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Mar 6, 2020Feb 17, 2021Hannah O'Donnell

On 3… Crescent City, House of Earth and Blood.

Can you believe I’m going into this review as a Sarah J. Maas virgin? I know. Crazy. There are a few of us still out there. But we’re like unicorns, or leprechauns, or any other ‘orn’. Tricky to find, and possibly just a horse in disguise. Anyway… Sarah J. Maas burst onto the writing scene […]

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Jan 17, 2020Jan 8, 2020Hannah O'Donnell

On Three… Wilder Girls

The obvious comparison would be the 1954 novel by William Golding, ‘Lord of the Flies’. But Wilder Girls is a horror. It’s a monster all its own. 

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Jan 10, 2020Jan 4, 2020Hannah O'Donnell

On Three… Empress of All Seasons.

For those of you who have not read an ‘On Three’ review before: I review books after the 3rd chapter and determine whether I’m going to continue reading or not. Most agents only give a book three chapters (or the first 50 pages) and I find it’s gauge enough to know whether I’m going to […]

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Oct 3, 2019Oct 3, 2019Hannah O'Donnell

#Gothtober – Gothic Listening

Back in July I wrote a blog post about music being influential on writing, explaining that writers craving silence and solitude was a stereotype and ABSOLUTELY NOT how I like to write. Click here if you want a little slice of recap. But a TLDR is: Some writers finds the blank page daunting, and music […]

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Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019Hannah O'Donnell

Welcome to #Gothtober

Okay, so… your first question might be – what is Gothtober? Or it might be, why? Both are reasonable. And I can explain. When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a princess. *Cue the sicky noises. But, after my mum introduced me to some real princesses (the pageant kind) who wanted to […]

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Sep 16, 2019Hannah O'Donnell

Seam Submission: Woman

I looked in his eyes as I told him, ‘I can’t have children.’ And he recoiled. ‘That’s so
sad,’ he said. ‘Why?’ I asked. ‘Because… having children – that’s what makes you a woman.

It’s the key biological difference that separates you from a man.’
Then I guess I’m not a woman.

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Sep 12, 2019Hannah O'Donnell

On 3… Review of The Rabbit Girls

Usually, I preface these reviews with the intro about how I only read three chapters being interrupted by my mum… yada yada. But today’s review is part of a #BlogTour for Anna Ellory and I’ve decided to take a slight detour – so, if you’re ready for the emotional rollercoaster, sitting comfortably etc, I’ll begin. […]

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Sep 5, 2019Sep 5, 2019Hannah O'Donnell

On 3… The Night Manager

How do you create tension in the opening chapters of a book, without giving the game away? Without over-egging the pudding and making the tension unsustainable? Without boring your audience into early retirement. Well, You start by using present tense. If everything is happening in the moment, how could you not be caught up along […]

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Jun 19, 2019Jul 16, 2019Hannah O'Donnell

On 3… A Review of How to Stop Time.

Confession. I went into this book already obsessed with Matt Haig. I’ve read snippets of his writing before, I’ve followed him on Twitter, I narrowly missed the chance to see him read in Bath and all my friends from uni rate his writing. So – I went in with big expectations.

I was not disappointed.

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Jun 5, 2019Jun 25, 2019Hannah O'Donnell

On 3… A Review of We Were Liars.

‘Welcome to the beautiful Sinclair family. No one is a criminal. No one is an addict. No one is a failure.’

Why does that strike me as insincere?

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