London Review of Books book reviews
3 of the 11 London Review of Books reviews here with a stated verdict were positive.
Verdict not statedDeparture(s) · Julian BarnesVerdict not statedElectric Spark · Frances WilsonVerdict not statedLong Island · Colm TóibínMixedThe Disappearers · Marlon James“a feeling of absolute outrage, when outrage is no more”PanVigil · George Saunders“defective internal logic, uncontrolled tone, bizarreness for its own sake”Verdict not statedNotes to John · Joan DidionVerdict not stated38 Londres Street · Philippe Sands“the subject of Nazi exiles in South America can seem a stale, even dubious”Verdict not statedBig Kiss, Bye-Bye · Claire-Louise BennettMixedDream Count · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie“Greased with Complaints: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ambivalence”Verdict not statedGertrude Stein: an Afterlife · Francesca WadeVerdict not statedMurderland · Caroline FraserVerdict not statedOn the Calculation of Volume III · Solvej BalleVerdict not statedShadow Ticket · Thomas PynchonVerdict not statedSonny Boy: A Memoir · Al Pacino“Where could I emote? Looking for Al Pacino”Verdict not statedThe Empusium · Olga TokarczukVerdict not statedTheory & Practice · Michelle de KretserVerdict not statedBetween the Waves · Tom McTagueVerdict not statedMy Friends · Hisham Matar“Eaten Alive by a Vicious Cat: On Hisham Matar”Verdict not statedRuth · Kate RileyVerdict not statedSmall Rain · Garth GreenwellPanThe Emperor of Gladness · Ocean Vuong“I groaned my way through The Emperor of Gladness. I writhed. I felt real despair”Verdict not statedThe Score · C. Thi NguyenVerdict not statedTheft · Abdulrazak GurnahVerdict not statedFreedom · Angela MerkelVerdict not statedHelm · Sarah HallVerdict not statedKingmaker · Sonia PurnellVerdict not statedLazarus Man · Richard PriceVerdict not statedLower Than the Angels · Diarmaid MacCullochVerdict not statedAudition · Katie KitamuraVerdict not statedFlashlight · Susan ChoiVerdict not statedFrankly · Nicola SturgeonVerdict not statedReagan: His Life and Legend · Max BootMixedRejection · Tony Tulathimutte“Tulathimutte has their wit without their warmth”MixedTranscription · Ben Lerner“signals an anxiety about his own artistic”Verdict not statedWaste Wars · Alexander ClappVerdict not statedAll Fours · Miranda JulyVerdict not statedChildren of Radium · Joe DunthorneVerdict not statedEverybody Loves Our Dollars · Oliver BulloughVerdict not statedGordon Brown · James MacintyreMixedHow To End a Story: Collected Diaries · Helen Garner“filled me with nostalgia for all the bollocks we had to listen to back in the day”Verdict not statedPerspectives · Laurent BinetVerdict not statedSaraswati · Gurnaik JohalVerdict not statedStay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 · Ian BurumaVerdict not statedConverts · Melanie McDonaghVerdict not statedHerscht 07769 · Laszlo KrasznahorkaiVerdict not statedThe Age of Diagnosis · Suzanne O'SullivanPositiveThe Effingers · Gabriele TergitPositiveThe Expansion Project · Ben Pester“not a cheerful book, but it is a funny one”Verdict not statedThe Scapegoat · Lucy Hughes-HallettVerdict not statedZbig · Edward LuceVerdict not statedErik Satie Three Piece Suite · Ian PenmanVerdict not statedStory of a Murder · Hallie RubenholdVerdict not statedThe Book of Abba · Jan GradvallPositiveThe Good Society · Kate Pickett“this fascinating and deeply provoking book”Verdict not statedBox Office Poison · Tim RobeyVerdict not statedStay With Me · Hanne Ørstavik“The difficulty of being in contact with ‘the truth about yourself’”Verdict not statedThe Blind Assassin · Margaret AtwoodVerdict not statedThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny · Kiran DesaiMixedThe Odyssey · Homer“makes a nonsense of The Odyssey’s imagined world”Verdict not statedWhat Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea · Fara DabhoiwalaVerdict not statedYou Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024 · Tariq Ali“Tariq Ali gets on strikingly well with some of its members”