Reviewed by Lucy Barre’ Spilling your darkest secrets for a cold examination by someone else takes a lot of courage. Unfortunately, the choice to divulge is not black and white, and cover-ups can bury the […]
Reviewed by Lauren Watson This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp is strikingly relevant and incredibly touching, showing several perspectives of a day gone horribly wrong and something that could happen to any one […]
Reviewed by Paul Phelan The Count of Monte Cristo is an epic tale of love and revenge by the world renowned author Alexandre Dumas. The background for this grand story is the landscape of Napoleonic […]
Reviewed by Cade Mataya War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy acts as both a historical fiction novel about the Russian aristocracy during the Napoleonic Wars and as a philosophical discussion about life and death, poverty […]
Reviewed by Daniel Luquette Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald is a novel by Therese Anne Fowler that tells the story of the relationship between F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. As this is a well-documented […]
Reviewed by Donna Hinrichs Ava Dellaira’s novel In Search of Us encompasses two stories of a mother and daughter who must overcome various obstacles in two very different societies. However, these stories have several surprising […]
Reviewed by Alex Hebert Ken Follet’s novel The Pillars of the Earth begins after the English ship the White Ship sinks in 1120 with King Henry’s heir aboard. The kingdom is then thrust into a […]
Reviewed by Stashia Liegl Written by J.K Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series, The Casual Vacancy centers on Pagford, a little town in the middle of the UK much like any other. It […]
Reviewed by Catelyn Errington Wise Blood, a novel by Flannery O’Connor, is set in Taulkinham, Tennessee. This Southern Gothic follows the story of the cynical Hazel Motes, a young soldier returning from war. Hazel Motes, […]
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