If you crossed a Jane Austen novel with a Stephen King novel and cast Zooey Deschanel in the movie adaptation, you’d be close to imaginingGail Carriger‘s newest… Read more “Steampunk Manners: Prudence by Gail Carriger”
Category: Fiction Reviews
Shiver When It’s Warm: A Review of Binary Star by Sarah Gerard
Binary Star, Sarah Gerard’s debut novel from Two Dollar Radio, is at times sharp and severe, at times as quiet as a whisper through teeth. Its narrator is… Read more “Shiver When It’s Warm: A Review of Binary Star by Sarah Gerard”
Lost Faith and the Vocabulary of Belief: A Reflective Review of Marilynne Robinson’s Lila
“I grew up the son of a preacher without a church, and my childhood was spent in his quest to find one. Our puke-yellow camper van dumped… Read more “Lost Faith and the Vocabulary of Belief: A Reflective Review of Marilynne Robinson’s Lila”
A Review of Missing Reels by Farran Smith Nehme
Few ideas ignite the cinephilic mind more than that of the lost film. The romance of what might have been, the tragedy of beauty discarded, the buried… Read more “A Review of Missing Reels by Farran Smith Nehme”
A Review of The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing by Nicholas Rombes
To be a lover of film is to know what it is to be punched in the chest by something with no body, no shape, no corporeal… Read more “A Review of The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing by Nicholas Rombes”
Hope at the End of the World: A Review of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel’s fourth novel begins at the end of the world and ends at the hopeful beginning of another. A world wide flu pandemic wipes… Read more “Hope at the End of the World: A Review of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven”
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