Was this good? Yes. Quite well written. A family drama that reads like a thriller. Vivid characters in dramatically heightened situations. Reminds me a bit of George Saunders, if Saunders were sa...
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So as the title says, I just finished reading The Ocean at the end of the lane and uh wow. I’ve read Good Omens so I am familiar with Neil Gaiman but honestly this book. It gave me all those of...
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So I read Devil In The White City and I was thoroughly underwhelmed. I knew it was a combination of the history of the Chicago World’s Fair as well as H. H. Holmes, but I kind of expected there...
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My experience with Stephen King books is not all negative. The first of his books I read was Shining. I liked it a lot. The plot was interesting and the place was scary. Also I liked how the ch...
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I finished this book few weeks ago and I just can't get it out of my mind how bad it is. The main character, Nora, decides to take her life because the last 24 hours of her life wasn't nice. Her ...
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Huānyíng readers, This is our monthly discussion of the literature of the world! Every Wednesday, we'll post a new country or culture for you to recommend literature from, with the caveat tha...
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I’m that type of person that hates reading on a kindle or tablet, because I love that feeling of a book in my hands and the smell of paper etc. I also find it more comfortable to hold than a ta...
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This is, for some reason, one of my favorite books. It features mystery, good characterization and just this vibe of youth that I've not come across much in fiction. It's engaging without being w...
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I wanted to read it because someone on here said it was such a funny book. On par with Catch-22….. crickets. There were parts on the beginning that made me chuckle. I can’t say it was bad b...
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Hannah definitely honed in on a really interesting topic with covering the story of Frankie McGrath, an Army nurse in Vietnam. Frankie lives in the same squalid conditions as the other (men) sold...
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I rarely see discussions about Banana Yoshimoto on any book subreddits which saddens me a bit because she is genuinely a great author deserving of more recognition! I hate to make this comparison...
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I just finished this book suggested by a redditor in another post (thank you random guy). I'd like to read your opinions about it. I really don't know what to think of this book. It was a very di...
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I mean books that tend to be more popular with dudes than ladies. For instance, "Lonesome Dove". My dad rec'd it to me, I (male) read it and loved it, and rec'd it to multiple female friends ...
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I know a lot of you will go not another Monte Cristo post but I have been dying to tell someone about it. I was completely hooked throughout the book loved how everything mentioned before was use...
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The Guardian story in another post obfuscated on why the many authors dropped out of the awards. PEN America, which explicitly speaks of human rights in its vision, allowed a January event includ...
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This should have been right up my alley I did enjoy the original pride and prejudice and I love a good horror film or book. But I read 90 pages of this and felt the zombies were so shoehorned in ...
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1) Between Shades of Gray, after following Lina and her family's harrowing deportation under Stalin, Lina has some hope since she managed to survive all of the Winter--and then we cut to 50 ye...
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Hi everyone! What are you reading? What have you recently finished reading? What do you think of it? We want to know! We're displaying the books found in this thread in the book strip at the ...
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