Category: Book Critiques & Analysis
Here are some of my more in depth and analytical pieces on books. Emphasis is on literature and writers of colour, immigrant, women, LGBT+, neurodivergent and disabled literature.
The purpose of dividing it up like this is to try to retain spoilers in one place, but it’s no guarantee there won’t be any in the reviews.
Thoughts on TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea
On the surface this is a book about a group of supernatural children under protection due to…
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin is a Layered and Thoughtful Exploration of Place
It’s been a while since I’ve finished a book, let alone a 450 page one. I’m glad…
Magic Realism is not Fantasy, nor new
In one of my bookish Discord servers the other day I saw someone responding to another person…
Book Review: The Midnight Library, Matt Haig (2020)
I’m quite behind on my reads for the year. In February I had planned to read The…
Book Review: Mexican Gothic, Silvia-Moreno Garcia (2020)
Published in 2020, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a contemporary gothic horror novel. I was excited…
When Men Write Witches: Circe
Circe, a lesser known goddess to the Greek pantheon, is a mythological retelling by Madeline Miller. There’s…
Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half & Anti-Blackness
I picked up The Vanishing Half in the middle of winter at my local pharmacy. I have…