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Tag: Book Review

August 23, 2021August 22, 2021 Chloe Moody Book Reviews, Magazine

A Love Letter to Slasher Cinema: A Review of My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

A horror novel should hold my attention sooner than eighty percent of the way through the book. 

August 16, 2021August 15, 2021 Vicky Chong Book Reviews

Places and Faces: A Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

Some might mistake immortality for a dream come true but for Adeline LaRue immortality is agony at its worst.

July 26, 2021July 25, 2021 Chloe Moody Book Reviews

Trivial Thrills: Book Review of Survive the Night by Riley Sager

As I kept reading, and my patience grew thin, all signs began to point towards what I had predicted.

July 12, 2021July 25, 2021 Vicky Chong Book Reviews

Grief Food: Review of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Being two halves of different things can often make you feel less of a whole.

May 21, 2021May 20, 2021 Lillian Marsh Book Reviews

The Difficult Transition to Self-Acceptance: Review of We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul

This book does more harm than good in the negative stereotypes it perpetuates.

May 14, 2021May 10, 2021 Corina Chen Book Reviews

Casting a Story: Review of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

No one wants to hear about this ugliness. But everyone loves a well-told story.

May 10, 2021May 9, 2021 Sukhmony Brar Book Reviews

Fragments of a Meandering Life: Review of A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin

Nearly every story in the collection is captivating in its constant motion and minute detail.

April 23, 2021April 22, 2021 Zoe Forest Book Reviews

Chinatown’s Dark History: Review of The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore

She has no idea that the rest of her life will be spent rescuing Chinese girls and women.

April 16, 2021April 17, 2021 Mallen Clifton Book Reviews

Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: Review of Red Pill by Hari Kunzru

Its characters and events, while sinister, are plausible: an uncomfortable mirror to our own world.

April 12, 2021April 10, 2021 Alex Jiménez Book Reviews

‘You’ Series Loses Original Heart in Third Installment: Review of You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes

As per usual, Kepnes pulls out all the stops with bottomless cliffhangers and narrative-shaking revelations.

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