The beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
This was chosen by my book club as their next read, I’m not sure I would have picked it up otherwise, although I had heard a lot about it, and all...
6 July 2020
1917 dir. by Sam Mendes
I wasn’t too sure what I was going to make of this film before I saw it. War films can be very hit or miss with me, and I’d come across...
12 January 2020
The poison song by Jen Williams
The Winnowing flame trilogy ; book3 If you’re into your fantasy fiction being epic, your heroes being full of humour and violence, and your bad guys out to utterly destroy the...
23 September 2019
Centurion dir. by Neil Marshall
Writ & Dir: Neil Marshall
I love and adore Dog Soldiers. And The Decent was pretty damn good too Of course Doomsday was utterly preposterous but you win some, you lose some. And I was still prepared to take a chance on Neil Marshall, especially when the story is about Roman soldiers on the run in the second century. I mean it had to be better than King Arthur, right?
4 July 2019
The Light brigade by Kameron Hurley
In the future countries and states have been replaced by corporations. Capitalism has reached its full potential, or its full horror. The poor and desperate try to earn residency and eventually...
27 April 2019
Extracurricular Activities by Yoon Ha Lee
The Machinaries of Empire Although this novelette is part of the larger Machinaries ‘verse, you can read it without any knowledge of that wider world as it is a prequel. So...
10 July 2018
The king beyond the gate by David Gemmell
The Drenai Saga ; 2 David Gemmell is a big name in epic fantasy, and over the years I’ve read one or two by him. The most memorable being his version...
8 June 2018
The bitter twins by Jen Williams
The Winnowing Flame trilogy ; book 2 Have you read this first book in this series? If not then go read it. It is awesome and action packed with great characters...
22 March 2018
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
translated by Michael Hofman Given all the tragedy, destruction, and horrors of World War II I don’t often stop to consider what life was like for “normal people” under the Nazis....
1 March 2018
The unwomanly face of war by Svetlana Alexievich
translated into English by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky When I saw this mentioned in some magazine or other I had to order it. I was vaguely aware of the Russian...
7 February 2018
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The French trilogy ; 2 Set before, during, and after World War 1 Birdsong tells the story of a young Englishman. Staring before the war in France where he starts a...
20 January 2018
Dunkirk dir. by Christopher Nolan
For a film described by IFCO as only containing “moderate” violence Dunkirk certainly packs a punch. The opening stars quiet, but tense, but quickly explodes into action and violence. And remains...
1 August 2017
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