This gripping mystery from the UK is not for the faint of heart. Naomi, the main protagonist, has endured the most unspeakable of personal horrors yet found a way to carry on. So unspeakable that three years later her closest friends are still unaware of it. That is until she becomes obsessed with finding her…
REVIEW: MAD WORLD by Paula Byrne
Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead “Thorough” is the first word I would use to describe this biography. Intense, assured, incisive. America had Hemingway and Fitzgerald, while England had Waugh and Wodehouse. Wodehouse found the whole scene rather silly and made hysterical fun of it. Waugh, on the other hand, had a more…
CLASSIC REVIEW: Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
I’ve been a bit slow in the review area lately. I’m still reading, have no fear, but I am on vacation with limited internet access… and limited time! It’s lovely to unplug but I had to share a few words about this unlikely find. I finished the book I brought with me entirely too quickly…
REVIEW: THE QUICKENING MAZE by Adam Foulds
I always look forward to starting new books — ones to review or otherwise. When I knew this one was on its way, I watched the mail everyday. It is by a British author. It’s about an asylum … and poets … and madness … and takes place in Victorian England. What more could I…
REVIEW: THE WOLFMAN (2010)
Remakes, in general, are a bad idea… and this was a remake of a B-film. Perhaps Universal, the owners of the franchise, were looking for a way to extend their copyright on their classic horror film. The shoot itself seemed to be cursed with uncomfortable costumes, short-tempered actors, alternate endings and multiple rewrites. Of course…