Book Review
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JAMES by Percival Everett: Review
“With my pencil, I wrote myself into being.” ‘James’ is a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, an enslaved man. The story follows Jim’s escape and journey down the Mississippi River with fellow runaway Huck Finn. What I loved most about this book was the writing, which, for me,…
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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By Martin J. Sherwin and Kai Birdeus “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” Theoretical Physicist, Professor, Director, husband, friend, brother, son, good girl-Dad, questionable boy-Dad, security-risk, adulterer, leader… genius. Firstly, I have to appreciate the amount of research that went into writing this book is incredibly impressive, admirable even. However, despite reading…
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The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda – Book Review: A Strange and an Almost, Masterful ‘Whydunit’
SPOILER FREE! “Non-fiction? I’m not keen on the word. No matter how much a writer tries to adhere to the truth, the notion of non-fiction is an illusion. All that can exist is fiction visible to the eye.”… SYNOPSIS: On a stormy summer day, the Aosawa’s, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday…
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