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Lisa Bee's Reviews:

A Fantastical Little Take on the Concept of Family Secrets

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

April 28, 2020 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

Funny enough, after finishing this book, my friend and I started watching I’m Not Okay With This together (see: video chatting while watching separately, hitting play at the same moment), and both that show and this novel involve young people who are unable to control innate abilities within themselves, that always seem to burst forth when the individual is angry or agitated in some way. But in both cases, this concept, while integral to the plot, is a vehicle for reaching into the deeper truths […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Kevin Wilson, magical realism, Nothing to See Here

Lisa Bee's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Kevin Wilson, magical realism, Nothing to See Here ·
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Like Gosford Park by Way of Source Code, with a Zest of Black Mirror

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

April 18, 2020 by Lisa Bee 1 Comment

This might have been better as an actual read rather than an audiobook: due to the complexities of the plot and many many characters, if my mind drifted for even a second I would find myself confused as to what was happening or who was who. But then, with all the moving parts I might have had a time keeping everything straight even if I were to have read it. I know this book has been reviewed by a number of Cannonballers in the past […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Stuart Turton

Lisa Bee's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Stuart Turton ·
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A Blended Family Drama Spanning Decades that Gets Bogged Down By It’s Numerous Characters

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

April 13, 2020 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

This novel ended up on my to-read list after being recommended by our library’s website after I finished Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You. I really didn’t know what I was getting into though, to be honest, but I did assume that like Ng’s book, it would be some kind of personal family drama. That is certainly was, and this is a genre I usually quite like, but this time I find myself feeling a bit lukewarm about the whole endeavor. Commonwealth begins with […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ann patchett, family drama

Lisa Bee's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ann patchett, family drama ·
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An Urban Fantasy Noir with an Intriguing World, but with a Slow Burn Pace that Doesn’t Sizzle Quite Enough

The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold

April 12, 2020 by Lisa Bee 1 Comment

Unintentionally, this is the second novel I have ended up reading so far this year that takes place in a setting where magic used to exist freely, but has since disappeared, causing major changes to society in its wake. But despite this seeming similarity, both novels are very different from one another. While the first used the concept of returning magic in a YA quest, using the injustices of the class structure to create a direct allegory to the violence committed against black communities in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: luke arnold

Lisa Bee's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: luke arnold ·
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Even the Mysterious Figures that We Aren’t Quite Sure are there Have Their Histories to Tell

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor

April 8, 2020 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to the Welcome to Night Vale podcast, a surreal little trip into a strange desert town with unexplained incidents that the people are just accustomed to and seem to live with like that’s just life. I’m not sure if my previous knowledge and experience with the series made the reading of this novel better or worse: on the one hand, it certainly filled in a couple of spaces at the end that might make those unfamiliar confused, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink, Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor, Welcome to Night Vale

Lisa Bee's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink, Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor, Welcome to Night Vale ·
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Who Else Has a Sibling Dynamic Where You Are Constantly Annoyed Over Petty Things But Would Help Them Hide a Body in an Instant?

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

April 2, 2020 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

My Sister, the Serial Killer begins at the cleanup of a murder; Korede is the older sister of Ayoola, and this is the third time Korede has had to come to the rescue of her little sister’s crimes in order to help her clean up and dispose of a dead body. Korede has always been protective of her little sister after a traumatic childhood with their father, but at this point she is beginning to question if the trail of bodies Ayoola has been leaving […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Oyinkan Braithwaite

Lisa Bee's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Oyinkan Braithwaite ·
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