Book of the Week

One of my New Years Revolutions this year is to read a book a week, and write a quick review! Quick because I haven't done English since GCSE, and thus have lost any skills I may have once posessed. Also I will give no spoilers, though will hint at general themes.

So this weeks book was Gillespie and I by Jane Harris.

Yep I do judge a book by it's cover.
Though actually not so much since getting a kindle!

This is Harris' next book following the critically acclaimed The Observations, which I am ashamed to admit I haven't read (though will soon do, as have heard nothing but good things). The book is narrated by an elderly Harriet Baxter in the 1930s writing her memoirs about her time in Scotland in the 1880s (that sentence got away from me). From the first page, even the first paragraph, you get a glimpse of the dark and sad times yet to come. You are however eased into the story which appears at the beginning innocent and light. However, this seemingly pleasant tail is smattered with cryptic forebodings of things yet to come. I won't give any more away, but this book is full of unexpected twists, that kept me guessing til the end. I genuinely did not know what was going to happen. It is a sad book, mainly about love & loneliness, but I really enjoyed reading it. Thinking about it now, I think it gets better with hindsight, which is a trait I definitely like in a book.

The book was definitely enjoyable, going from being funny to depressing to full of suspense all within a few pages. If you are looking for a new book then give this one a go, and let me know what you think!

What books are you reading at the moment? Do you have any recommendations for next weeks books?

Kat x

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