After being introduced as a 12 year old girl in the second novel of the series, Savannah Levine narrates the 11th book in the series as a 21 year old. For the most part, this novel falls very much in line with the rest of the series, though there is more focus on Savannah growing up, and less on romantic entanglements. Savannah is an odd character in ways – she has always been presented as spunky, saracastic, very independent and yet when it came time […]
Jen K’s Review #2: Bellman and Black
I’m pretty sure that my reaction upon completing a book isn’t supposed to be “so what was the point/ what the fuck did I just read?” I don’t think every book needs to have a deeper message (which this one kind of did, but it was a bit cliche, hence the “what’s the point”) or even a super exciting plot as long as I feel entertained. Unfortunately, the novel ran out of steam for me about halfway through, which is really unfortunate because I loved […]
Jen K’s Review #1: Hitler’s Furies
The idea behind this book was to explore the role of women in Nazi Germany, and how they participated or collaborated with the regime, only to be mostly ignored in the post war time years, while instead the myth of the German martyr women, victims of rape and air attacks on the home front took hold. While I liked the book and thought Lower made an interesting argument, it felt all too brief, more like this is the beginning of an area of study. For […]
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