reading_and_wrighting's Reviews (337)

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer

4.0

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin

4.5

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Morning Glory Milking Farm

C.M. Nascosta

4.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Daisy Darker

Alice Feeney

3.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lobster

Guillaume Lecasble

4.0

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This novella starts out with a literal bang: A sentient lobster and the lady who ate his dad, *ahem* "know each other in the biblical way" onboard the sinking Titanic. Yes, THAT Titanic, though Jack and Rose this is decidedly NOT.

Somehow it only gets weirder and more uncomfortable from there.

A beautifully-written, melancholic, surreal fable that I am pretty sure I.... enjoyed... is the wrong word. This book is an EXPERIENCE. That being said, I am not sure The French™️ should be allowed to write fiction. I will however, be adding this to my Staff Picks at work.

Get this book for the friend who insists they read "everything." Either you'll call their bluff, or you will, to paraphrase a review quote on the back cover, fill the "lobster-shaped hole" in their life.