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January 26, 2023

Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

“Grief is not neat. Pain is not dignified. Both are ugly, visceral things. They rip holes through you and burst forth when they see fit. They are constant, controlling companions, and if they don’t destroy you or your relationship with others, they certainly go a long way to damaging you […] There is nothing eloquent…
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1st pov, 3 STARS, Adult, Black & Black heritage authors, black diaspora, Contemporary, DEATH, DEPRESSION, england, evil stepmother, female authors, forgiveness, GRIEF, GUILT, MARRIAGE, MEMORY, mental health, nigerian british author, Onyi Nwabineli, photographers, pregnancy, published in 2022, read in 2022, Someday Maybe, suicide, widows
June 18, 2021

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

In the last few weeks I’ve read two works by Oyeyemi (Peaces and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours) and what I liked most about them was how funny, inventive, and unapologetically queer they were. So, naturally, I was somewhat surprised and saddened to discover that Boy, Snow, Bird lacks any of those qualities.…
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1950s, 1960s, 1st pov, 2 STARS, 20th century, abuse, Adult, America, American, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, doubles, evil stepmother, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, female authors, female doubles, Helen Oyeyemi, HISTORICAL FICTION, jealousy, lgbtq+ side, Massachusetts, mothers & daughters, My reviews, NEW YORK, nigerian british author, problematic, published in 2013, RACE, read in 2021, reading, RETELLINGS, SISTERS, surreal, trans side characters
May 21, 2021

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

“My stepmother had broken me. She’d cast me away from my brothers, my family, my home. Even from myself.” First things first: that cover. I mean….words cannot describe how beautiful it is.Ever since watching early 2000s Barbie movies reading Juliet Marillier’s spellbinding books I’ve had a soft spot for retellings and I’m happy to say…
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1st pov, 4 STARS, adventure, AMERICAN AUTHOR, arc, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, brothers, chinese inspired setting, curses, Elizabeth Lim, evil stepmother, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, female authors, great storytelling, high fantasy, japanese inspired setting, MAGIC, My reviews, myths, netgalley, palace, published in 2021, read in 2021, reading, RETELLINGS, ROMANCE, royals, siblings, Six Crimson Cranes, the brothers who were turned into birds, YOUNG ADULT
November 12, 2019

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett — book review

“I was still at a point in my life when the house was the hero of every story, our lost and beloved country.” Not Quite a Review, More of an Ode to Ann Patchett: Usually I tend to post my reviews a couple of days after I’ve finished reading a book. With The Dutch House…
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1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1st pov, 20th century, 5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, ANN PATCHETT, ART/CREATIVITY, beautiful prose, bildungsroman, CHILDHOOD, class, coming of age, divorce/separations, evil stepmother, family, fatherhood, fathers & sons, favourite authors, female authors, forgiveness, GRIEF, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, House As Character, identity, illness, introspective, LITERARY FICTION, manor/big house, MARRIAGE, mothers & sons, NEW YORK, nostalgic reads, orphans, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, place as character, published in 2019, re-reads, READ IN 2019, read in 2021, restrained prose, siblings, strong sense of place, The Dutch House
June 2, 2019

Six-Gun Snow White : Book Review

Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente ★★★✰✰ 2.5 stars “She named me cruel and smirking, she named me not for beauty or for cleverness or for sweetness. She named me a thing I could aspire to but never become, the one thing I was not and could never be: Snow White.” Valent has given…
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2.5 STARS, abuse, adventure, arizona, California, Catherynne M. Valente, Catherynne Valente, colorado, evil stepmother, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, HISTORICAL FICTION, montana, native american & first nation, nevada, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, READ IN 2019, RETELLINGS, REVIEW, road trip, rural setting, snow white, snow white retelling, utah, Wyoming

Tag: evil stepmother

Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett — book review

Six-Gun Snow White : Book Review