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3 stars. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid begins with surprising subtlety. It follows Nadia and Saeed from the time they meet, but it also introduces a series of seemingly disconnected interludes. At first, these passages feel unrelated to the main story, yet they gradually reveal themselves as extensions of the novel's central themes rather than distractions from them. Hamid makes frequent use of foreboding to emphasize the uncertainty surrounding his characters. Early on, he write

3 stars. I didn't think I would have that much to say about Tenth of December , but I ended up having a lot. I have wanted to read a work...

4 stars. I started 2025 with a very good read. Many critics have praised Anthony Doerr's vivid, sensory descriptions and lyrical prose (a...

5 stars. I wobbled between four and five stars for this book, but I decided I liked it enough to give it five. Among the many things I...

4 stars. I decided to take a break from my more literary reads to read something that had a wider appeal. John Grisham is now a legendary...

4 stars. Sally Rooney's Normal People may be the first book I have ever read that is set in contemporary Ireland. Rooney is Irish...

4 stars. Klara and the Sun, the second novel by Sir Kazuo Ishiguro that I have read, was very good, though not the novel I was expecting....

3 stars. Rebecca Serle's In Five Years was not what I was expecting from the beginning. Serle is an author known for her magical realism...

4 stars. S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon was recommended to me by a bookseller as a Pulitzer Prize nominee for nonfiction. It...

4 stars. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens was a very good if not slightly slow read. It also proves that you’re never too old to...

4 stars. "Pretty as a Picture" was a very enjoyable if slightly lacking read. First off, it was about film production, a subject in which...

5 stars. Having heard that I was facing another light read, I was not terribly optimistic after my last read. However, I had nothing to...

TJ Klune is another talented writer, but I did not get the point of "The House in the Cerulean Sea." This is not to say the novel was...

"Evicted" by Matthew Desmond made me think. And that's a good thing. It made me think primarily about people who do not have my means....

"When Ghosts Come Home" was an enjoyable if slightly laborious read. Wiley Cash paints a vivid picture of the North Carolina coast many...

While the premise is relatively common, "The Last Thing He Told Me" excels on the execution. Laura Dave's work is a thrilling read which...