Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
truly one of the greatest recent works of fiction
Tag: novel review
Cygnet by Season Butler
a solid contemporary novel
the red and the black by stendhal
a stream of blogsciousness
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
powerful novel that should be better known
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
excellent mid-life crisis novel
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
a solid, if unambitious, novel from a major contemporary voice
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
a stupid person’s idea of a clever novel; fun but flimsy
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
acclaimed canadian steampunky slavery novel
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
it’s the most wonderful book of the year
