Book Reviews

  • Uptown Oracle reads… The Seed Collectors

    I bought The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas due to good reviews and a promotion in Waterstones. The synopsis is when Great Aunt Oleander dies she leaves her nearest and dearest a seed pod each. The seed pod may be the reason Clem, Charlie, Fleur and Bryony’s parents went missing but they may also contain the…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… Poison City

    Uptown Oracle Reads… Poison City

    Poison CityPaul Crilley (Affiliate Links) The name’s Gideon Tau, but everyone just calls me London. I work for the Delphic Division, the occult investigative unit of the South African Police Service. My life revolves around two things – finding out who killed my daughter and imagining what I’m going to do to the bastard when…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

    Uptown Oracle Reads… Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

    Harry Potter and The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (Affiliate Links) The eighth story, nineteen years later… It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a…