Tag #Novel Review

smh.com.au
🌐 15% Global Worthiness
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Goldsmith's "The Buried Life": Exploring Mortality and Meaning in Melbourne

Andrea Goldsmith's "The Buried Life" examines the lives of four Melbourne residents—Adrian, a death scholar; Laura, a social scientist; Keziah, escaping religious constraints; and Tony, a narcissistic academic—intertwining their experiences with themes of mortality, relationships, and life transitio...

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40% Bias Score

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
theguardian.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Dublin Housing Crisis Exposes Challenges Faced by Domestic Abuse Survivor

Pregnant Ciara Fay flees her emotionally abusive husband in Dublin, Ireland, and faces the stark realities of homelessness and a broken social care system while battling the legal and psychological impacts of emotional abuse in a compelling debut novel, "Nesting.

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28% Bias Score

Gender Equality
theguardian.com
🌐 30% Global Worthiness
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Dark Academia and Occult Manipulation in "And He Shall Appear

Kate van der Borgh's "And He Shall Appear" follows a nameless music student at an unspecified Cambridge college who becomes involved with the occult practices of his manipulative classmate, Bryn Cavendish, leading to unsettling events and blurred realities years later.

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48% Bias Score

Quality Education
theguardian.com
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
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Seethaler's "Café With No Name": A Viennese Microcosm

Robert Seethaler's "The Café With No Name" portrays the lives of a diverse group of Viennese residents who frequent a small, unassuming cafe in 1966, subtly reflecting broader societal changes in post-war Austria through their interconnected stories.

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36% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
theguardian.com
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
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Mothers and Sons": A Novel Exploring Family Conflict and Reconciliation

Adam Haslett's "Mothers and Sons" examines the complex relationship between a lawyer and his mother, who runs a women's retreat in Vermont, highlighting their alienation stemming from past family conflicts and their parallel attempts at self-discovery.

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36% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
liberation.fr
🌐 45% Global Worthiness
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Son Passeur": A Crime Novel Exploring Fate and the French Police Force

Franck Mancuso's new crime novel, "Son Passeur," follows a detective investigating two mysterious deaths while battling personal demons stemming from a tragic car accident; the novel incorporates elements of Greek mythology and critiques the French police force.

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24% Bias Score

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