As society’s understanding and acceptance of mental health disorders continues to grow, is it time for crime writers to retire the trope of mentally ill murderers? From alcoholic detectives to homicidal murderers and victims with amnesia, crime fiction is a genre full...
After the huge success of Dune’s film adaptation in 2021, a sequel is set to be released in November 2023. In anticipation of the second Dune film, the BLOT team tested themselves on how much of the book, and its film adaptation, they could remember. WATCH: The...
BLOT’s Rating: 🕮🕮🕮🕮 Warning: Major spoilers ahead! Much like the title of the book, Under the Skin is not what it looks like on the surface. When the story opens, we’re introduced to the book’s protagonist Isserley, who spends her time in the Scottish Highlands...
The Hunger Games is a series we’ve all read growing up, but as adults, how much do we actually remember from the books? Watch the BLOT team compete head to head to find out who’s the biggest Hunger Games fan! And click here to take BLOT’s Hunger Games quiz...
So you want to read about the environment, but you’re bored of reading books about climate change. Here are BLOT’s top 5 environmental thrillers (that aren’t cli-fi) to get you started. The difference between environmental thrillers and cli-fi While...
