★★☆☆☆ Muhan Zhang ★★☆☆☆ Muhan Zhang

Wilder Girls

★★☆☆☆ I get the Lord of the Flies-but-girls pitch from a marketing perspective, but in reality it’s way more like The Maze Runner-but-girl’s. Also there are fully at least 2 adults stranded with the girls - who are teens not children. Lesbian romance was shite, no build up, no build out, not a fan.

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★★☆☆☆ Muhan Zhang ★★☆☆☆ Muhan Zhang

The Stationery Shop

★★☆☆☆ TLDR: If you’re into romantic tropes, historical fiction, plot spanning an entire lifetime, and epistolary writing, you might be into this. Do not expect much by way of Iranian history, realism, suspense, dialogue, or character development.

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★★☆☆☆ Muhan Zhang ★★☆☆☆ Muhan Zhang

The Museum of Modern Love

★★☆☆☆ A mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection - a meditation on love, art and commitment, set against the backdrop of one of the greatest art events in modern history, Marina Abramovic's The Artist is Present.

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