I’m not sure what this book was about, but I’m sure it’s something important. This book reminded me of something I might read in high school or college with a lot of themes and symbolism that were totally over my head. But if I learned anything, it’s to recognize when I’m reading a book that has themes and symbols (read: every book, I guess). The Enchanted is about death row inmates as they wait for their date to arrive. Some welcome it, some fight it, […]
Life is full of magic when you are waiting for death
Hands down, one of the best novels I’ve read in some time. Let’s just get that out of the way. Rene Denfeld takes an old, decrepit prison and fills it with the the worst, and best, in humanity. Told from the heartbreaking point of view of one death row inmate, what unfolds is a slight but powerful story of shame and redemption. Denfeld takes her own experience as a death row investigator hired to try and get reprieves for men who have done the most wretched […]