There But for The by Ali Smith

There but for the by Ali Smith

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Based on the reviews and descriptions of this book on Best of the Year lists, I expected to love this book. A bit quirky? Fine. Written from different viewpoints? Fine. Not linear? Probably fine, just so there was some sort of logic that I could follow.

They neglected to mention that the wit and wordplay became precious, or that the reader would reach the end of the book still having no clue why Miles (aka Milo) had locked himself in the room for months, which I found incredibly frustrating.

It seems this is a book for special readers and I wasn't special enough....





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City of Shadows

City of Shadows: A Novel of Suspense by Ariana Franklin

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Set in Berlin between World War I and World War II, this book gave me a greater understanding of how Hitler was able to come to power.

For whatever reason, I never reached a "just can't put the book down" point in the book, but it was interesting historically between its focus on a possible Princess Anastasia and Germany's challenges between the world wars.









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