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Dragon ball

By Akira Toriyama

5 stars

A cultural touchstone and personal source of nostalgia. There isn't much to say about the ur-example of shonen manga. I noticed this time the transition from a humour based adaptation of the Monkey King to a galactic formulaic battle story. The fourth wall goes up hard around the 150th chapter ad stays up until Majin Boo starts wrecking havoc.
Poorhara

By Michelle Rahurahu

5 stars

Rahurahu portrays generational colonial trauma in unflinching detail. The main characters are likeable and desperate - and fully believable throughout. The novel takes the reader to some dark places and refuses to tie things up neatly. I think everybody should read this, but trigger warnings galore for sexual assault and self harm.
I'm Working in a Building

By Pip Adam

5 stars

Pip Adam writes a structurally brave novel around the conceit of engineering. At the centre of the text is a fictional devastating earthquake. The novel is told backwards. Adam has the observational nous and the ability to convey emotion that an author needs to carry an ambitious novel in this vein.

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