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“The New School” by David Tjader: the missed mark
The New School had so much potential to tackle crucial issues – race, Britishness, education, the care system – but got so lost in gluttonous head teachers and not-so-clever plots against the school...
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J.K. Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy”: a socialist manifesto or just dull...
Critics have not held back when reviewing J.K. Rowling’s newest novel, The Casual Vacancy. I suspect the reviews would have been less toxic if the book didn’t come with the J.K. stamp and critics...
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Representation of minorities in JK Rowling’s “A Casual Vacancy”: race
J.K . Rowling’s A Casual Vacancy has been picked up by the BBC to be made into a mini-series, and so there will be a fair amount of focus on the book. In my review, I focused mainly on class issues and...
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Review of Zadie Smith’s “NW”: North-west, no-where, no-one
In the style of Thomas More’s Utopia, Zadie Smith puns on North West London as a nowhere land. We meet five characters from the fictitious Caldwell estate, Leah, Natalie (formerly Keisha), Felix and...
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Review of Scott Westerfeld’s “Uglies”: beauty ideals challenged
Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies is the first book of the trilogy – the second book of which I am already devouring at an astounding rate. Asides from The Hunger Games, this series has been my favourite YA...
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