Review of 'Light at the End of the World' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I wrote about Siddhartha Deb's LIGHT AT THE END OF THE WORLD and a dreamy couple of sentences:
https://bit.ly/3tfVNQC
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AllisonWyss@bookwyrm.social reviewed Jackal by Erin E. Adams
It’s watching.
Liz Rocher is coming home . . . reluctantly. As a Black woman, …
Review of 'Jackal' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Review of 'Small in Real Life' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Kelly Sather’s debut story collection, Small in Real Life, is reflective sunglasses, the smack of flip flops, stardom that is out of reach. The characters include makeup artists, paparazzi, and script girls. Surfaces glitter and deceive. It’s Southern California. And even in its insistence—especially in its insistence—on examining the shallow and petty, it goes deep and gets weird in a very good way.
Read the rest of my review in Tupelo Quarterly: bit.ly/49EvuUu
Kelly Sather’s debut story collection, Small in Real Life, is reflective sunglasses, the smack of flip flops, stardom that is out of reach. The characters include makeup artists, paparazzi, and script girls. Surfaces glitter and deceive. It’s Southern California. And even in its insistence—especially in its insistence—on examining the shallow and petty, it goes deep and gets weird in a very good way.
Read the rest of my review in Tupelo Quarterly: bit.ly/49EvuUu
Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in …
Review of 'Nothing But Blackened Teeth' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I wrote about a really gorgeous bit of imagery and how to helps to build up the horror:
https://bit.ly/BlackTeethHorror
AllisonWyss@bookwyrm.social reviewed Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai
Review of 'Unwieldy Creatures' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
AllisonWyss@bookwyrm.social reviewed Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
One day, the mother was a mother but then, one night, she was quite suddenly …
Review of 'Nightbitch' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
AllisonWyss@bookwyrm.social reviewed White Ivy by Susie Yang
Review of 'White Ivy' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Review of 'Patterns of Orbit' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I loved this one--AND I got to talk to the author about it.
You can read the interview here: bit.ly/419vQwV
I loved this one--AND I got to talk to the author about it.
You can read the interview here: bit.ly/419vQwV
AllisonWyss@bookwyrm.social reviewed People Want to Live by Farah Ali
Review of 'People Want to Live' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I wrote about People Want to Live and the way a seemingly simple description comes to life through the layering of contradiction.
https://bit.ly/PeopleLiveAlive
AllisonWyss@bookwyrm.social reviewed White Horse by Erika T. Wurth
Review of 'White Horse' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I wrote about the opening chapter and how it pulls together the mundane and the creepy to both situate & get the story moving--and also do weirder things like evoke the uncanny & make brain explosions.
https://bit.ly/WhHSS