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As Far as You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper
“How long does it take to fall in love with someone—hours, days, years?” This was okay but I was kind of expecting something different. At times As Far as You’ll Take Me follows a bit too closely in the footsteps of other YA coming-of-age books. There also seems to be a rising trend for YA…
1st pov, 3 STARS, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, ANGST, anxiety, bad love, body dysmorphia, Christianity, coming of age, drama, eating disorders, england, Florence, friendships, gay, insta love, Italy, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, LONDON, m/m, male authors, mental health, music, musicians, published in 2021, queer, read in 2021, Religion, ROMANCE, Summer, summer reads, toxic relationships, travel, Wales, YOUNG ADULT -
Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling
“To sleep on? Or to wake? This was the question facing me. To sleep, or to wake and face the reckoning, to find out what had been lost.” Although by no means an incompetent debut Before the Ruins does not offer a particularly innovative take on this subgenre (usually we have big houses, a group…
1990s, 1st pov, 20th century, Adult, Before the Ruins, British author, cheating, child abuse, class, cliques, Contemporary, domestic thriller, drama, england, female authors, Florence, friendships, gay side characters, heavy on telling, introspective, Italy, lgbtq+ side, LITERARY FICTION, LONDON, manor/big house, MEMORY, missing jewels, MYSTERY, psychological, published in 2021, read in 2021, sexual assault/abuse/rape, SMALL TOWN, SUSPENSE, trauma, Victoria Gosling, Wiltshire -
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James — book review
“A large fortune means freedom, and I’m afraid of that. It’s such a fine thing, and one should make such a good use of it. If one shouldn’t one would be ashamed. And one must keep thinking; it’s a constant effort. I’m not sure it’s not a greater happiness to be powerless.” The Portrait of…
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A Room with a View by E.M. Forster — book review
A Room with a View evokes a gentle Edwardian idyll: we follow the story’s characters through their paced long walks, their wanderings through Italy (in Florence there is the lovely view of the River Arno, Basilica of Santa Croce, Piazza della Signoria, and later on in Fiesole’s high fields Lucy, our main character, will undergo…
1900s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, A Room with a View, aristocracy, ART/CREATIVITY, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, british classics, class, CLASSICS, drama, E.M. Forster, Edwardian era, england, Florence, HISTORICAL FICTION, HUMOR, Italy, LGBTQ+ Author, male authors, MARRIAGE, READ IN 2019, ROMANCE, Rome, satire, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, summer reads, travel
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