bsl's reviews
34 reviews

The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

3.0

Enigma Variations by André Aciman

3.0

the prose is ethereal... however there is an error on page 105 (paperback). in the spring fever chapter during the dinner party scene, pamela is incorrectly referred to as paula by the narrator.

How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs

3.0

Beloved by Toni Morrison

3.0

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

5.0

if you are travelling to a previously colonised country (so, anywhere) read this... loved kincaid's second person prose and repetition.

The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon by Dana Schwartz

4.0

very entertaining

Circe by Madeline Miller

3.0

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

4.0

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

5.0

i finished this in just a few hours and from the first page to the last i'm sure i experienced the entire range of human emotion. you quickly forget that this is a memoir as machado's prose is infused with dreamy qualities and horrors that read more like magical realism. not only does the story come full circle in a really beautiful way, but many other, smaller circles are fufilled too. truly loved this book.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

3.0

moshfegh has a special way of writing women and about women