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If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich
“It’s been so hard for me to believe that being adored doesn’t mean I’m one mistake away from being despised.” If you are looking for an escapist read, look on further. If This Gets Out is a cute and ultimately uplifting YA romance. It does have the sort of tropes and scenarios that you would…
1st pov, 3.25 stars, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, BISEXUAL/PANSEXUAL, boybands, Cale Dietrich, co-authored, Contemporary, Czech Republic, Denmark, drama, england, female authors, FRANCE, gay, Germany, hungary, influencers, Italy, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, light reads, LONDON, m/m, male authors, music, musicians, netgalley, Netherlands, published in 2021, read in 2021, road trip, ROMANCE, Sophie Gonzales, spain, summer reads, uplifting reads, YOUNG ADULT -
Quicksand by Nella Larsen
“As the days multiplied, her need of something, something vaguely familiar, but which she could not put a name to and hold for definite examination, became almost intolerable.” re-read:Larsen excels at disquiet atmosphere. The unease is positively palpable here. Larsen’s presents her readers with an unstinting character study of a deeply alienated woman whose estrangement…
1920s, 20th century, 3 STARS, 3rd pov, Adult, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, ambivalent mood, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, american classics, Black & Black heritage authors, Chicago, CLASSICS, cold tone, cultural dissonance, Denmark, ennui, female authors, Harlem, harlem renaissance, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, introspective, loneliness, Nella Larsen, NEW YORK, otherness, psychological, published in 1928, Quicksand, RACE, re-reads, read in 2021, read in 2022, the female malaise, travel -
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup — review
In spite of its promising beginning The Chestnut Man implements far too many cliches for my liking (a few of which are listed on CrimeReads). This book centres on a series of gruesome killings in Copenhagen. On each crime scene the killer leaves behind a chestnut doll. Although the writing is detached it does pay…
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