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Quickfire Sum Up: An utterly forgettable spy novel.
Rating [out of 5]: 2 Interpols out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a harrowing (if slightly one-dimensional) story of a soldier fighting for Germany in the Second World War.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 StuGs out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: An underwhelming tale about everyone’s favourite lightning assassin - Neave Blacktalon
Rating [out of 5]: 2 hurricane axes out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: An entertaining tale of ‘keeping calm and carrying on’ spanning three decades of Soviet Russia
Rating [out of 5]: 5 hotels out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A surprisingly entertaining tale of monsters and huntresses set in a icy realm
Rating [out of 5]: 3 Thengavars out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A tongue-in-cheek guide to dealing with witches and ghouls and daemons (oh my!)
Rating [out of 5]: 3 ungors out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A bland and formulaic tale about a super cool huntress who deserves so much better
Rating [out of 5]: 1 nymph out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: The deliberately epic tale of a Chinese peasant girl-bossing her way from poverty into posterity by pretending to be her brother and fighting against the Mongol Empire.
Rating [out of 5]: 5 Great Yuans out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A tale of super-powered siblings (and their armies) fighting and forming alliances in the midst of a galaxy spanning civil war.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 demes out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s the fictional history of Westeros that underpins House of the Dragon.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 Velaryons out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: An ultimately unsatisfying tale of vampires, scary beasts and dysfunctional family relationships.
Rating [out of 5]: 2 ritual daggers out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s the classic tale of a crusty old capitalist scared into charity by a spooky band of spectres.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 turkeys out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Another by-the-book retelling of Ancient Greek Myth focussed on Klytemnestra and Helen
Rating [out of 5]: 2 time-jumps out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a surprisingly robust story about super-humans defending their home from a tide of aliens.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 vaguely Latin terms out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: An engrossing and moving story set just before and during the Battle of Gettysburg
Rating [out of 5]: 4 army corps out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: Set after the fall of Troy, Briseis and co. try to survive various degrees of captivity inside the Grecian camp.
Rating [out of 5]: 2 slaves out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: Young Princess Leia takes her first steps into the Rebel Alliance in a pitch-perfect YA story.
Rating [out of 5] 4 Holdos out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Padmé Amidala returns in a disappointingly dull (and easily forgettable) sequel
Rating [out of 5] 2 Chommells out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a small but mighty ancient Greek tale told by Madeline Miller.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 anthropomorphised statues out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A collection of the mythical tales with bonus doodles
Rating [out of 5] 4 ‘weaving swords’ out of five.
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a science-fiction adventure – with a heavy emphasis on the science.
Rating [out of 5]: 2.5 techno-babbles out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a pulpy action novel with sci-fi tanks in the grim darkness of the far future.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 sponsons out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Gritty battles and terrible female representation at the commencement of the American Civil War
Rating [out of 5]: 2 Confederates out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: Starfighter set pieces and ruminations on justice and mercy in war abound in the final part of the Alphabet Squadron trilogy.
Rating [out of 5]: 2.5 X-Wings out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a trope-tastic hunt for a magic weapon across the high-fantasy Mortal Realms of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Rating [out of 5] 2 copyrightable faction names out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A hilarious and fantastical time-travel adventure
Rating [out of 5]: 5 revolutions out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s an international spy thriller with a comic twist.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 Hit-men out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Ariadne and Phaedra, the ‘sisters’ of the Minotaur get their turn in the spotlight, surrounded by a whole raft of disappointing men.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 maenads out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: Chinese Political Sci-Fi about Capitalist Earth versus Communitarian Mars.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Boules out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: Plucky Rebel pilots fight the increasingly fanatical Empire in a by-the-numbers sequel story.
Rating [out of 5]: 2 starfighters out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: The classic sci-fi tale with space witches, noble houses and giant sand worms galore.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Bene Gesserits out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: The Rise and Fall of Troy told with Stephen Fry’s trademark style and charm.
Rating [out of 5] 3 Aristeias out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Tales of Gods, Giants and Heroes from the Scandinavian Sagas.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Mjolnirs out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s yet another re-imagining of Troy – with Briseis and Krisayis going from the splendour of Troy to being spies in the Greek camp.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 compressed timelines out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: Mystery and treachery in a City wreathed in shadow and trapped in time.
Rating [out of 5] 2 Haunted Cities out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Padme Amidala and Co are back in action with a teen-drama romp full of heart and character.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 kickass teenage girls out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A “gritty, modern” murder plot involving poor characterisation, formulaic plot points and neo-nazi murder cults.
Rating [out of 5]: 2 tired tropes out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: The source of so many ‘noire’ tropes that holds up surprisingly well despite its age.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 hard-boiled PIs out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: The stories of (some) Ancient Greek Heroes told with cheer and charm.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 raucous adventures out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s Jojo Rabbit! Except it isn’t!
Rating [out of 5]: 3 Reichs out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: The book that started a franchise reveals itself as the weakest instalment of the Witcher Cinematic Universe.
Rating [out of 5]: 1 gruff brooding men out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: An expanded version of the Trojan Women, covering the Illiad, the Odyssey and more, all from a female perspective.
Rating [out of 5]: 5 engaging female narrators out of 5.
Quickfire Sum-Up: Everyone’s favourite elected Royal Padmé Amidala goes from Queen to Senator with assassination attempts, senate delegations and expanded character arcs galore.
Rating: 4 Senate Committees out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A blending of the Iliad and the Trojan Women – focussing on Briseis – Queen of Lyrnessus.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 scathing denouncements of hyper-masculinity out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: The Love-child of Narcos and King Lear set in Modern Day India
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Intertextual Allusions out of Five
Quickfire Sum Up: A bunch of post-it notes and scribblings turned into a repetitive retelling of a generic story.
Rating [out of 5]: 2 re-used character names out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: The life of Helen of Troy, told by Helen herself. Song of Achilles but for Helen.
Rating [out of 5] 4 Prophecies out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Three ‘intertwined stories’ about family, nature and the future.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 Queen Bees out of 5.
Quickfire Sum-Up: Tries so hard to be different it forgets to be engaging... or good.
Rating: 1 Tolkiens out of 5
Quickfire Sum-Up: A lovingly crafted retelling of the Iliad, that leaves you broken [in the best way].
Rating: 5 Aegean Princes out of 5
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