Reviews and Comments
star rating system: ★ I didn't like it ★★ it was OK ★★★ I liked it ★★★★ I really liked it ★★★★★ it was amazing
This link opens in a pop-up window
Renata rated One Last Stop: 3 stars
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and …
Renata rated Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me: 3 stars
Renata rated Islands of Abandonment: 4 stars
NW by Zadie Smith
Renata rated Hurricane Season: 5 stars
Renata rated The Song of Achilles: 3 stars
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend Patroclus. Although Patroclus is outcast …
Renata rated King Kong Theory: 3 stars
King Kong Theory by Frank Wynne, Virginie Despentes
Out of print in the U.S. for far too long, writer and filmmaker Virginie Despentes’s autobiographical feminist manifesto is back―in …
Renata rated Real Estate: 2 stars
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
Renata rated Freshwater: 4 stars
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable. The main character's …
Renata rated Living a Feminist Life: 4 stars
Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed
In Living a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed shows how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences …
Renata rated The Vanishing Half: 4 stars
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett’s chart topping novel, The Vanishing Half, is a story that tracks the lives of twin African American twin …
