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I really enjoyed the start of Augusta's story. I did wonder if all the exposition about Burundi...
Well, the First Impression was over with far too soon. I was really enjoying the read and then...
Having read The French Girl I was really expecting something along similar lines and I was not...
This reminded me that I haven't got around to reading The Angel's Mark yet and unfortunately the...
I thoroughly enjoyed this first impression. The opening chapters may not get in to main thrust...
Nothing here really grabbed me and made me eager to keep reading if I am being honest. From the...
I was not ready for the First Impression to end as I was becoming really absorbed in the story. ...
The book starts off with an assurance that this book is not a history of transplantation, it is...
Already this book is a heart breaking rendition of shattered lives, shattered by political unrest...
What a compelling start to the book. I was rather disappointed to get to the end of the First...
What a treat for a chilly, dark April morning. I think I fell in love with this slightly...
A good start to this book BUT I have read 2 of this author's books before and they always start...
I'm still not entirely sure what to make of this book, there is a lot of nuance to it that hints...
A strange premise for a book, but the set up explains the reasoning and the functionality of the...
Not getting too excited about this procedural to be honest. Always hard at the start of a series...
From the date on the prologue to the date on the first chapter is only a meagre 8 years and yet...
For some reason the early descriptions in the book made me think of HG Wells' Time Machine - I...
I have little to no interest in rock climbing - indeed it is the sort of pasttime that feels...
What a great and involving start to the book - really impressed so far. Especially as there is a...
To be honest it is hard to decipher the direction the tale is going to in from the First...
I got really sucked in to this story quite quickly and kept desperately trying to scroll on when...
When I realised that this was a translation from the initial Swedish I was a little wary, I often...
This is a very odd book, there's something intangible about the construct of the Dinner Party...
I wasn't really sure what to expect from this book but I have to say I am impressed by the...
First things first, when I saw the cover of this book I was immediately put off - oh, so this...
I was immediately drawn to this book as not only is the main character's name that of a local...
Clever little Publisher's Note there - normally the hint that it might really have happened is...
The biggest issue I have with this is the formatting - this is clearly not a pre-publication...
Whilst it is undeniably well written, there does seem to be both an assumption that the reader is...
I have to admit that as much as I enjoy the Crime genre, I was not looking forward to this one -...
This is the third book in a series and I really enjoyed the first two. In common with those this...
I am actually surprised at how non-sycophantic the chapters included in the First Impression are....
I don't think it is hyperbole to say that The Krays are legendary figures; there have been movies...
Wow, this sucked me straight in from the first sentence, I wasn't expecting that at all. In...
Instagram has a lot to answer for and that seems to be the case in spades for Lydia - obsessed...
How many times is the author going to tell us he wanted to be a vet since the age of 6? We have...
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