You guys, I may have lost perspective on whether Liane Moriarty is a good author or not. I kinda don’t care; I’ve been devouring her novels like cupcakes. If you’re looking at the nutritional info on a cupcake, you’re doing cupcakes AND nutrition wrong. There was a long weekend, I was at the beach, and I certainly didn’t feel like A Brief History of Time. Anyway, this book centers on middle class life in Australia, so it’s a real departure for Moriarty. (I honestly wonder […]
Chad, you magnificent son of a bitch
My question to the bookseller when I saw this remaindered was “is this about baseball? Because I don’t care about baseball.” I’ve tried, my dad was a longtime Tigers fan (don’t worry, he’s fine, I used the past tense because all Detroit fans see reason eventually) and I’ve been a good sport and attended many a ball game in my day. I never saw the point until I reached drinking age, and then realized the quantity of beer required to make a bunch of guys […]
Welp, I was warned.
You know that parable about the scorpion and the turtle? (Note: I almost certainly have the animals wrong, but for reasons that will become obvious, I’m not looking it up). The scorpion asks the turtle to take it across a river, turtle balks, scorpion points out they’ll both drown if he stings the turtle, turtle takes the scorpion halfway across when he gets stung. Turtle’s dying words amount to “WTF, bro?” and the scorpion says “you knew I was a scorpion when you picked me […]
It’s certainly not easy
”Genius is a thing that happens, not a kind of person” is such a welcome, helpful thought, and this book is packed with them. It’s a perfect, often humorous and enjoyable rebuttal to every 13 year old’s “but when am I ever going to need this in real life?!” whine in third period algebra. (For what it’s worth, I was never that kid – I did all my homework without complaint like a good little nerd – but always assumed I was never going to […]
Awesome and doesn’t overly tax your gray matter
That post title isn’t a dig. I REALLY liked this book; it was one of those you finish in half the time you expect to and immediately buy something else by the same author once the last page is flipped. It’s got some pop science in it, just enough to be credible but not so much you have to strain to follow it. I do love a harder science fiction novel as well, but it’s nice to have some dessert along with your cultural vegetables, […]
Dammit, liane.
Ive been on a Liane Moriarty kick recently, and this is solidly middle of the pack. I enjoyed reading it – her books are nothing if not enjoyable – but this one felt a bit like a first draft. I don’t want to give away the big secrets here – Moriarty does an amazing job with keeping her readers entertained with the how of a whodunit as much as the who and the why – but the actual twists are enjoyable to read even as […]
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