Thoughtful criticism across books, film, music, and exhibitions.
Is Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus worth reading? Yes, say most reviewers — a laugh-out-loud poetry-magazine comedy with a saggy middle, a twinless-twin narrator and the same sermon-in-a-comedy voice as Lessons in Chemistry.
Is The Heights by Ian Rankin worth reading? Yes — his first standalone thriller in two decades traps a sharp new detective, Gillian Gish, inside a Hyde Park tower where every rich resident is a suspect.
Is The Hollow by Michael Connelly worth reading? Published 27 October, the new Harry Bosch novel sends the retired detective back to MacLaren Children's Center — and reviewers disagree mainly about one subplot.
Is The Land in Winter worth reading in its new paperback season? Yes, if you can give a quiet novel real time: two marriages, the Big Freeze of 1962-63, and prose reviewers keep calling crystalline.
This Zara Hossain Is Here review is built from published reception: Kirkus and School Library Journal praised Sabina Khan's novel, readers argue about its prose, and the audiobook may be its strongest form.
This Please Enjoy Your Stay gothic thriller review gathers the publisher synopsis, the author's own account and the published critical reception for Tara Goedjen's adult debut — and says plainly who it suits.
Is Klara and the Sun worth watching? Critics split sharply after its London premiere — one-star pans for Taika Waititi's tone, real praise for Jenna Ortega. A synthesis of the reviews, and who should go, wait, or read the book first.
James Watkins' Clayface opens 23 October. Critics split sharply: Variety and The Hollywood Reporter praise a nasty standalone B-movie, USA Today and MovieWeb call it a messy miss. Our synthesis: horror fans should go; universe completists can wait.
Barbara Kingsolver's first novel since Demon Copperhead follows a pianist who traded a conservatory future for a farm, a marriage and a piano-teaching life in Tennessee — then gets a call from the man who helped derail it. Published reviews call it slow, sad and masterfully built. This recommendation agrees, with one warning about the opening chapters.
Georgia Oakley's Sense and Sensibility, in US theatres from 16 October, makes Elinor and Marianne's bond the real love story. Reviewers praise the earthy look and the two leads, split on the romances, and keep tripping over the dancing.
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