The novel opens with a 13 year old Jojo claiming his understanding of death as he stands watching his loving Pop (grandfather) butcher a wild hog. It’s his birthday and he is eager to show himself a man. His throwing up after he helps his Pop clean up shows he’s not quite there yet. Sing,…
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More ‘Ghost Story’ than ‘Love Story’: A Review of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca was my first tryst with a thriller, and at the impressionable age of 16, it became fundamental. Not that I hadn’t read my share of the ‘mysteries’ – the Famous Fives, the Sherlock Holmes, even the Miss Marple books, but Rebecca was different. I mistook it for a love story, a classic ‘Cinderella’ tale,…
The Summer That Lasted a Lifetime: A Review of Call me by your Name by André Aciman
No book celebrates summer more lavishly than Call me by your Name, a masterpiece on first love. The slow pace of its narrative is synonymous with the lazy, languid days of the Italian countryside summertime it is set in, where every moment is spent reading, splashing around in the pool, playing the piano, discussing art…
The Witch Who Turned Men into Pigs: A Review of Circe by Madeline Miller
The readings of Greek Mythology, notably Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, sums up Circe as a ‘’witch who turned men into pigs.’’ She is also famous as Odysseus’s lover. She briefly appears in the Minotaur story, when the pregnant Pasiphae (Circe’s sister) calls upon the exiled Circe to help with the birth of the monster, fathered…
Alive, even in Death: A Review of I’ll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Michelle McNamara died in her sleep on April 21, 2016. The Golden State Killer was caught on April 24, 2018. Somewhere in between, her labour of 5 years, a book that remained incomplete upon her death, was published. All thanks to her husband, Patton Oswalt, who sought out Billy Jensen, an investigative journalist and Paul…
