Books
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What Happens in Amsterdam Review — Rachel Lynn Solomon
I went in expecting something almost comedic — a thriller with a wink. What I got was something more grounded and more uncomfortable, and a quiet portrait of what women in the 50s and 60s actually lived through.
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Best Offer Wins Review — Marisa Kashino
I went in expecting something almost comedic — a thriller with a wink. What I got was something more grounded and more uncomfortable, and a quiet portrait of what women in the 50s and 60s actually lived through.
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The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives Review — Elizabeth Arnott
I went in expecting something almost comedic — a thriller with a wink. What I got was something more grounded and more uncomfortable, and a quiet portrait of what women in the 50s and 60s actually lived through.
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Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About Review — Isabel Klee
This felt like a modern-day Girls or Sex and the City — but with characters you actually root for. I always wanted to live in NYC in my 20s and never got to. Isabel let me experience that life vicariously, even if a decade late. I started crying on page 91 — the moment Sweet…
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Piglet Review — Lottie Hazell
Book Review — Lottie Hazell This is the kind of book I want to exist. I wanted to love it. I didn’t. Piglet covers a lot of ground — self-discovery, class systems, sexism, ambition, purpose — and it does all of it through the lens of an eating disorder. The main character copes through binge…
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Strangers Review — Belle Burden
Book Review — Belle Burden I went into this knowing nothing about Belle Burden. Truly thought she was just another person writing about their divorce. Then I found out about the Paleys and the Vanderbilts, and by then I was already too invested to care. The biggest criticism of Strangers — and you’ll see it…
Marin Robinson 