A quiet interior. Almost too quiet around the violence for these Western contemporary (or just white male) sensibilities.
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janson reviewed Woman Running in the Mountains by Lauren Groff
janson reviewed Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
janson reviewed Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine
janson reviewed The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
Review of 'The Farthest Shore' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
So sparing with every word choice, yet soaring in the depths of world and emotion. Le Guin is a master.
janson reviewed I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Review of 'I Have Some Questions for You' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
I’m hooked on her writing style, but I don’t love it yah know? Punchy and kaleidoscopic, of the whodunnit or fantasy ilk, yet on topics pointed and blunt.
janson reviewed Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
janson reviewed In Concrete by Emma Ramadan
Review of 'In Concrete' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Play full of spades, transliterated and alliterated and punned through to the other side I still wonder what’s blocked off despite Emma Ramadan’s precise trowel.
Still, a delightful mouthfeel.
Still, a delightful mouthfeel.
janson reviewed Nadja by André Breton
Review of 'Nadja' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
DNF. Picked up to read along with another (Either/Or by Bautman) but ended up skimming really. Would likely enjoy if reading as part of a group, but alas.
janson reviewed The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
janson reviewed A good man is hard to find, and other stories by Flannery O'Connor (An HBJ modern classic)
Review of 'A good man is hard to find, and other stories' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
I suppose it’s skilled, in a revealing sort of way. But I just don’t care to read of racist characters penned by a racist author.
janson rated Drinking coffee elsewhere: 4 stars
janson reviewed Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
janson reviewed All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
Review of 'All This Could Be Different' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Blend of other and the familiar, good without tipping great, the flat at the end couldn’t detract from my bitter joy.
janson reviewed The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir (Pantheon modern writers)
Review of 'The Woman Destroyed' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Not perfectly for this reader, given shrugged elusion of the stream style in the second piece. Still, the rest was masterful and I had to keep reminding myself it wasn’t contemporary.