The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen Honestly, I picked this book because I’m a sucker for corvids. Anything related to crows or ravens automatically gets my attention. A fantasy novel in which people are divided into castes based on birds? Wow, it’s like it was written just for me. Owen seems to have based her …
Category: Book Review
Jul 15
Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng This novel is about women and girls and the choices they make. No, it’s about a stultifyingly banal and conventional neighborhood/town and how it changes the people who live there. No, it’s about an artist and a journalist and the way their children influence each other. No, it’s about …
May 18
Book Review: Second Skin
Second Skin by Christian White This short thriller wasn’t bad, but it suffers from the same flaw that a lot of the other Audible Audio originals suffer from. Firstly, it had a “twist” ending that ruined the plot because it didn’t logically follow from the premise and the characters. What’s with the pointless twist endings? …
Apr 29
Book Review: Bluff
Bluff by Michael Kardos If you want a good con/heist novel, this is exactly what you’re looking for. A sleight-of-hand performing magician prodigy and a skilled card cheat meet up to pull off an impossible heist to steal money from a high stakes poker game. Does that not sell it for you? I found the …
Apr 09
Book Review: The Hypnotist’s Love Story
The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty Liane Moriarty is one of those authors I turn to when I just want an enjoyable story, because her novels are consistently good. This is unlike her other novels in that it’s not exclusively about rich Australian housewives, though they’re all Australian and some of them have been …