I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
When this book is rolling, it’s a really good book. When it stops to pause to consider how good of a book it is, it comes off as pretentious. I know that sounds ridiculous but that’s how this one made me feel. It took me multiple tries to get into this one but I kept coming back to it as I knew eventually I’d catch on to what Makkai is doing. And once I did, I mostly enjoyed the ride. This one is best read […]
Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly
Ok so this is actually one of the better Connelly books I’ve read. It definitely merits the 4-star. So why three? There’s just this one thing I can’t let go and I can’t discuss it without spoilers… Also, these spoilers are going to reference the #MeToo Movement and sexual assault in general. I won’t go into graphic detail but if any of that makes you uncomfortable, give it a pass… (Spoilers ahead) Ok so Connelly wrote this at the height of the #MeToo Movement. I […]
Complicit by Winnie M Li
I’m really impressed with how much Winnie M Li was trying to accomplish with this book. For the most part, I think she pulled it off. Because I had it in my head how this was going to go when I read it: unassuming young female on a movie set gets assaulted by a Harvey Weinstein clone. But it’s really more than that. In living up to its title, Winnie M Li shows how the whole system is wretched, including Sarah, nominally the protagonist, who […]
Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan
The number of times I had to pick my jaw up off the floor while reading this…too many to count. Maureen Ryan is now one of my favorite authors. She did not hold back at all, and I loved the snark and straight up reads she dished out in Burn It Down without it ever feeling salacious or slanderous. She has clearly worked a very long time in the industry and this book was her way of exposing the BS she has seen and experienced. While most […]
Silenced by Ann Claycomb
I am struggling to write this review. This book was good and I enjoyed it and I absolutely recommend it. Let’s just put that upfront. A solid almost four-star read. Like, a 3.85. Really. So why do I want to complain about it? I guess it’s because it is another entry in my new favorite subgenre – post-#metoo feminist fiction with a magical realism or fairy tale bent – but it just isn’t quite as excellent as other books I’ve read recently. It mostly suffers […]
Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus #6) by Ian Rankin
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
Perfect Silence (DI Callanach #4) by Helen Fields
Vacationing with young children is hard work, people, even if you’re on a campsite that has not one, but two trampolines (“mum, see what I can do!”). Nevertheless I managed to sneak in a couple of books as I hung about in the (beautiful and very hot) Alsatian countryside, so here goes. Mortal Causes (Ian Rankin) *** Mortal Causes is Inspector Rebus book no. 6 and though I’ve read the previous five, I had to look that up. I also forgot what it was about […]
