May 2023 Wrap Up
Fiction
The Rabbit Hutch is wonderfully written. I was definitely pulled into the story and interested in how it was all going to end up. It is not about foster kids. This is about loneliness and how we connect to each other.
I really enjoyed my time with Kaikeyi. It is not without its flaws, but it fit my mood perfectly at the time I read it. It definitely made me wish I knew more about the Ramayana.
I love What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez. I have a real admiration for authors who pack so much story and character in under 250 pages. Just a wonderful book.
Disorientation made laugh out loud and cringe at the same time. I adore this one very much! I read some passages to my partner because some of it is just so good. Highly recommend.
All My Rage is such a sweet tale about two young people I hope find the contentment in life they deserve. I can see why this is so beloved. I did feel like it ran too long, but I was still a sobbing baby at the end, I’m talking snot down my nose status.
Nonfiction
Showtime was enjoyable. I started reading it because of the show, and since I love sport stories so much I thought it was really interesting. I did not appreciate how women were characterized here though. Some euphemisms for sexual assault peppered the pages and it was icky at best and misogynistic bullshit at worse. I thought it could’ve been handled better.
Minor Feelings was good, but it left me wanting more. I feel like it was very surface level exploration, but understandable because this was published in 2020. I’d be curious to see her thoughts now. I actually enjoyed her essays about her friendships and her personal life more!
Everything Now was not great. I wanted to learn something new about LA but found it boring. Maybe its because I’m from here, I don’t know, this was boring.
And finally I had to DNF The Spear Cuts Through Water, I just couldn’t. Beautifully written and so creative, I just could not wrap my brain around it. It switched POV’s a lot and at random, it was non linear story telling. I get why people love it, but my brain could not. #bookstagram
