Quick Synopsis: A teenage boy tells the story of what happened after his mother’s rape Quick Review: The bones of a good story about modern reservation life and the distressing prevalence of violence against native women that is sometimes derailed by too much supporting cast drama Read the Full Review
You’ve Got (A Cute Guy Reading Your) Mail
Lincoln O’Neill is stuck, in more ways than one. He’s living at home with his mother, having recently finished another of his many degrees and not quite ready to strike out on his own. He’s haunted by memories of his one true love, Sam, the girl who broke his heart in college. He’s also feeling bound by his job. It was supposed to be “internet security” for the local newspaper – protecting the company’s computers from hackers, for example – but instead, he sits all […]
Lord of the Flies – Review #8 for AamilTheCamel
William Golding has painted the most beautiful picture with words and the picture is more than just that. It is more than the superficial veneer of a story, it a revelation.
Adult Male reviews the Divergent Series finale
MEGA SPOILERS AHEAD – Continue at your own peril! I read Allegiant to complete the Divergent Trilogy. I was not a huge fan of either previous book but I wanted to know how the series would end. I enjoyed the dystopian plot but had no patience for the love angle. Books about teenagers in love are my bane. That secondary plot almost led to me not finishing the series. The finale reduced the kiddie-love aspect a little and I appreciated it. Allegiant opens shortly […]
Badkittyuno’s Review #15: Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley
This book was fucking hilarious. I read Thank You For Smoking a couple years ago, which is probably Buckley’s best known book. It was pretty funny. I happened to see Supreme Courtship at Half Price Books a few weeks ago, along with a shelf full of his other novels that I didn’t know existed. I grabbed Supreme Courtship on a whim, and now I plan to go buy the rest of that shelf. President Vanderdamp’s ratings are abysmal, because he’s doing something unheard for a first-term president: rather […]
Badkittyuno’s Review #14: Don’t You Forget About Me by Jancee Dunn
I’ve read two memoirs by Jancee Dunn so far this year, and now I’ve finished her foray into fiction, Don’t You Forget About Me, which was so similar to her memoirs that I had to keep reminding myself that she was not, in fact, the main character. I had the same problem with Nora Ephron, after reading two memoirs then Heartburn, in which the main character bore a striking similarity to Ephron. Still, they tell you to write what you know, and that must have worked for […]