The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick I’ve been reading so many psychological thriller books lately that when Audible recommended this to me, it took a while to realize that no one was going to disappear in a violent and mysterious manner and that there probably weren’t massive hidden mental health issues causing people to stab …
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Oct 30
Book Review: The Murmur of Bees
The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia This family-epic magical-realism novel set in Mexico around the turn of the century has all of the ingredients of a truly magnificent novel, but I found it tedious and a pain to finish. For me the thing that will stick with me the longest is the anguish of …
Oct 18
Book Review: Pretty Things
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown I wanted something that had a heist plot, and Audible recommended this one, probably because one of the narrators was the same who read Bluff, which I enjoyed so much. The main characters are Nina, an art thief, and Vanessa, an heiress turned instagram star. Nina, who turned to theft …
Jul 15
Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng This novel is about women and girls and the choices they make. No, it’s about a stultifyingly banal and conventional neighborhood/town and how it changes the people who live there. No, it’s about an artist and a journalist and the way their children influence each other. No, it’s about …
May 18
Book Review: Second Skin
Second Skin by Christian White This short thriller wasn’t bad, but it suffers from the same flaw that a lot of the other Audible Audio originals suffer from. Firstly, it had a “twist” ending that ruined the plot because it didn’t logically follow from the premise and the characters. What’s with the pointless twist endings? …