There are so many proverbs and cliches about revenge. And I haven’t found one that […]
Trigger warnings or challenge lines?
Over the weekend, Jennifer Medina reported in The New York Times that a petition is […]
Forty Acres, by Dwayne Alexander Smith
This book is going to piss people off. No matter who you are, what gender […]
In Paradise, by Peter Matthiessen
After nearly 70 years, what is left to say about the Shoah that hasn’t already […]
All Those Vanished Engines, by Paul Park
I am left with one question after reading Paul Park’s tripartite novella, All Those Vanished […]
Boy, Snow, Bird, by Helen Oyeyemi
Is there any relationship so fraught as the one between mothers and daughters? There is […]
Return of the bedtime story
Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl has been on my currently-reading shelf on GoodReads for three weeks now. […]
The Setting Sun, by Bart Moore-Gilbert
Bart Moore-Gilbert, a professor at London University, has fond memories of his father, Bill. Bill […]
Outrage, by Arnaldur Indriðason
How do you write an Inspector Erlendur novel without Erlendur? Arnaldur Indriðason gives it a […]
Season of the Witch, by Natasha Mostert
Gabriel Blackstone makes his living stealing information. In central London, this is a lucrative—if not […]