Categorical Reading Lists

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

A book that has some very mixed reviews on Good Reads. The writing is very circular and there are many characters spread across multiple time lines. If you read closely it is a very rewarding read as she always circles back in the narrative to provide answers be it-- past, present, or future.. I would have liked it if she had written more about Paul but he was only given space at the beginning and the end, he gets lost in the middle. But writing it as she did, the endings make sense of the beginnings. I plan on reading The Lola Quartet next.

The Five by Hallie Rubenhold

Subtitle: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

As the actual details of the lives of these women are incredibly sparse, it was necessary to provide a lot of filler...

That being said it was really interesting filler, but it made for some grim reading, even reading about what life was like for working class women in the late 19th century, it was hard to imaginie...a very hard scrabble life.

I am glad the authour took the time to do some massive research needed to flesh out these very mis interpreted women and give them center stage. Jack the Ripper barely rates a mention in the entirety of the narrative.

 

 

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