Tag: historical fiction
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Book Review: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
This was a reread for me. I guess I never wrote a review the first time around. My Cousin Rachel is one of my all-time favorite books. It has the same eeriness as Rebecca while being a completely different plot…
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Book Review: Stars in an Italian Sky by Jill Santopolo
Admittedly, it took me a little while to warm up to this story, but by the end, I had tears in my eyes. Yet again, a gorgeous cover drew me in. Of course, anything set in or around Italy is also going to pique my interest immediately…
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Book Review: Tony’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
There’s something about Adriana Trigiani’s writing I really love. This book was pretty fun, too, because in a strange way, it was giving me similar vibes as Daisy Jones and the Six only a different era…
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Book Review: My French Whore by Gene Wilder
I tried letting this one sit for a while to see if I was simply in a cynical mood when I read it. Time didn’t end up making my memory fonder. Quite the opposite…
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Book Review: Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Here I am again judging a book entirely by its cover. Thankfully, what was promised visually did not disappoint. In fact, I think I actually enjoyed it more than I was expecting to…
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Book Review: Helena by Evelyn Waugh
I hadn’t heard of Evelyn Waugh or any of his books until a couple of them were mentioned during a homily. Helena piqued my interest the most given the subject matter and a line that was quoted. I’ve heard of St. Helena by name but didn’t know much about her story…
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Book Review: Out of Human Sight by Sophie Parkes
Wonderfully atmospheric and written with both strong and delicate writing, Out of Human Sight is a dark and terrific historical read…
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Book Review: The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
As much as I love this series and its setting and characters, I just didn’t click with this one as much as I did with books one and two. The change of POV surprised me because I stop reading the summaries at this point in any series…
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Book Review: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
There’s nothing better than finding a mystery that actually keeps me on my toes and surprises me. When you read a lot in this genre, it’s easy to start recognizing the patterns. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle very much has the feeling of a classic mystery (namely Agatha Christie), but it also feels…
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Book Review: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
A lot of thought went into this book and it shows. At another time I might have been more in a place to absorb the complexity, but as my final read of the year, it had my head spinning a little bit…