The distinct art style eventually grows on you and the symbolism of its features begins to stand out as colours fade from characters and stencils begin to fill the room.

Echoing the sentiments of displacement, dissociation and longing expressed in Dusapin’s debut, The Pachinko Parlour makes for a short, subdued and tender read. 

Ghost Lover pulls you in with a marriage of craftsmanship and an uncanny talent for saying the unsayable.

This is a story about how modern masculinity is killing the world, and how feminism can save it. It's a story about sex and power and trauma and resistance and persistence.

The novel might serve its purpose as a light read; syrupy and pleasant enough, but missing enough meat to be memorable.

Hari builds a convincing case: the odds are against us. Almost every digital platform we now rely on is deliberately engineered to steal our attention for as many hours of the day as possible. There is no incentive for this to change.

The premise of Animal is unapologetically bloody from its first passage. After witnessing a former lover commit suicide - a public, gruesome performance seemingly intended to permanently mark her with the tragedy - Joan drives out of New York to a sweltering rented house on the outskirts of Los Angeles.