This well-written book about two friends in Naples underestimates the depth of its own characters.
My Brilliant Friend
The Story of My Teeth
“I’m the best auctioneer in the world, but no one knows it because I’m a different sort of man. My name is Gustavo Sanchez Sanchez, though people call me Highway, I believe with affection.”
Nobody is Ever Missing
“I think that’s the thing about fiction, that you live in it for a little while but you must forget it, sometimes totally forget it, in order to go on with the rest of your life,” Lacey writes.
Heir of Novron (Riyria Revelations 5 & 6 double review)
Opening the final book in a series you’ve loved dearly is never an easy thing to do. I was on the one hand so excited to read the conclusion to Riyria Revelations but on the other so reluctant to say goodbye to these wonderful characters.
Beartown
I thought I had every reason to sit back and enjoy Beartown. But Beartown is like his A Casual Vacancy—the one Rowling wrote after she finished the Harry Potter series.
Team Review: All the Light We Cannot See
We recently read Doerr’s popular novel from 2014 and thought it might be more interesting to share our thoughts on it in a more conversational format.
Lincoln in the Bardo
When it’s done right, I love weird fiction. But it has to be weird for a purpose, and Saunders is, in my opinion, the master of weird.
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