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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…
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 -
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark
disclaimer: i did not like this book. the opinions and impressions i will express in this review are entirely subjective and i am not in fact stating ‘irrefutable facts’. it has come to my attention that this author has a history of going on twitter to ‘bemoan’ reviewers who have given her book a negative…
1 STAR, ART/CREATIVITY, ARTISTS, beauty, BISEXUAL/PANSEXUAL, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, books i hate, Boy Parts, British author, class, Contemporary, dark, dark humor, Eliza Clark, england, female authors, feverish, graphic content, grotesque, lesbian side characters, lgbtq+, LONDON, My reviews, navel gazing, Newcastle, offensive, photographers, PHOTOGRAPHY, PRIVILEGE, psychological, psychopaths, published in 2020, queer, rape, read in 2022, reading, satire, sexual assault/abuse/rape, SEXUALITY, she is not feeling good at all, slow pacing, style over character, subject over characters/story, the female malaise, trying and failing @ feminism, unreliable narrators -
The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob
“People always say time stands still, and it really is that, you know. You find the thing you love the most, and time will stop for you to love it.” A few months ago I read and loved Mira Jacob’s Good Talk so I was quite looking forward to The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing as…
20th century, 3 STARS, 3rd pov, Adult, America, American, ARTISTS, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, cultural dissonance, DEATH, drama, family, FAMILY SAGA, female authors, forgiveness, GUILT, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, illness, India, indian american author, intergenerational, MARRIAGE, MEMORY, migration/immigration, Mira Jacob, My reviews, New Mexico, photographers, published in 2014, read in 2021, reading, siblings, washington -
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
“Your eyes meet in the silence. The gaze requires no words at all. It is an honest meeting.” Open Water is an exceedingly lyrical debut. The story, narrated through a second-person perspective (ie ‘you’) is centred on the relationship between two Black British artists (he is a photographer, she is a dancer). Although their relationship…
2nd pov, 3 STARS, Adult, ART/CREATIVITY, Black & Black heritage authors, British Ghanian author, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, england, friendships, Ghana, identity, LONDON, loneliness, Longing, lyrical prose, male authors, masculinity, netgalley, Open Water, photographers, PHOTOGRAPHY, published in 2021, RACE, read in 2021, ROMANCE, style over character, unnamed characters -
Feast Your Eyes by Myla Goldberg — book review
“Time after time my mother traded privacy, square footage, countertops, and a decent bathroom for darkroom space.” While the way in which Feast Your Eyes is framed makes for an undoubtedly interesting technique (telling the story of a fictional photographer Lillian Preston through the catalogue notes for an exhibition of her work at the Museum…
1950s, 1960s, 3 STARS, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, ART/CREATIVITY, ARTISTS, documentary style, epistolary, Feast Your Eyes, female authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, LITERARY FICTION, motherhood, mothers & daughters, museums, Myla Goldberg, navel gazing, NEW YORK, obsession, photographers, PHOTOGRAPHY, published in 2019, read in 2020
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