mirrortower's reviews
169 reviews

In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante

3.0

Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy

3.25

The Chandelier by Clarice Lispector

3.5

A Sister's Story by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.5

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

3.25

The Emissary by Yōko Tawada

3.5

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

4.25

really liked the personals section, especially on keeping a notebook and on self respect -- didn't much care about the california parts but i love her writing all the same

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

4.25

The House of the Dead / The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.25

house of the dead was unbearably boring in stretches but had its moments. I recently learned to play solitaire so I totally understand the plight of alexei ivanovich

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

4.5

could have done with fewer descriptions of a 15 year old’s genitals