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318 reviews
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
5.0
One of my favorite books of 2024. I couldn’t put it down. So beautifully written. Poignant and powerful. Makes me want to stop listening to true crime podcasts and “fetishizing” serial killers.
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
5.0
I have some questions for YOU, Rebecca Makkai!
1. Will there be a sequel?
2. If no, WHY NOT??
3. Follow up to 2.: What am I supposed to do then?
I understand why you made the ending the way you did, to keep this novel as realistic as possible. You did just that. A wonderful examination of the American legal system and its many flaws. Bravo. I will look for your name on the shelves always. #freeomarr
1. Will there be a sequel?
2. If no, WHY NOT??
3. Follow up to 2.: What am I supposed to do then?
I understand why you made the ending the way you did, to keep this novel as realistic as possible. You did just that. A wonderful examination of the American legal system and its many flaws. Bravo. I will look for your name on the shelves always. #freeomarr
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
5.0
Rebecca Makkai 🤝 Kristin Hannah
Rebecca Makkai 🤝 Hanya Yanagihara
This book was so heart wrenching and immersive, much like a KH book. I want to be friends with all the characters and I want to know how everyone’s story ends. If you liked A Little Life, you’ll love this.
Also, fuck Reagan. The AIDS epidemic could have been handled so much better and so many lives could have been saved.
Rebecca Makkai 🤝 Hanya Yanagihara
This book was so heart wrenching and immersive, much like a KH book. I want to be friends with all the characters and I want to know how everyone’s story ends. If you liked A Little Life, you’ll love this.
Also, fuck Reagan. The AIDS epidemic could have been handled so much better and so many lives could have been saved.
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
4.75
The fact that I keep gravitating towards and highly rating books about mental illness is probably an indicator of some larger issue I should address (go to therapy??). I think I’ll just continue to read these books for right now. I know that they don’t name Martha’s diagnosis, but I’m leaning towards Schizophrenia, anyone else? Like Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler, it’s nice to see that such a life altering diagnosis can have a happy ending.