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The Bad Weather Friend (Book Review)

The Bad Weather Friend (Book Review)

Warning: not spoilers, but kinda-sorta hints will reveal themselves in this review. Ok, this isn’t a perfect book. You won’t walk away from it as a changed person, you won’t fall in love with any of the characters, and you won’t cry, or scream in horror, or anything like that. But it is fun. It’s …

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Scythe (book review)

Scythe (book review)

It is rare that one comes across a novel that is truly original. Often, we just see characters and plots that are reminiscent of so many others we’ve read, albeit seasoned in some slightly new way. Stories like those are enjoyable, if not for their uniqueness, but perhaps for their familiarity. This is no such …

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A Man Called Ove (book review)

A Man Called Ove (book review)

Ok, this is a different sort of book. Good doesn’t really do it justice, because it’s more than that. The details: First, there’s the hyperbole. Ove is ridiculous – nobody could be this cruel, right? Kinda hard to swallow. And the decision-making by the author; who makes their protagonist such a jerk? Sometimes, the grouchy …

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