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ClareR (6067 KP) rated Small Worlds in Books

Sep 20, 2023  
Small Worlds
Small Worlds
Caleb Azumah Nelson | 2023 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson is an intensely emotional coming of age story, of a Ghanaian Londoner called Stephen.

As a young black man, Stephen feels safety in his small worlds: music, family and friends. And then there is outside those worlds where Stephen feels less safe: places in London where there is brutality or unrest, and University, which is where he really doesn’t want to be, as it’s so far from his friends and family - and his world.

Stephen needs these constants in his life, and when it’s taken away, he’s lost.

Stephen goes to Ghana to see the people and places of his parents youth, and it’s here that he finds some connection with those he loves. When he goes home, he’s able to come to terms with those people he has lost and rebuild relationships.

This was a really moving novel that made me really think about the challenges of culture, family, race and policing in London (in particular).
Recommended.
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Jail Bird in Books

May 28, 2023  
JB
Jail Bird
Jessie Keane | 2023
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
68 of 235
Book
Jail Bird
By Jessie Keane
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane's gritty fourth novel. Blonde and beautiful Lily King is back on the scene - and not in a good way. Her family haven't missed her. Her husband, London villain Leo King, certainly hasn't, because he's dead. Lily killed him and did time for it. At least, that's the story. Everyone believes it. But Lily knows it's not true. She knows she was fitted up by someone close to her. Now, she's just hit thirty, she's out, and she doesn't do forgiveness. But in her absence, things have moved on, the old order has changed, and now she's ready to reclaim her position as head of the King family. Fuelled by vengeance and power, Lily King is back. London won't know what hit it.

Loved it! Can’t imagine being locked away from everything you love especially being innocent! I love Jessie Keane her books really pack a punch!
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2482 KP) rated Murder in Grub Street (Sir John Fielding, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
MI
Murder in Grub Street (Sir John Fielding, #2)
Bruce Alexander | 1996
6
7.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Sir John Fielding investigates when a family of printers are brutally murdered in 1760's London. This is the second in the series. I loved the characters as much as in the first, but I found the plot way too slow and predictable, with a second plot taking up way too much time.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-in-grub-street-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.