by Kristopher | Oct 24, 2014 | Review
Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, for all intents and purposes, should be destined for failure. It is a futuristic, dystopian novel marketed to contemporary fiction readers rather than the typical sci-fi audience for such things. It features numerous characters,...
by Kristopher | Oct 17, 2014 | Review
Crime fiction that elucidates the realities of the society in which it is set can often be a very powerful and enlightening reading experience. Typically, this translates into a very dark and depressing style, but in the case of Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little, the...
by Kristopher | Oct 14, 2014 | Review
Charlie Parker has been searching for the “root of all evil” for eleven books now. Book number twelve, The Wolf in Winter, will be out later this month in the US (it’s already available overseas) and once again, Charlie and his gang of misfits are faced with...
by Kristopher | Oct 8, 2014 | Review
The professional marriage between Gillian Flynn and David Fincher works so much more effectively than the actual marriage of Nick and Amy Dunne, as depicted in the new film version of the mega-successful novel, Gone Girl. Gillian Flynn and David Fincher have come...
by Kristopher | Oct 5, 2014 | Review
When you go to Broadway to see a David Mamet play, you know to expect lightning fast dialogue and a plot filled with social commentary. When you go to see a Sondheim musical, you know you are going to experience complex lyrics and some overarching theme about human...
by Kristopher | Oct 2, 2014 | Review
Somewhere around the third book in a series, things start to grow comfortable for both the author and the reader. Authors know that they have a loyal audience and have a sense of what it is they are trying to accomplish with the novels. Readers, on the other hand,...
