Reviews of In A Time Of Monsters

whatcathyreadnext

29/07/2023 – 15:01

Informative and thought-provoking

Emma Sky uses her experience of having worked and travelled extensively in the Middle East to...

clarajp5

23/05/2021 – 15:48

Fabulously written

I loved reading 'In a Time of Monsters'! It was so engaging and intriguing to hear all about the...

christine11

18/05/2021 – 20:38

Compelling and haunting

The topic of the Middle East is an incredibly complex and controversial subject which is...

readingruby

29/06/2020 – 10:53

Very complex and interesting

I don't usually read books like this too much, I tend to go for more memoirs or lighter...

missmedia

22/11/2019 – 10:08

Great Insight

This is an absolutely fascinating read, and I would urge anyone and everyone to pick up a copy....

jackie oldfield

09/08/2019 – 09:00

Just couldn’t get in to this book.

I was expecting this book to be full of twists and turns and exciting/scary plots but it just...

dma1986

08/05/2019 – 06:23

Fascinating read

This isn’t the usual book that I would pick up in my local bookstore. However, I can honestly say...

lauranazmdeh

24/04/2019 – 22:13

I’d recommend this to anyone looking for an interesting, often matter of fact read about the Middle East

I didn't really know what to expect from this novel, but having read an excerpt I found myself...

merrymads

15/04/2019 – 22:24

Interesting

I found this to be a very insightful look into the story of a British woman travelling in the...

nanajana

21/03/2019 – 20:35

Informative

I looked forward to reading this book and I wasn't disappointed. Emma Sky has a natural way of...

the_hobson

17/03/2019 – 10:57

Essential insight into the Middle East

Emma Sky writes in a fluid way, linking her work and travels around the Middle East with the...

nickyvincent

15/03/2019 – 11:10

Couldn’t get into it

I tried very hard to persist with this book but I just could not get into it. When I go to read I...

radley

11/03/2019 – 21:38

Travel journal

This is a personal view of Emma Sky's travels through the middle east during the last 20 odd...

scotreader

21/02/2019 – 16:32

Brave Attempt to Explain Situation in Middle East

Emma Sky has a great deal of experience of the situation in the Middle East having worked there...

sanam

18/02/2019 – 01:42

Great

Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top...

bookfan

16/02/2019 – 00:50

Fascinating

This is something which i enjoyed more than i thought i would. This book shows a different...

kalnickyh

13/02/2019 – 17:05

Amazing and soul searching

In a Time of Monsters is easy to read but full of interest. Emma Sky writes from the heart and...

blue

12/02/2019 – 20:16

Okay

I found it difficult to really get into the book. Though the concept is very appealing - a book...

alannaflower

12/02/2019 – 16:35

A good look into the world

I read this book in one sitting because it was so captivating. Emma Sky is an inspiring woman...

sid

09/02/2019 – 23:14

Okay

This is a book by emma sky and she travels through the middle east. This book was rather...

boozybookworm

08/02/2019 – 17:35

This book excited me !

I was intrigued by what I had read in the First Look, and really enjoyed Emma Sky's style of...

mcdonaldpeacock

07/02/2019 – 20:43

An inspiring and thought provoking read.

This is part travelogue; part explanation of the Arab Spring and its outcomes and part an attempt...

zwllrd88

07/02/2019 – 19:45

Interesting

Firstly, this isn't something I would usually read and so my experience of this style of writing...

tikamacphee

07/02/2019 – 18:47

In A Time Of Monsters indeed

I found this to be a very insightful look into the story of a British woman travelling in the...

noreen

07/02/2019 – 15:59

Brilliant

In a Time of Monsters is a fantastic book detailing the stories of Emma Sky, a former advisor to...

jerry boyd

07/02/2019 – 15:47

A new fresh look at old problems

The first thing to say is that this is an engaging and very readable book, with a fresh and...

tony ball

07/02/2019 – 14:35

Arab Spring that lost its sunshine

I wrote expectantly in my First Impression that Emma Sky had introduced us to The Traveller's...

taneareads

05/02/2019 – 10:43

A wonderful insight

This book was a wonderful insight into this awful situation and I found it very informative. I...

garyc

03/02/2019 – 17:07

An interesting account of real life in the Middle East

This book is well written and easy to read in the way it blends everyday life in countries such...

deborahwar

02/02/2019 – 09:53

Fascinating

As stated in the title of this review, I found this book fascinating. To be honest, I have never...

readerready

29/01/2019 – 04:06

Brilliant

I was looking forward to reading ‘In a time of monsters’ from the moment I saw it. Though...

kathryn kelly

28/01/2019 – 08:02

The Middle East after the Arab Spring

This is a well written book by a brave and clever lady who loves the Middle East. She is a fluent...

gail

27/01/2019 – 22:40

Phenomenal

On an Uzbekistan airways flight, Emma Sky fears for her safety; fearing the end is nigh she...

lucysnovelpurpose

24/01/2019 – 16:17

Better than I expected!

This book is not something I would usually pick up to read myself but I did win it and I thought...