The premise of this book is just … bafflingly dull. It’s the 1950s and an English butler takes a few days off work to drive through the countryside and think back on his decades of service. Like Ishiguro’s other books, there is something staid about the writing style, it’s almost stereotypical British stiff upper lip (I would know, I was just in London, HEYO!) At the same time, it somehow draws you in and I can’t put my finger on what exactly does it. Mr […]
Capers are better with magic
After The Prophecy Con was just The Palace Job, rebooted, The Paladin Caper manages to be something new and aaaaaah I love it. I fully recognize that I love these books more than they truly deserve but I don’t care because they are FUN goddammit and sometimes that’s all you need. The OMG cliffhanger at the end of the last book is pretty predictably resolved and I’m okay with it. You won’t be mad either, trust me. This is of course another book in which our trusty crew […]
A lively book about death
Yeah, I don’t think I would want to know when I would die. This book chronicles the story of the four Gold children, raised in New York City, who are quite young when they hear from somebody who heard from somebody that there’s a witch woman who can tell you the precise day when you will die. Being children – especially being a group of children, always another one there to egg you on – they visit her and, one by one, come out … […]
Not every story needs a love story
Another book where I appreciated the concept more than the execution. One of my very best friends is a writer (first book being published next spring!!) so this gives me hope because it means that the world of novels still needs talent. Derailed. I may have had some hotel wine. But. This book. Yay? All Our Wrong Todays is a time travel novel that tries to ironically embrace but ultimately can’t get past the fact that the narrator is a massive fuck up who took […]