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
Triumph Of The Now 