Reviews by Susan S. (Lafayette, CA)

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Metropolis: A Novel
by B. A. Shapiro
Highly recommended! (4/1/2022)
This book is both a whodunit and also a what-exactly-happened-anyway? There is a central location - an abandoned storage facility with six or seven units of particular interest to us - and also six or seven characters who we assume connect in some way to the storage …more
True Crime Story
True Crime Story: A Novel
by Joseph Knox
Very clever mystery (11/14/2021)
This is a compelling mystery in which an attempt is being made to solve the question of what happened to a young woman who disappeared 10 years previously. It is told almost exclusively via interviews with various people who knew her. One thing I really liked is that I …more
Mrs. March
Mrs. March: A Novel
by Virginia Feito
Disappointing (5/9/2021)
I really wanted and expected to love this book, based on the description and the review comments that were on the front cover of the advanced reader copy.  But I didn't. I like emotional darkness in novels, and am intrigued by incipient mental illness in a main …more
The Madwoman and the Roomba
The Madwoman and the Roomba: My Year of Domestic Mayhem
by SandraTsing Loh
Uneven (4/10/2020)
I have read other books and articles by this author and have always enjoyed her writing a lot, so I was eager to read this new book. I found it to be uneven, and not as good as her previous work. She has always written about very personal things, but they felt very …more
American Dirt
American Dirt: A Novel
by Jeanine Cummins
I am in awe (11/25/2019)
I would say that a rating of 5 stars is an understatement. I think it would be impossible to praise this book too highly. I can't remember the last time I loved a book this much or learned this much. It's enlightening; it's inspiring; it's moving; it's thoroughly engrossing. …more
Never Have I Ever
Never Have I Ever
by Joshilyn Jackson
Well-written and entertaining psychological thriller (4/28/2019)
This is a very entertaining, well-written entry into the currently popular psychological thriller genre. The author's prose is excellent and not cringe-inducing the way some other books in this genre are. If you are a fan of the this type of book I highly recommend this. I …more
A Ladder to the Sky
A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel
by John Boyne
Patricia Highsmith meets All About Eve (9/8/2018)
This is a wonderfully dark novel, with an evil, ruthless protagonist. There aren't very many of those, so for me it is quite a find when I encounter one. If you are a reader for whom the phrase "wonderfully dark" resonates, then I highly recommend this extremely well- …more
Vox
Vox
by Christina Dalcher
MIsogyny run amok (5/3/2018)
This book takes place in a current, recognizable United States, except that women are banned by law from working or speaking more than 100 words per day, with the ultimate goal of turning them into virtually silent Stepford wives. They also cannot use the internet or even …more
Our Lady of the Prairie
Our Lady of the Prairie
by Thisbe Nissen
Not what I was expecting (11/21/2017)
I waffled between two stars and three stars. Three stars, because even though I did not like the book, sentence by sentence the writing was good. Two stars because I really disliked the main character, and was filled with irritation while I read. I think the author expected …more
Tell Me How This Ends Well
Tell Me How This Ends Well
by David Samuel Levinson
Tell Me How This Ends Well (3/15/2017)
This book uses a literary device that I love of letting us see the family history and the events immediately before, during, and after the central event from the point of view of each of the three adult children and one other family member. Each person knows different …more
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