Over the last ten months, I've began to look to Rachel Cusk's work with a reverence bordering on religious fervour. Her Outline trilogy* is revelatory, and does what few novels ever manage - it updates character, changes the narrator's role to little more than a lens to look through. Further, it sacrifices that central individuality... Continue Reading →
Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie – Book Review Excerpt
This review is posted in full over at booknest.eu! It's my longest ever review, and I'm wondering whether to publish each of the short stories as a separate blog post over here at the Reliquary. What do you think? Anyway, here goes: Abercrombie’s prose is exceptional. His First Law novels are as successful as they... Continue Reading →