Reviews by Amy A. (Buffalo, NY)

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The Funeral Cryer
The Funeral Cryer: A Novel
by Wenyan Lu
Very disappointing! (3/7/2024)
I gave this book 1 star, as I am amazed the author was able to get this published. The other star is because I was able to finish the book.

The writing is simplistic and stilted. I found it to be a very slow read but I kept thinking the story was going to become more …more
Hotel Cuba
Hotel Cuba: A Novel
by Aaron Hamburger
Very Enjoyable Read! (4/21/2023)
Hotel Cuba touched upon many topics that are close to my heart.
The diaspora of Jewish Lithuanians to Cuba is a very interesting historical subtext. The Immigration Act of 1924 prevented Jews from entering the US, thus some Jews at that time landed in Cuba. Even during the …more
Homestead
Homestead: A Novel
by Melinda Moustakis
Buying another copy! (2/18/2023)
I was over 100 pages into this book and then lost it. I am truly heartbroken!

I was so quickly drawn into this story. The author had an amazing ability to describe the reality and hardships of 1950s Alaska. The characters had so much depth that I cried with and for Marie.

I …more
Our Missing Hearts
Our Missing Hearts: A Novel
by Celeste Ng
Is This Our Future? (9/21/2022)
Our Missing Hearts describes the racial tension, especially of Asian Americans, book banning, conspiracy theories replacing science, broad social divides, and the removal of children from families deemed unfit to raise their own children. All of this occurring in the not …more
Take My Hand
Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
A great book about a sad moment in our history (9/22/2021)
Take My Hand is an easy to read novel about a little known time (at least to me) in American history where eugenics was practiced by the United States government on African-American, poor white, mentally ill, and disabled women.

The book is loosely based on the true story of …more
Of Women and Salt
Of Women and Salt
by Gabriela Garcia
Not enough depth to the characters (12/26/2020)
Overall, I found the book confusing. The time changes back and forth and from woman to woman with little cohesiveness made me feel like this book may have been better done as a collection of short stories.
I felt her description of present day Miami and Cuba fascinating and …more
He Started It
He Started It
by Samantha Downing
He Started It, but I could barely finish it (2/17/2020)
2 stars: 1 for the author who did manage to get this published and 1 star for myself— a perfect waste of reading time but I managed to finish the book.
Most stories, no matter how shallow, tend to give us insight into something we have no or little knowledge about. This …more
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