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FrancescaJ

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New Zealander in Canberra via Denmark. Heavily Caffeinated. Looking after two rambunctious kids and a well behaved dog.
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I waited almost 6 months for my library hold of by to turn up - a fact I’m extremely heartened by. It’s intelligent & insightful & compassionate in its exploration of online , conspiracy theories & the descent into these of the woman the author is frequently confused with @bookstodon

FrancescaJ , to bookstodon group
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couldn’t be more different from ’s previous Booker prize winning novel. It’s a fairly straightforward literary thriller and one that is very much of the zeitgeist with environmentalism, social media & billionaires under the microscope. Even the morally upright journalist thinks about his scoop as a path to fame. It’s very readable but also, particularly at the end, just a little bit silly. @bookstodon

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@bookworks @bookstodon it was enjoyable & topical but I don’t think it had anything to say about current issues, which a better ending might have been able to do

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I recently read a compilation of short stories- The Unreal & The Real volume 1 Where On Earth. These are her realist stories. Her writing never fails to illuminate & this line from Unlocking the Air was a gut punch in the context of modern times @bookstodon

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