Told through the eyes of multiple characters, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NG is a slow burn read with fluid changes of POV. While one of the main events occurs in the first chapter, it isn’t until the end that…
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Book Review: The Advisory Board by Hemant Joshi
The Advisory Board is like a warm fuzzy hug that just wraps itself around you from the first page. It was enchanting, charming and humorous. At times, it jogged memories of the past or made me ponder and reflect on…
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Book Review: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini starts off really great, it does not deteriorate into crap but I want to stress that it starts off really great.
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Book Review: The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy brings us her masterful first novel The God of Small Things which won the Man Booker Prize in 1997. A powerful novel filled with luscious prose and a heart rending story, Roy reveals to her readers an India…
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Book Review: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Lowland is a story of choices defined by the friction created by opposing, deep rooted cultures. The ebb and flow of their lives mirrors the lowland that is the family’s foundation. The author’s prose is steady, calm and captivating.
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Book Review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Title: A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) Author: Fredrik Backman Publisher (English): Washington Square Press, US Genre: Contemporary Fiction First Publication: The novel was first published in Sweden in 2012. The English translation was published in 2013….
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Book Review: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Title: The Sense of an Ending Author: Julian Barnes Genre: Contemporary Fiction First Publication: 2011 Language: English Setting Place:Â Â Bristol; Chislehurst; London, England Major Characters:Â Anthony “Tony” Webster, Veronica Mary Ford, Adrian Finn, Colin Simpson, Joe Hunt, Phil Dixon, Sarah Ford. Theme:Â death,…
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