This is not my favorite Jackson Brodie book, but Kate Atkinson’s When Will There Be Good News? was a wonderful read – especially for the character Reggie. Despite the murders, train wrecks, kidnappings, etc., it is a surprisingly positive book, with lonely characters finding ways to make families, wild goose chases resolving not in surrender but in more wild goose chases, and characters developing and growing in satisfactory ways. Atkinson writes beautifully. She has a witty style and focuses on developing characters that she clearly […]
That Night the bad thing happened
So my sister recommended this book to me. Most of my friends and family know that I like to read, so I get many recommendations. I just have a hard time remembering who recommended what book to me since I’m usually reading four books at a time. Anyway, I remember my sister told me to read this one because she saw it on my counter and said “oh, you’re reading that book I recommended to you”. Stunning intellect I’ve got :) Anyway, for some reason […]
A great (imo) twist that I did not see coming
Ok guys. I consider myself to be pretty intelligent. Like I totally know words, and even how to use them! I can name all of the James Bond movies, and who played Bond in each of them. Additionally, I’m a great Googler. Now that I’ve laid out my case (ooh it’s a legal book – unintentional pun!) for my unparalleled wit, I want to say that I did not see the twist in this story coming. And it wasn’t one of those out of left […]
To my great surprise and delight, the dog lives!
So spoiler alert, there’s an awesome dog in this book, and he doesn’t die! To me, that is very important information to have when reading a book. If it’s not important to you, then I really don’t want to know you ?. A dog dying in a book really sours the whole experience for me. This book is about a serial killer and rapist who everyone thinks is dead. However, obviously he’s not. His last victim survived months and months of rape and torture. She […]