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The Diary of Pelly D, by L.J. Adlington

October 8, 2023October 12, 2023 N. K. Valek

The Diary of Anne Frank, but it's in the future, on a different planet, and humans have gills now. :O

Tagged Aliens, Book rant, Book review, Fiction debut, Holocaust stories, L.J. Adlington, N.K. Valek Reviews, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, The Diary of Pelly D, WorldbuildingLeave a comment
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The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga

September 26, 2023 N. K. Valek

Do the Ends Justify the Means?

Tagged 1st person, Book review, Book reviews, Booker Prize, Books by email, Creative Writing tips, Fiction vs real life, India, Morally gray, N.K. Valek Reviews, politics, Rambling in Creative Writing, Realistic, Writing in different tensesLeave a comment
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Hatchet, By Gary Paulson

September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 N. K. Valek

HE COULD HAVE DIED. SEVERAL TIMES.

Tagged Action / Adventure, Believe in yourself, Coming of age, Creating new words, Critique, Growing up, Inspiring, Making things up, N.K. Valek Reviews, Plane Crash, Repetition, Subplots, Survival, Wilderness, Worldbuilding, Writing tipsLeave a comment
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The Tutor, by Peter Abrahams

September 13, 2023September 21, 2023 N. K. Valek

Long set up, but pulls through in the end. Little girl saves the day.

Tagged Book review, child main character, library, Mystery, N.K. Valek Reviews, Neurodivergent characters, Peter Abrahams, Psychopath, Savant, Sherlock Holmes, Suspense, The dog dies, Thriller, Writing thoughts, YALeave a comment
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Review for Split, by Swati Avasthi

August 29, 2023September 13, 2023 N. K. Valek

How do we heal from what we saw and who we were becoming?

Tagged abuse, Book review, library, N.K. Valek Reviews, parenting, reading, Realistic, relationships, role models, runaway, siblings, Split, teenagers, trauma, YALeave a comment

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