3.5***. Archives – BelEdit Book Reviews

The Social Distance Between Us

Well written essay on the disparities between the ruling class and the people affected by their decisions. UK-focused, but relevant anywhere.

UK-based zombie apocalypse. Exciting, action-packed story with a group of interesting characters, and fun twists on the genre.

A bit of low fantasy, a bit of crime mystery, a lot of entertaining characters and dialogue. A fun, light – but also well written novel.

A compelling and thought-provoking speculative novel set in a future where things ARE better, where people managed to fix the world.

Free Love is an incisive novel about a 1960s housewife who throws up her life to become a hippy, and the family she leaves behind.

The love story of a fictional couple serves as an argument for enlightened romantic pessimism: don’t marry for love, marry someone you like.

Murder at the Ritz is a well-written, well-paced police procedural set in London in 1940, to the backdrop of blackouts and German bombings.

Legacy of Death has all the ingredients of a 19th century sensational mystery novel, with a 21st century ethos and style. Book 2 in a series.

Experts may warn us and small outbreaks may scare us, yet we still manage to convince ourselves that nothing will go wrong. Till it does.