Reviews and Comments

is it a spoiler to say the ending was a disappointment? Luckily the writing is so awesome I'm going to give it a reread soon so maybe the ending will grow on me. A book about death, lynching and racism that makes you laugh out loud, that's a tall order but The Trees manages this. Read it. I'm going to work my way through the rest of the vast body of work of this author hoping for equally compelling reads

gripping story of lies and consequences, and terrible terrible behaviour from the medical profession and the authorities. The end of the book made me cry. It's genuinely awful. But a fascinating read covering psychology and the way we imagine truth, and how we can not only misremember things or not remember accurately, but even create our own false memories.

No spoilers, the book is entertaining, dark and thrilling. I liked the plot and the constant guessing about truth and lies interwoven with the idea of a photographic memory. I found the ending rather a cop out though. Worth a read anyway.

honestly I can't decide if I liked it or not! The writing was good. I had no idea what was going on. Creepy. Gruesome in places. Extremely weird.

It feels unfair to review a book I just couldn't finish. But the writing style was just ... I'm not sure, naïve? it felt like reading a teenager's homework. The use of similes was so over powering after a while it was all I could see, everything was 'like' something else. Finally unable to cope, I bailed. Back to the charity shop my copy goes.

Exciting tale of adventure. Interesting historical facts at the end too. Well worth a read.

A gorgeously illustrated story about an alien forced to live as the opposite gender to her own to hide on earth away from some evil beings. The book addresses the stress of living a constant lie. The graphics are beautiful and the story is touching and fun with some adorable diverse characters. I am really hoping for more as it ends on a cliff hanger (a happy one though!) extra points for genetically modified corgi. very cute!

It was a compelling read initially but then the lead character began making frankly bizarre decisions and acting in stupid ways so that I just started despising her and her foolishness. And then, all of a sudden the entire thing was wrapped up and completed in a few pages. It felt as though the author got as fed up with the story as I did and decided enough was enough. There are more in the series and I will not be reading them. Had great potential which it sadly failed to live up to.

Just a joy. Rereading it today still felt very current, and as always I found some proper laugh out loud moments.

"Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.”

“Sergeant Colon had had a broad education. He’d been to the School of My Dad Always Said, the College of It Stands to Reason, and was now a postgraduate student at the University of What Some Bloke In the Pub Told Me.”

“Colon looked awkward, as if the bunched underwear of the past was tangling itself in the crotch of recollection.”