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The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir
“She had appeared so glorious to me that I had assumed she had everything she wanted. I wanted to cry for her, and for myself.” Superbly written The Inseparables is a novella that pairs an enthralling depiction of female friendship with a razor-sharp commentary on gender and religion This is the kind of work of…
1920s, 1st pov, 4 STARS, academia, Adult, all girls school, ambiguous protagonist, beautiful prose, BISEXUAL/PANSEXUAL, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, catholicism, CHILDHOOD, Christianity, CLASSICS, coming of age, existentialism, female authors, female friendships, feminism, first love, FRANCE, FRENCH, French author, friendships, GENDER, growing up, introspective, jealousy, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, lgbtq+ classics, LITERARY FICTION, modern classics, My reviews, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, obsession, published in 2020, queer, queer undercurrents, read in 2021, reading, Religion, SEXUALITY, Simone de Beauvoir, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, suicide, The Inseparables, TRANSLATED FICTION, unreliable narrators, unrequited love -
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
“We were fixed to one another, like parts of some strange, asymmetrical body: Frances was the mouth; Mary Lucille, the heart; Therese, the legs. And I, Agatha, was the eyes.” Agatha of Little Neon is a gem of a novel. Claire Luchette’s prose is a delight to read, its deceptive simplicity bringing to mind authors…
1st pov, 2000s, 4.25 stars, addiction, Adult, Agatha of Little Neon, all girls school, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, arc, beautiful prose, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, catholicism, Christianity, Claire Luchette, Contemporary, female authors, friendships, identity, introspective, LESBIAN, lgbtq+, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, Longing, My reviews, netgalley, new york state, nuns, published in 2021, queer, read in 2021, reading, Religion, restrained prose, rhode island, suicide, teachers -
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
“Is this what motherhood means? Being suddenly able to pity the adults in your life?” Set over the course of a year in Las Penas, New Mexico, The Five Wounds is a novel about failure and progress. Unsentimental yet moving The Five Wounds details the everyday lives of three members of the Padilla family. There…
2010s, 3.5 STARS, 3rd pov, addiction, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, catholicism, Contemporary, DEATH, f/f, family, fathers & daughters, female authors, forgiveness, identity, illness, latin american, latinx author, lgbtq+, LITERARY FICTION, motherhood, mothers & sons, My reviews, New Mexico, pregnancy, published in 2021, queer, read in 2021, reading, Religion, self-harming, SMALL TOWN, unrequited love -
Frost In May by Antonia White — book review
“Do you know that no character is any good in this world unless that will has been broken completely? Broken and re-set in God’s own way. I don’t think your will has been quite broken, my dear child, do you?” After converting to Catholicism, nine year old Nanda Gray is sent by her father to…
1910s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, academia, all girls school, Antonia White, beautiful prose, boarding/private school, British author, british classics, catholicism, CHILDHOOD, CLASSICS, coming of age, convent, england, female authors, female friendships, friendships, Frost in May, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, LITERARY FICTION, nuns, published in 1933, read in 2020, Religion
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