by Seniye Groff | Apr 4, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Humor
Marion Palm does the unthinkable and embezzles six figures from her daughters’ private school. Marion has no remorse, perhaps because she has been stealing her entire life, with no regret whatsoever. Marion is a difficult character to embrace. And yet, her clueless...
by Seniye Groff | Dec 8, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Yajide and Akin meet by chance and marry quickly. Yajide longs for children but although she and Akin have passed their health tests, parenthood escapes them. Yajide tries all sorts of alternative methods to bear children without luck. Although it is culturally...
by Seniye Groff | Aug 30, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
If one has ever wondered what it feels like to taste freedom and independence and then suddenly lose it, Shreve’s latest novel, The Stars Are Fire immerses the reader in just that scenario. Grace, her husband and two children live in a coastal town in Maine. Although...
by Philip Rafferty | Aug 28, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Harry Hole is back. I repeat, Harry Hole is back. For everyone out there worried that he wouldn’t return, worry no more. Jo Nesbo is the king of Nordic noir. If one person could be said to have put Scandinavian crime fiction on the map, it is Nesbo. His...
by Philip Rafferty | Aug 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Short Stories
The World To Come is Jim Shepard’s latest collection of short stories that are all epic historical pieces that perform unimaginable feats of storytelling in the small space of a short story. The book is the latest from the author, whose four previous works all...