3.5 Stars for A Study in Scarlet, 4.5 stars for a Conspiracy in Belgravia Is there anything Sherry Thomas can’t do? After I listened to the audio books A Study in Scarlet and A Conspiracy in Belgravia, I discovered that Sherry Thomas likes to write what she enjoys reading, so she has written romance, fantasy, mystery, and a wuxia-inspired duology. I will seek them all out. These mystery novels were delightful. A Study in Scarlet is a great start, but A Conspiracy in Belgravia was so […]
A Man, A Van, Japan: Two Reviews
The Van – Roddy Doyle – 4/5 Stars This is the third book of the Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle. The previous books are The Commitments and The Snapper. All three take place in a lower class neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland in the 1980s and spiral around various members of the Rabbitte family, a family who along with being desperately poor and loving, seem to have an endless number of kids coming and going. And like the difference between The Commitments and The Snapper, it’s […]
Toxic Masculinity Meets Estrogen Poisoning
Lord have mercy, do we have a treat for y’all. Be forewarned, this review is going to be rife with gifs, memes, and spoilers because… you’ll see. It’s a doozy. The year is 2437. There are about 2 billion people left on earth after World War III (aka “The Toxic War”) which broke out in 2057 and lasted until 2060. At that point, women outnumbered men 26 to 1 and it was the general consensus that “male pride and aggression” caused the near destruction of […]
Are we allowed to curse in review titles?
I’m not sure about title-cursing rules, otherwise the title would be “Fuck This Book.” I don’t even know where to start, this stupid childish book brought out such a visceral rage in me. Reviews on Amazon and Goodreads suggest that some people didn’t abhor it. Some people loved it. This makes me think about statistics and probability – does the number of five star ratings mean that there are people in my life who do or would like this dumpster fire of a “book”? (The quotation […]