Reviews by Alissa C. (Woodstown, NJ)

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The Night Tiger: A Novel
by Yangsze Choo
Such an interesting and different book (12/30/2018)
I want to begin by saying how much I enjoyed this novel! It surprised me just how much I liked it, because I don't typically read supernatural books. But this was so well-written, with such engaging characters and interesting twists, that I couldn't help but enjoy it.

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Golden Child
by Claire Adam
Golden Child...with a black heart (10/17/2018)
I don't know where to begin with this novel- on one hand, I loved it. Claire Adam's writing is beautiful and engaging, I fell in love immediately with her style of writing. I also loved her location - rural Trinidad, a place I know very little about. While I enjoyed so muchmore
Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces
by Dawn Davies
Still Not Sure How I Feel (10/2/2017)
Dawn Davies' memoir is one I feel I'll remember for awhile. There were so many beautiful things to like about this book, her writing style, some evocative and poetic language- the opening scene, for instance, where she describes her daughters swimming. Gorgeous. But thenmore
Home Sweet Home
by April Smith
Not what I was expecting (1/8/2017)
To start, I loved finding out that this story was based on true events- it made the characters so much more engaging for me, and their ends were then more painful bc this actually happened. Still, I had a difficult time reading this novel due to the political nature andmore
Rise: How a House Built a Family
by Cara Brookins
I really wanted to like this book... (11/19/2016)
...but I just couldn't connect with the author or her story. I felt confused from the start, with her storytelling itself- the reader is dropped straight into a very messy and chaotic story of a damaged family, and propelled along without much to guide you along the way.more
A Certain Age: A Novel
by Beatriz Williams
Entertaining but predictable (4/7/2016)
I enjoyed Beatriz Williams' "A Certain Age"- the story was interesting, the characters were well rounded. I particularly enjoyed the way the story was presented, w/snippets from newspaper columns, rather than from the characters. This wasn't a great read for me, however-more
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