Book Reviews
The French Lieutenant’s Woman: An Age-Old Plot With A New Voice
The French Lieutenant’s Woman will have you bargaining with God. You see, the narrator views himself as God (“the novelist is still a God since he creates”) and, therefore, he hovers above the storyline and pops in – as a perfect un-God-like character – and out of the plot at will, even inserting himself into…
The Last Romantics: Diving into the Mind of a Sex Writer
Depression, family bonds, sex, nothing is off-limits in this refreshingly honest novel. The Plot of The Last Romantics (no spoilers) Tara Conklin’s novel The Last Romantics is so honest at times that it hurts. A poet sits down in front of an audience at a book reading and remembers her life. Recalling family drama, let downs,…
