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BookCritics (259 KP) rated The Twelves Lives of Samuel Hawley in Books
May 15, 2017
What ultimately made this book a story that will resonate with me was the ambience of the narration. As a fan of Claire Fuller‘s prose and story telling I can heartily recommend Hannah Tinti‘s The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley..
Critic -Mensrae
Original Score- 4 out of 5
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Original Score- 4 out of 5
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Joelene Marie (28 KP) rated An Innocent Fashion: A Novel in Books
Oct 1, 2018
This book was surprising. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, rather dark but beautifully written in stunning prose. The ending came out of left field for me but when I reflect it seems obvious and the best and only way to conclude such a dark story. This author is quite talented and one I'll be watching, I just hope the next story is a little more upbeat and positive.
The Strings are False: An Unfinished Autobiography
Louis MacNeice and Walter de la Mare
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"The Strings are False" is Louis MacNeice's unfinished autobiography. Written when MacNeice was a...
This is How We Die
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A motor-mouthed collage of spoken word and storytelling. Tales of paranoia, young love and...
Solar Bones
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Marcus Conway has come a long way to stand in the kitchen of his home and remember the rhythms and...
Literary Fiction
The Death of Virgil
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Begun while the author was imprisoned in a German concentration camp, this extraordinary and...
Dalicat (20 KP) rated A Million Little Pieces in Books
Sep 3, 2018
The beautifully stark poetical prose (2 more)
The spectrum of emotion through which the reader follows the author
A plot that could go in any direction
Brutally honest
There is a wealth of literature about drug addiction, alcoholism and recovery out there. Most of it seems contrived and tries much too hard to preach to the reader about the awfulness of addiction and the
redemptive process of recovery. I find most of these hard to stomach. There is nothing contrived about this work. It tells it as it is. The author is neither trying to shock nor preach. This autobiographical novel is written in a stark prose which allows the horrors and joys of the story to speak for themselves. The comedy is deepest black as is the despair. The story is filled with wonderful and terrible characters and events. I wanted to read it straight through but had to stop to rest and sleep.
redemptive process of recovery. I find most of these hard to stomach. There is nothing contrived about this work. It tells it as it is. The author is neither trying to shock nor preach. This autobiographical novel is written in a stark prose which allows the horrors and joys of the story to speak for themselves. The comedy is deepest black as is the despair. The story is filled with wonderful and terrible characters and events. I wanted to read it straight through but had to stop to rest and sleep.