I had high hopes for The Wonder based on the reviews I'd read in addition to my own experience reading Room. Unfortunately, this book did not live up to my expectations. First, and foremost, I found the pacing to be unbearably slow. The first 50% of the book could have been written in far fewer pages without compromising the details of the story. The chapters were frustratingly long. I'm not a ...
Historical Fiction
Review of To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin
MY REVIEW I was immediately drawn to the cover of To Capture What We Cannot Keep. Paris is one of my favorite cities. I'm also fascinated by the construction of the Eiffel Tower. In fact, I love reading about all of the World's Fairs . Needless to say, I was really looking forward to this book. Sadly, there was much about it that did not work for me. First, in fairness, I must admit that I'm ...
Giveaway and Review Of Christodora by Tim Murphy
My Review Christodora contains all of the elements you'd expect to find in an epic novel. There's 40 years worth of history, tragedy, triumph, and human drama. Surprisingly, it's well laid out in only 428 pages. I mention this because I can only imagine the difficulty in finding the balance between providing enough context and detail without adding unnecessary length. This novel essentially ...
Review of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
My Review "Some years later, the Count would come to understand that he had been looking at the matter upside down. The pace of evolution was not something to be frightened by. For while nature doesn't have a stake in whether the wings of a peppered moth are black or white, it genuinely hopes that the peppered moth will persist." A Gentleman in Moscow is the story of Count Alexander Ilyich ...
