A fragmented and challenging novel from the French professor, but one that reveals the audience to itself as much as it reveals its characters.
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A fragmented and challenging novel from the French professor, but one that reveals the audience to itself as much as it reveals its characters.
Doubinsky’s greatest talent is on display here: he’s remapping the way you think about the world.
Crash is the novel about people fucking in car crashes. It’s disturbing, low-key terrifying and prescient.
Cabal is one of Clive Barker’s most reputable books, but is it because it’s good or just more accessible?
The Jay Porter novels are a great example of novels growing within set boundaries. They are one of the finest series running today.
The third novel in the Richard Dean Buckner series is quite the tonal shift from its predecessors, but it’s great for that it is.
Quite the tonal shift for C.S DeWildt with Suburban Dick, but the heir apparent to Jim Thompson still has it.
So, I’ve read another YA novel by accident, but this one is interesting because it nails how young men think.
I enjoyed the heck out of Drift, but it’s not a book I can straightforwardly recommend. You need to figure out for yourself if it’s meant for you.
Long story short: this is the best novel I’ve read in 20178, so far. It’s not perfect, but it has such a bold moral stance that I’m cool with imperfections.
Another nuanced, precise and sophisticated novel for William Boyle. Fans of his debut novel Gravesend will be all over The Lonely Witness.
A detective novel about violence against women, which incidentally makes a couple good points.
Lawrence Block is the master of variations on the same theme. This Scudder novel feels as fresh and new as the others.
Maddox made his name for being an incendiary provocateur, but F*ck Whales shows he's much more than that. By far his smartest and most mature work.
The Hellbound Heart is a 201 seminar on the Cenobites. It's not inherently better than the movies, but it makes you appreciate them best.
A rigid formula is both your best friend and your worst enemy when you write a novel. This is the case here.
This one is not going to seduce any non-fans, but those who already like Ellroy (i.e. me) will only like him better after reading it.
If, like me, you're curious about iconic detective who no one seems to remember Mike Hammer, this novel will not help you a lot. It's a good book, but it doesn't shed much light on its main character.
I've read an esoteric self-development book and it was a major positive experience for me. I thought you should know.
