Reviews and Comments

I like Colson Whitehead best when he is at his most uncanny/surreal/fantastical. This isn't that but a fun noir-ish romp. Feels very contemporary literary fiction but not without its charm.

I started of loving this book but as it wore on I came to sort of dislike it.

A beautiful and sad story about losing someone and needing to save someone else to save yourself. As always Everett's highly stylized non-style leads to an incredibly fluid reading experience and his exceptionally well characterized first-person narrator contains and reveals all the ugly and beautiful complexities of muddling your way through this world. Incidentally much of the novel is set in and around Altadena.

I started reading this essay collection the day after Trump's re-election and finished it for the most part the day of his second inauguration. Published during his first term much of what is discussed within remains relevant, possibly even more so now. Lennard discusses race, violence, love, and abolition. One chapter explores the lifelong ramifications of the legal response to pipeline protestors while another explores her personal experiences of attempting suicide. Wide-ranging and with a rare clarity of thought this collection of essays tackles the dangers and hopes of living right now.

Fantastic book. Beautiful done - a story that is both wide-ranging and incredibly personally focused. Thought-provoking and touching.

An enjoyable cyberpunk romp.

Thomas King wrote one of my favourite books ( the truth about stories [2003] ). It seemed inevitable that I would love his first collection of poetry. Wry, referential, touching, and bitter - a beautiful recueil.

Incredibly well-written - snappy prose that flows well. Incredibly macabre, foul characters! If you enjoy delving into the darkness with an irony arched eyebrow this one might be for you.