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July 12, 2008
Books!
I've posted a few brief book reviews to my Goodreads account recently.
The Alieniest
A historical fiction mystery thriller set in Manhattan at the end of the 19th Century. Police, reporters and even women pull together to apply new techniques in forensics and psychology to a gruesome murder. Soon they uncover a pattern of serial killings in a population nobody wants to admit exists ... (read more)
The Road
How can a bleak struggle for survival, the daily search for food and shelter in a post-apocalyptic world of death, cruelty and ash be the most beautiful work I've read in years? (read more)
Gather, Darkness!
If I were in a deeper mood when I read this, I might have read a very 1950s-specific political message in "Gather, Darkness!" I mean, an elite tier of oppressive atheist dictators lead an oppressed populace ... hmmm, wonder who they could represent? But the morality and the political overtones of this book are a bit too simple to deserve much deep thought. (read more)
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at July 12, 2008 10:11 PM
Comments
Yay. I knew you'd enjoy The Alienist too.
Posted by: Rian at July 13, 2008 03:35 AM