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Not what I wanted from this concept :(

The Names by Florence Knapp

January 6, 2026 by narfna 3 Comments

To sum up, this was not for me! Move along if that’s enough for you. I have a lot of conflicting thoughts about this book and why it didn’t work for me, but after the great first several chapters, I quickly found myself souring on it. The Names is literary fiction with a speculative twist: a woman named Cora has been tasked with registering her newborn son’s name, and the book splits off into parallel narratives with different stories created by her three different choices of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Florence Knapp, literary fiction, narfna, speculative, The Names

narfna's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Florence Knapp, literary fiction, narfna, speculative, The Names ·
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That which we call a rose

The Names by Florence Knapp

September 8, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I’m a sucker for a Sliding Doors kind of story – Lionel Shriver’s The Post Birthday World, Kristin Cashore Jane, Unlimited … – I just enjoy seeing how the author envisions people having completely different relationships based on one decision. Sometimes, there is a sense of poignancy and sadness as a reader as we know things the characters never will, we see how people that could have been best friends in one life are barely passing strangers, seeing a loss the characters never even realize […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: alternate timeline, debut novel, domestic violence, Florence Knapp, What If?

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:88 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: alternate timeline, debut novel, domestic violence, Florence Knapp, What If? ·
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