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A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi (author)
TomMcGreevy's review: "A young adult fiction book focussing on refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war, through Turkey and into Europe. It has its heart in the right place and captures the trauma and despair that many refugees suffer."
The Expendable Man (New York Review Books Classics) by Dorothy B. Hughes
TomMcGreevy's review: "Hughes is a good writer and the mystery as it stands is well crafted. But i think I am too far away from the world in which it was written to be able to judge it, as it was intended. I find the main character to be thoroughly dislikable, and I'm not sure that was Hughes' intention. The character is passive/aggressiv […]
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
TomMcGreevy's review: "Truth isn't all there is, but lies come with their own set of problems. That is the essence of this book and Ruth Ware shows well how facts mutate within the prisms of perspective. Life is not simple, and sadness often is all we get to take away from experience. Such is The Lying Game."
Something for Everyone by Lisa Moore
TomMcGreevy's review: "My lord, can she write! Lisa Moore that is. She grips me by the scruff of my neck and heaves me about. Such is the power of her writing. That said, I don't like her stories all that much. There is more to reading than liking something. And she has shown that to me clearly, and earned my respect for her craft, her gift. B […]

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