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Book review: ‘The Cockroach’ by Ian McEwan

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019Leave a comment

Jim Sams is our protagonist, a prime minister-cum-cockroach who has lived the world as a hated-being, a tiny spot on the pavement of Britain and has now woken up wearing the skin suit of the most powerful man in the country. The premise is ridiculous, but then again, so is the politics and it mirrors this quite perfectly.

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💫BOOK REVIEW💫 ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 . . Wondering why I don’t have a pic of the book? It was an ebook. Tell me book reviewers on Instagram - what the hell do I do now??! 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ oh, the bloody humanity. So here’s a fire. They make fires on the road. Tenuous link but we’ll take it. . . 📖 “Last weekend, I spent 5 hours trudging through a barren wasteland with a father “the man” and his son “the boy”, watching them starve, make mistakes, fight and protect each other – and the experience damn near killed me. Making me ask myself the question: What is more important to us - our lives or our humanity?” . . ‼️ Want to read more? Find the full in-depth review in the link in my bio! 👍 . . As well as book reviews, I also write my own stuff! Check out my blog for free short stories and other work! 💎📚 . . #bookblogger #ilovebooks #bookphotography #bookworm #bookreview #bibliophile #booksonmymind #booksharps #bookstagram #bookrecommendation #BOTM #bookofthemonth #bookgram #mustread #contemporaryfiction #theroad #apocalyptic #horror #cormacmccarthy #tbookreviews #awardwinning
✍️”Shadows”✍️ New short story alert!! 🚨 Part of the ‘Stranger Stories’ series . . . 📖 “All at once, parts of it were stretching towards him. Small black hands, crawling across the ground, followed by heads attached to necks attached to torsos. Whole bodies, so thick that they seemed to rise from the ground. The grass withered from under its touch. He tried tucking one leg under another to push himself upright, but he couldn’t remember the next step to stand.” . . ‼️ Want to read more? Find the link to the full short in my bio! 👍 . . As well as writing my own stuff, I also do book reviews! Check out my blog for the best and worst books of 2019 and other work! 💎📚 . . #amwriting #storytelling #authorlife #writersofinstagram #ireadya #authorsofinstagram #aspiringauthor #wipnovel #shortstories #bookporn #authorslife #writersofig #booklover #bookcommunity #books #bookstagram #lovewriting #roalddahl #thewish #strangerstories #fiction #contemporaryfiction #author #horror #creepywriting
Yup, you’re right, I’ve contrasted the shit out of this. That’s what happens when you are too self conscious to take an outdoor photo with your book and settle with bad reflections. Ahhhh well 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ . . 💫 Book review: ‘Cockroach’ by Ian McEwan 💫 Rating: ⭐️⭐️ 2/5 . . . 📖 Jim Sams is our protagonist, a prime minister-cum-cockroach who has lived the world as a hated-being, a tiny spot on the pavement of Britain and has now woken up wearing the skin suit of the most powerful man in the country. The premise is ridiculous, but then again, so is the politics and it mirrors this quite perfectly.” . . ‼️ Want to read more? Find the full in-depth review in the link in my bio! 👍 . . As well as book reviews, I also write my own stuff! Check out my blog for free short stories and other work! 💎📚 . . #bookblogger #ilovebooks #bookphotography #bookworm #bookreview #bibliophile #booksandnature #booksonmymind #booksharps #booksfieldtrip #readoutdoors #bookstagram #bookrecommendation #BOTM #bookofthemonth #bookgram #mustread #travelandbooks #readersofinsta #bookporn #ireadya #tbookreviews #ianmcewan #cockroach #politics #brexit
💫 Book review: ‘10 minutes, 38 seconds in this strange world’ by Elif Shafak 💫 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 . . . 📖 “On the first page, we learn that ‘Tequila Leila’ as she’s known to her friends is not at home, cuddled up in bed and warm, but instead she lies dead in a metal rubbish bin on the outskirts of Istanbul - a city which lives and breathes its own personality as loudly as the characters that live within it. We feel immediate devastation that this woman, a person who Elif describes with intimate detail, has met her end here. As Leila herself says: “She could not believe that her mortal existence was over and done with [...] Last night she had left her fingerprints on a whisky glass …”” . . ‼️ Want to read more? Find the full in-depth review in the link in my bio! 👍 . . As well as book reviews, I also write my own stuff! Check out my blog for free short stories and other work! 💎📚 . . #bookblogger #ilovebooks #bookphotography #bookworm #bookreview #bibliophile #booksandnature #booksonmymind #booksharps #booksfieldtrip #readoutdoors #bookstagram #bookrecommendation #BOTM #bookofthemonth #bookgram #mustread #travelandbooks #readersofinsta #bookporn #ireadya #tbookreviews #elifshafak #istanbul #mentalhealth #religion
✍️”The Midnight Shuffle Part V, VI & VII” ✍️ A zombie short story 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️ . . . 📖 “He kissed me with the kind of urgency you only really see in the movies. It was only now that I started to detect the slightest flavour of something charred and earthy in his tongue.  He was definitely a smoker.” W/ author notes. Pic from unsplash. . . ‼️ Want to read more? Find the link to the full short in my bio! 👍 . . As well as writing my own stuff, I also do book reviews! Check out my blog for the best and worst books of 2019 and other work! 💎📚 . . #amwriting #storytelling #authorlife #writersofinstagram #ireadya #authorsofinstagram #aspiringauthor #wipnovel #shortstories #bookporn #authorslife #writersofig #booklover #bookcommunity #books #bookstagram #horror #zombie #zombies #apocalypse #novel #fiction #funny #lovewriting
💫Poetry collection review: “Nothing is okay” by Rachel Wiley 💫 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 . . . 📖 ‘My favorite poets are the ones that deal with the raw shit - the bits that make your stomach squelch and ring in your head because you know that at some time, some where, you felt this poem before you read it.’ . . ‼️ Want to read more? Find the full in-depth review in the link in my bio! 👍 . . As well as book reviews, I also write my own stuff! Check out my blog for free short stories and other work! 💎📚 . . #bookblogger #ilovebooks #bookphotography #bookworm #bookreview #bibliophile #booksandnature #booksonmymind #booksharps #booksfieldtrip #readoutdoors #bookstagram #bookrecommendation #BOTM #bookofthemonth #bookgram #mustread #travelandbooks #readersofinsta #bookporn #ireadya #tbookreviews #poetry #poetryreviews #buttonpoetry #rachelwiley #rachelwileypoetry #slampoetry

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