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Body Horror

The Book of Revelation by Rupert Thomson

July 18, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

CN: rape, sexual assault, kidnapping. Seriously, this book is very triggering. I remember picking this book up randomly one day in a book store, thinking it was about religion. I cringed when I saw the subject matter: an attractive man kidnapped and held against his will, subject to torture and sexual menace at the hands of women. I looked it up on Goodreads and found it wasn’t considered grindhouse shock shlock, but a literary meditation on gender and power dynamics. I wasn’t confident to buy […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: amsterdam, Rupert Thomson, The Book of Revelation

Jake's CBR13 Review No:113 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: amsterdam, Rupert Thomson, The Book of Revelation ·
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A review for some but not for all

Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Ari Folman

September 30, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We talk about books that are not for everyone, well, this is a review not for everyone. I bring up feelings, more than facts here. I have thoughts that you probably do not say today. But I am telling you, the review reader, this book affected me in ways I did not expect. This is my journey being introduced to a story I thought I knew, but came away with a different outlook about it. I have never read The Diary of Anne Frank. Though, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: amsterdam, Anne Frank, Ari Folman, David Polonsky, Holocaust

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:396 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: amsterdam, Anne Frank, Ari Folman, David Polonsky, Holocaust ·
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Life is just a bowl of (sour) cherries

Refuge by Dina Nayeri

October 2, 2018 by Dusty Highway Leave a Comment

CBR10Bingo: Delicious Finding a book for this CBR10Bingo square was oddly tough for me, as nothing in my TBR list really jumped out at me as being obviously about food. When I started pulling my books off the shelf, one by one, and saw those gorgeous yellow cherries on the cover of Dina Nayeri’s Refuge, I knew this was the one.  Early in the book, Niloo’s father imparts his life’s philosophy to his young daughter.: “Life in Ardestoon is a shank of lamb so bursting […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, Addiction, amsterdam, cbr10bingo, Dina Nayeri, Iran, Persian food, refuge, refugees

Dusty Highway's CBR10 Review No:53 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, Addiction, amsterdam, cbr10bingo, Dina Nayeri, Iran, Persian food, refuge, refugees ·
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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

Ladies Who Paint

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

May 11, 2017 by Gracey the Giant Leave a Comment

When I first started reading The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, by Dominic Smith, I was pretty sure I didn’t like it. The first chapter felt like it was about dissatisfied rich people and I was not in the mood for that nonsense.  Happily, it is not about dissatisfied rich people, nor is it about the theft and forgery of a Dutch painting, which is what I thought it was about after I decided it wasn’t about rich people.  Really though, it’s about three […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1950s, amsterdam, art, dominic smith, historical fiction, NYC, the last painting of sara de vos

Gracey the Giant's CBR9 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1950s, amsterdam, art, dominic smith, historical fiction, NYC, the last painting of sara de vos ·
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Two former lovers of Molly Lane.

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

June 18, 2014 by narfna 1 Comment

Honestly, if this book was written by any other author than Ian McEwan, it would have gotten two stars from me. But it was written by Ian McEwan, and there’s just something about the way he strings his words together that enchants me, regardless of how interesting I find whatever else is going on in his books at the time. Amsterdam is thankfully a concise book (with relatively large typeface and small pages), so no great investment of time on my part. The catalyst to the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: amsterdam, award winners, ian mcewan, literary, man booker prize, narfna

narfna's CBR6 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: amsterdam, award winners, ian mcewan, literary, man booker prize, narfna ·
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