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Review: Catfish Rolling - Clara Kumagai

Genre: Magical Realism, Science fiction, Grief Published: Zephyr, March 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars, potential new favourite "In the zone,...

Review: We Are All So Good At Smiling - Amber McBride

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Review: We Are All So Good At Smiling - Amber McBride

Genre: Novel in Verse Published: Feiwel Friends, January 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars "My point is that a leaf knows it’s important at all...

Review: The Alchemy of Letting Go - Amber Morrell

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Review: The Alchemy of Letting Go - Amber Morrell

Genre: Middle-grade, Magical Realism Published: Albert Whitman & Company, March 2023 Actual Rating: 2.5/5 stars The Alchemy of Letting Go...

Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Genre: magical realism, literary fiction Published: Picador Press, September 2019, (first published December 2015 in the original...

Review: The Women Could Fly - Megan Giddings

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Review: The Women Could Fly - Megan Giddings

Genre: Literary Fiction, Dystopian Published: Pan MacMillan, August 2022 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “This is the story of the witch who...

Review: The Weight of Loss - Sally Oliver

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Review: The Weight of Loss - Sally Oliver

Genre: Magical Realism, Horror Published: Oneworld Publishers, June 2022 My rating: 2/5 stars Whilst grieving the death of her sister,...

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Review: The Seawomen - Chloe Timms

Genre: Literary Fiction, Magical Realism Published: Hodder & Stoughton, June 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars If Kirsty Logan is going to...

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Review: Lakelore - Anna-Marie McLemore

Review of Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore, 4/5 stars, Magical Realism, March 2022 release, rep: LGBTQ, neurodiversity, latinx, own-voices

Review: Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

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Review: Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

The FictionFox reviews Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. 5/5 stars. Many thanks to Picador and the author for providing me with an

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Review: Chouette - Claire Oshetsky

Genre: Literary Fiction, Fabulism Published: Little Brown UK, November 4th 2021 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “It was easier to love you before...

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Review: Wildwood Whispers - Willa Reece

Genre: Magical Realism Published: Redhook Publishing, August 2021 My Rating: 5/5 stars "It felt as if I was fighting this injustice,...

Review: Strange Creatures – Phoebe North

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Review: Strange Creatures – Phoebe North

Genre: Contemporary (with magical elements) Published: Balzer & Bray, June 2021 My Rating: 5/5 stars From the dictionary of obscure...

Review: Waterland - Pieter Kranenborg (Dutch)

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Review: Waterland - Pieter Kranenborg (Dutch)

Genre: Magisch realisme, Nederlandse Literatuur Uitgeverij: van Oorschot, April 2021 Rating: 3/5 sterren “Soms zijn er momenten die niet...

Review: The Mirror Season - Anna-Marie McLemore

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Review: The Mirror Season - Anna-Marie McLemore

Genre: Magical Realism Published: Feiwel & Friends, March 2021 My Rating: 5/5 stars "People want to lose things on their own terms, not...

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Review: The Stranding - Kate Sawyer

Genre: Post-apocalyptic, Literary Fiction Published: Hodder & Stoughton, June 2021 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "Everything needs an ending. We...

First Review of 2021: When the Moon was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore

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First Review of 2021: When the Moon was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore

Genre: Young Adult, Magical Realism Published: Thomas Dunne Books, October 2016 My Rating: 4/5 stars “They would remember only that Miel...

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Review: Feathertide - Beth Cartwright

Genre: Fantasy, Magical Realism Published: Del Rey Publishing, July 2020 Rating: 4/5 stars “A place full of memories can never be...

Review: The House Upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods - Matt Bell

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Review: The House Upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods - Matt Bell

Genre: Magical Realism Published: Soho Press, 2013 My Rating: 1/5 stars "And even if she could not remember his face, she could remember...

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Review: Escape Routes - Naomi Ishiguro

Review of Naomi Ishiguro's debut short story collection Escape Routes

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Review: Fen - Daisy Johnson

Genre: Short Stories, Magical Realism Published: Jonathan Cape, June 2016 My Rating: 4/5 stars “I know who you are though in a moment I...

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