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Are we supposed to like this woman? The author sure doesn’t.

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

September 23, 2026 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

There was so much hype around this book that I had to read it. I actually got a new Audible subscription, so I didn’t have to wait for the library to have a copy available. I can’t figure out if I actually liked it though. I originally rated it four stars, but then I downgraded it to three stars. I don’t know if that was based on the actual writing or the characters though. I’m thinking it was probably a combination of the two. Our […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Caro Claire Burke

kfishgirl's CBR18 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Caro Claire Burke ·
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I Would Not Survive in 1855…And I Wouldn’t Want To

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

August 30, 2026 by Melina 1 Comment

We meet bright, but cold Natalie Heller as she goes off to Harvard. Instead of experiencing the world, making friends and learning, the experience shows her that what she knows is “right” and that the world is wicked. She meets a man, a man who’s family is wealthy and heavily connected to politics and she sees in him someone she can mold and make the perfect husband. They quickly marry and things immediately go downhill. Natalie loathes her husband. He has no ambition, he wants […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Caro Claire Burke, yesteryear

Melina's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Caro Claire Burke, yesteryear ·
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more zeitgeist-y summer reading

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

August 26, 2026 by wicherwill 1 Comment

CBR Bingo: Refuge, because of what the ‘strange horrible version of reality’ represents for Natalie. And also, yes, because this gives me a second bingo I feel like having just read and reviewed Fruit Fly, in which I reference my feelings on this book, I should also, you know, review this one. So here we go. Luckily, it’s come up in conversation multiple times since I read it, so my thoughts aren’t as scattered as you’d/I’d expect. SO, as the blurb and all the media makes […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Caro Claire Burke, cbrbingo18

wicherwill's CBR18 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Caro Claire Burke, cbrbingo18 ·
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Giant Ranch on the Prairie

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

August 21, 2026 by G.D. Giant Leave a Comment

Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke, features a tradwife influencer by the name of Natalie Heller Mills. Natalie lives on a charming little 500-acre ranch in Idaho with her cowboy husband, Caleb, and their five kids, with another on the way. On Instagram, in front of millions of followers, a pious, obedient Natalie tends to her flock of children as well as her flock of chickens. Natalie makes sourdough bread, drinks raw milk, from her own cow, of course, and makes family meals with the organic […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: black humor, Caro Claire Burke, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo 26, dark humor, humor, Satire

G.D. Giant's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: black humor, Caro Claire Burke, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo 26, dark humor, humor, Satire ·
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Is there a good time to be a woman?

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

August 17, 2026 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I can’t remember where I first heard of Yesteryear (2026) by Caro Claire Burk, but I was immediately intrigued by the premise. A successful Youtuber “trad wife” suddenly finds herself back in the year 1855 as an OG “trad” wife. I knew nothing else about the novel, but I was hoping for some clever satire. The book begins with our protagonist, Natalie Heller Mills doing an interview. She lives in a gorgeous farmstead with her husband and five (?) children–with one on the way. Their lives are […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Caro Claire Burke

Sophia's CBR18 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Caro Claire Burke ·
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When You Hate the Protagonist (But Enjoy the Book)

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

June 22, 2026 by RouletteGirl 4 Comments

If you are anywhere on social media, you’ve probably heard of Yesteryear. This is the first book in a while that I have had multiple different people, in completely different social settings, mention it to me and ask if I’ve read it. And boy, have I. Yesteryear is the kind of story you can’t put down, because you have to find out what the hell is going on. It’s also the kind of story where you are actively rooting against the protagonist, because she is terrible. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Caro Claire Burke

RouletteGirl's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Caro Claire Burke ·
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