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I really enjoyed this book! The book is easy to get into, and the writing style is engaging,...
Follows two young men who first meet at a training centre for dealing with an atomic bomb threat....
An epic tale,told over 60 years. We first meet Drum and carter who become friends when they are...
The reason I gave this book a 4 stars was because historical fiction is not my usual go too...
This book tells the life story of Drum and his family and his close ties with Carter. On paper...
Fantastic story spanning over 70 years of history. The story follows two friends Drum and Carter...
When this book landed on my doorstep I was a bit nervous about the huge size of it - I don't tend...
The book is very well written, the characters have depth and the author does a good job of...
This book was a slow burn for me. It took me more chapters than usual to work out the characters...
I was so honoured to receive a copy of this book. However, it did arrive much later than...
I was intrigued by this book as it says it is a tale of a family over a long time. It is...
I've enjoyed Stuart Evers' short story collections so was really looking forward to reading his...
This book is such a journey and you are pulled in and taken along. Drum and Carter are enrolled...
I was really looking forward to reading this book but I found it quite disappointing. It starts...
A beautifully written, thoughtful and powerful portrait of Britain, the effects of class within...
Rounded up from somewhere between 2.5-3 stars ⭐️ The blind light follows the lives of...
Social divides in our cultural history, has always been interesting to me and naturally when I...
This novel by Stuart Evers is one that spans a 60 year period and tells of friendships, class and...
What a strange book this is. At times it is engaging and pulls you in to the characters, and...
This sounded so good from the blurb but I found it such a dull read overall. It starts in the...
For the most part I enjoyed the journey through the life of Drummond and his family, the people...
I must admit that I didn’t engage with this book at the beginning but when I saw a review from...
A very in depth book and not one I would usually read. I did read it and also my son who thought...
This book was not at all what I expected but it’s the most compelling book I have read this...
I was really excited to receive an arc of this book - I'd heard many good things about it and the...
I was looking forward to the arrival of this book. I liked the idea of the two main characters...
I found this book interesting and at times difficult to read. I give it three stars because I...
This is a strong contender for my favourite book of 2021 so far. I absolutely loved this story...
I liked the way the book began with an up to date section in 2019 and then went on to sections...
The book took a while to arrive and had a different cover from that advertised. In my opinion...
I did not like this book at all. Initially I was looking forward to reading it but unfortunately...
Told mainly from the perspectives of Drum, Gwen, and later Anneka and Nate, this hugely...
The Blind Light is a big, hefty hardback and, I confess, I found it's size a little off...
Running from the late 1950s right up to the present day this was the story of the Drummond family...
This is not a quick read but it is an immersive and well drawn depiction of two families during...
This novel was an interesting read. It spanned many years and centred around two very different...
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