Renata finished reading Human Acts by Han Kang
In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named …
this was absolutely heartbreaking
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Renata rated We Have Always Lived in the Castle: 5 stars
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not long ago there were …
Renata rated Doppelganger: 5 stars
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self—a double who was almost you and yet …
Renata rated Death at Intervals: 2 stars
Renata rated My Lesbian Novel: 2 stars
Renata rated The Upside-Down World: 4 stars
Renata rated The Beauty of Light: 2 stars
Renata rated Small Things Like These: 3 stars
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber …
Renata rated Men in the Sun: 3 stars
Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani, Hilary Kilpatrick
Men in the Sun (Arabic: رجال في الشمس, romanized: Rijāl fī al-Shams) is a novel by Palestinian writer and political …
Renata rated Fifty Sounds: 3 stars
Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton
Fifty Sounds is a personal dictionary of the Japanese language, recounting her life as an outsider in Japan. Irreverent, humane, …
Renata rated Vagabonds!: 2 stars
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde
In the bustling streets and cloistered homes of Lagos, a cast of vivid characters—some haunted, some defiant—navigate danger, demons, and …
Owlish by Natascha Bruce, Dorothy Tse
In the mountainous city of Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and …
