Book Reviews

Liz Truss will no doubt always be remembered for being Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister. However, Out of the Blue, the new book written by journalists Harry Cole and James Heale, explores Truss’ life and career before Number 10, and plots the pathway to her extraordinary rise and unexpected fall....

In recognition of Black History Month, Impact's Reviews' section are running a series of articles about books, films, TV series etc., that fit in with this month's important theme. Hayley Lawson shares her thoughts on Alice Walker's iconic and poignant book, The Color Purple....

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children is a dark fantasy novel by Ransom Riggs, published in 2011. It has since been succeeded by five sequels, and its film adaptation in 2015 was directed by the infamous Tim Burton. Told through a combination of narration and vintage photographs, Miss Peregrine's...

Kya Clark has lived in the marshes of North Carolina her entire life, leaving residents of the local villiages referring to her as the Marsh Girl, afraid and intimidated by her otherness. However, when two men from the nearby town become intrigued by her wild beauty, her whole life...

September’s book of the month, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, is an almost miraculous novel. It feels diminutive to even call it one. It's a book that bursts with stories to tell, in fact it has sprung several dozen leaks; in the form of footnotes (often fully cited) that...

“Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial – you’d think all women do is clean and bleed.” TITLE: Gone Girl AUTHOR: Gillian Flynn GENRE: Thriller PUBLISHER: Orion Boks LTD PUBLISHED: 2013 PAGES: 460 WARNING: SUSPENSE AND SOME SERIOUS PSYCHO S*** Gone Girl is best known by its...