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What Red Was by Rosie Price

Posted on 4 March 20 by

Kate becomes best friends with Max during their first year of university. His privileged life is very different from her modest upbringing, but that doesn’t stop them from becoming inseparable. Then one night at Max’s family’s home, Kate is raped … Continue reading →

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Cherry by Nico Walker

Posted on 24 February 20 by

I’m mystified that this made the New York Time’s list for Best Fiction of 2018. Really? Let me save you some time: A college drop-out joins the army after his girlfriend and fellow ecstasy taker, Emily, moves away. They then … Continue reading →

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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Posted on 17 February 20 by

This is a captivating, moving story about the AIDS epidemic. The novel splits itself between two timeframes and characters. In the 1980s, we follow Yale Tishman in his career as a development director for a university’s art gallery, and in … Continue reading →

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An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

Posted on 15 January 20 by

This is the very long story of Clyde Griffiths’ demise, showing a very dark side to the American Dream. Full disclosure: I only read half of this tome. However, I was invested enough to care what happens. So I found … Continue reading →

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We, The Survivors by Tash Aw

Posted on 15 January 20 by

Having grown up in a Malaysian fishing village and served time for his crime, Ah Hock tells a journalist of how he came to commit murder. The writing is poignant and quite vivid. I’ll always remember the images created around … Continue reading →

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Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

Posted on 15 January 20 by

I really liked this first novel by Dalton about a 12-year-old boy, Eli Bell, who has to navigate a world of crime as he grows up in a suburb of 1980’s Australia. This is a fantastic tale about family, crime, … Continue reading →

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The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

Posted on 7 November 19 by

Maybe I missed something about this book? People seemed to really love it. I really liked parts of it. Those are the parts actually about the book’s purpose or claim: a woman’s best friend and mentor dies; as a result, … Continue reading →

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