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Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
βI feel like giving up, lying down on this wall and closing my eyes and just doing nothing β not bothering to try to fit into the human world, not bothering to make friends and art, not bothering to source blood and feed myself.β Woman, Eating is a great example of a good concept being…
1st pov, 3 STARS, Adult, adulthood, ALIENATION, arc, ART/CREATIVITY, ARTISTS, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, British author, Claire Kohda, Contemporary, contemporary malaise, dark, eating disorders, england, FANTASY, female authors, identity, illness, jealousy, LITERARY FICTION, LONDON, loneliness, midlife crisis, morality, mothers & daughters, My reviews, navel gazing, netgalley, obsession, PARANORMAL, published in 2022, read in 2022, reading, sexual assault/abuse/rape, she is not feeling good at all, slow pacing, unrequited love, VAMPIRES, Woman Eating -
The Four Humors by Mina Seckin
βTHE FOUR HUMORS THAT PUMP THROUGH MY BODY DETERMINE my character, temperament, mood. Blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler. The excess or lack of these bodily fluids designates how a person should be.β The Four Humors is a rather milquetoast addition to the young-alienated-women subgenre that has become all the vogue in the last few…
3 STARS, Adult, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, America, American, anxiety, atmospheric, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, break-ups, chronic pain, cold tone, Contemporary, contemporary malaise, DEATH, DEPRESSION, eating disorders, ennui, family, female authors, GRIEF, illness, introspective, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, Longing, medical, mental health, midlife crisis, Mina Seckin, mumblecore, My reviews, navel gazing, obsession, published in 2021, read in 2022, reading, sardonic humor, self-destructive, SISTERS, slow pacing, strong sense of place, Summer, summer reads, The Four Humors, Turkey, turkish american author -
Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
Once again, I am in the minority as I did not find Red Pill to be a particularly artful or clever novel. To be clear, I do think that Hari Kunzru can write very well indeed, however, his narrative struck me as all flash and no substance. I was amused by the first quarter of…
1980s, 1st pov, 2 STARS, academia, Adult, ALIENATION, Berlin, books about writers, books i hate, british indian author, Contemporary, east and west germany, endless monologues, existentialism, feverish, FRANCE, Germany, Hari Kunzru, illness, lgbtq+ side, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, midlife crisis, morality, mumblecore, navel gazing, obsession, philosophical, politics, published in 2020, read in 2020, Red Pill, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, social issues, story within a story, surreal, travel, unnamed narrator, unreliable narrators -
Less by Andrew Sean Greer β book review
I’m sure I won’t be the first or last person to find Less to be a bit less than expected. Although it had its moments, for the most part I found myself annoyed by its employment of satire. Not only does Greer lampoon the literary world but almost every scene ends up being satirical of…
2.5 STARS, Adult, age gap, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Andrew Sean Greer, books about books, books about writers, BOOKS ON WRITING, Contemporary, gay, Germany, HUMOR, India, japan, Less, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, m/m, Mexico, midlife crisis, morocco, Pulitzer Prize, READ IN 2019, REVIEW, ROMANCE, satire, travel, why the hype -
Stoner by John Williams
Initially I found the seemingly unassuming prose of Stoner to be full of insight. The very first page coldly announces the eponymous protagonist’s death, and I was drawn in by the unromantic story.The novel focuses on William Stoner’s life: his rather miserable marriage to Edith as well as his studies and his academic career. Urged…
1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 3 STARS, 3rd pov, academia, affairs, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, books about books, campus, CLASSICS, existentialism, identity, JOHN WILLIAMS, LITERARY FICTION, literary references, male authors, MARRIAGE, midlife crisis, missouri, modern classics, philosophical, published in 1965, read in 2018, STONER, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, WILLIAM STONER
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