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A review by wendoxford
Victoria Park by Gemma Reeves
3.0
I find a novel with an overlapping of lives in a small community endlessly fascinating, giving layers of perspective in character snapshots by way of interlocking stories. Examples of this narrative technique I loved have been The Turning by Tim Winton and Capital by John Lanchester.
This book creates a tapestry of poignancy and the mundane with what felt at times an almost too deliberate drive to ensure that the community was diverse enough, mixed in age/gender/ethnicity/ political divides in an area of Hackney that is a gentrification hotspot.
I found it an absorbing read set in a part of London familiar to me. A great debut and I anticipate the author growing from this first book. I look forward to watching her progression
This book creates a tapestry of poignancy and the mundane with what felt at times an almost too deliberate drive to ensure that the community was diverse enough, mixed in age/gender/ethnicity/ political divides in an area of Hackney that is a gentrification hotspot.
I found it an absorbing read set in a part of London familiar to me. A great debut and I anticipate the author growing from this first book. I look forward to watching her progression