Author: Brigette Cohen
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Pirates and Female Autonomy
So much more than a swashbuckling tale of Mary Read, pirate. This book explores identity, gender and female autonomy with a detailed and compassionate eye.
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Losing the Plot
Trilogy crashes and burns in a mess where the characters have no consistency, the plot goes nowhere, and 50% of the words are internal narration. What a waste.
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Stillness not Boredom
Examining the ways we stuff out minds and creative selves with junk in order to avoid being still with our own selves.
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Subversions and Systemic Inequality
This book took the magic-school premise, walked it over to the dark side and then dialled it up to 11. Its a book about systemic inequality, racism, and being f*** angry at the world.
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The Wrong Vehicle
An author more interested in forwarding a political agenda than delivering a good story.
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Occult Dreaming
If you have ever found yourself wondering what happened with all that Satanic Panic stuff of the 90s, or why SA still has so many occult crimes, then this the book for you.
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Who’s story is it?
A story with excellent vibes and gut-renching betrayals of trauma, but with no structure it limps to a listless halt.
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Perfectly Detached
A lot of classic music anecdotes. There is little here to hold the attention of readers outside the industry.
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Trying to Make the Bugs into Features
A long and impassioned rant about a book that fails on almost every conceivable angle written by a author who smugly suggests the problem must be the reader.
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Taking Period Romance Seriously
The historical intensity of a Georgette Heyer, a complex plot which feels more serious than it is, and brilliantly lived characters. Takes gay period romance to the next level.