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True Crime Story: A Novel
by Joseph Knox

Too long and boring (11/3/2021)

I don’t know why this author wrote this book in this format. Transcripts by different students who just met? The plot is flimsy with not much substance and repetitious. Not one of these characters is likable and I cared about none of them. It a very boring book. I kept …more

The Temple House Vanishing
by Rachel Donohue

Good debut novel. The Temple House Vanishing (4/8/2021)

The Temple House is a girls boarding school run by nuns. They act as if they were in charge of a first class elite boarding school. However it is only a second rate school, with the building needing work. The plot concerns the disappearance on the same day of student Louisa …more

He Started It
by Samantha Downing

He started it. (2/8/2020)

This is a devious psych thriller, about three siblings. To claim slices of gramp's fortune, they have to retrace the trip they drove with him years ago. A more detestable group I've yet to meet. They have deeply held secrets and betrayals pile up. The author has a wry …more

The Yellow Bird Sings: A Novel
by Jennifer Rosner

Very difficult book to read (11/18/2019)

This book is based on the plight of Jewish children hidden during World War 2 in Poland. A mother and daughter are hidden in a barn, the day comes when the mother must make the sacrifice of letting her go, because the child can be hidden in a convent. The book is about the …more

D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
by Sarah Rose

Wonderful brave women (3/13/2019)

D-Day Girls is a well researched and written book. These are fascinating and very brave women. These were the women of Churchill's Special Operations Executive. Not everyone was in favor of sending women behind the lines, parachuting with Nazis controlling France. They were …more

A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel
by John Boyne

Ambition and literary theft (8/31/2018)

A Ladder to The Sky is a novel about literary theft and ambition and confirms John Boyne as an assured author.Maurice Swift becomes famous by using other people's stories and doesn't care who he steals from. He is a psychopath, a ruthless manipulator who will stop at …more

The Summer Wives
by Beatriz Williams

Not Impressed (4/16/2018)

This is the first book I have read by Beatriz Williams. I am not impressed, I found writing uneven and characters undeveloped. Very unlikable people, always having conversations that go on and on. I really am not sure which plot is the main plot, so many different stories …more

Force of Nature: Aaron Falk Mystery #2
by Jane Harper

Jane Harper major voice in contemparary fiction. (10/5/2017)

I did not like The Dry, so was a little leery of reading Force of Nature. I was pleasantly surprised, this is one of the best 2017 thrillers. And hope the author continues this series with Aaron Falk, excellent character. This book had well developed characters and a good …more

Karolina's Twins
by Ronald H. Balson

Cannot recommend this book. (6/29/2016)

Having read Once We Were Brothers, I wanted to read this author's latest. This is a poorly constructed book, the characters are not developed , the conversations are stilted, and the story goes on and on. Having read books about the Holocaust that held my attention I kept …more

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