but not the author’s take on it. Taking…

June 21, 2018

Review: Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record, Carl Sagan

Rating: 3 out of 5 This was a weird one: a book dedicated to explaining why we sent a certain selection of our combined…

June 19, 2018

Review: Sex at Dawn, Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha

Rating: 5 out of 5 Sex. What a loaded concept in this modern world… And, no matter where one looks, one is made to…

June 18, 2018

Review: This Sceptred Isle: The Dynasties, Christopher Lee

Rating: 5 out of 5 It was very easy for me to pick up another volume of ‘This Sceptred Isle’ as I absolutely adored…

June 16, 2018

Review: Revenge of the Sith, Matthew Stover

Review: 5 out of 5 It makes sense for one to try and re-read one’s long-lost favourites and it was with that attitude I…

June 15, 2018

Review: The French Foreign Legion, Douglas Boyd

Rating: 2 out of 5. This was a detailed history in many a way, and it is clear that the author is enthusiastic about…

June 14, 2018

Review: The Vanquished, Robert Gerwath

Rating: 4 out of 5. This book makes for a compelling narrative of the early interwar years, combining together the stories of the primary…

May 30, 2018

Review: The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri My rating: 3 of 5 stars I wanted to enjoy this classic but perhaps that is what encouraged…

May 28, 2018

Review: Marathon, Richard A. Billows

Marathon: The Battle that Changed Western Civilization by Richard A. Billows My rating: 3 of 5 stars Far more than a book on the…

May 21, 2018

Review: The Phantom Flotilla, Peter Shankland

The Phantom Flotilla: The most exciting true story from the Royal Navy’s history by Peter Shankland My rating: 4 of 5 stars With a…

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