Category: Review

Let’s review! Discussion of what I thought of the books I read.

Review: Human Acts by Han Kang

Sage Elliott, 25 March 202518 March 2025

Human Acts is the brutal story of the Gwangju uprising. More notably, how the uprising impacted those involved.

Sage Elliott, 18 March 202518 March 2025

Paris, 1880s: inconvenient women are sent to the Salpêtrière asylum. Paris residents enjoy watching hypnotisms and attending the yearly ball.

Sage Elliott, 11 March 202518 March 2025

Meet “Jane,” an underground provider of abortions in the Chicago area in the years leading up to Roe v. Wade. Will similar groups rise again?

Sage Elliott, 4 March 20255 March 2025

Collins’ novel tells the story of a former slave who is charged with the murder of her master/mistress. What’s her side of the story?

Sage Elliott, 18 February 202518 March 2025

Can this final girl survive a real-life horror scenario? Find out in Kalynn Bayron’s novel, You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight.

Sage Elliott, 11 February 202518 March 2025

Welcome to Erin E. Adam’s novel Jackal, a genre-bending novel combining horror and thriller elements. Can you solve this mystery?

Sage Elliott, 4 February 202521 February 2025

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson is a YA retelling of Stephen King’s Carrie. What did I think? Let’s talk about it.

Sage Elliott, 28 January 202521 February 2025

Is there an ethical way to discuss true crime? Slater asks this very question in her novel, Death of a Bookseller.

Sage Elliott, 14 January 202521 February 2025

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao is the first of a series. The book is full of female rage, which is just what I need right now.

Sage Elliott, 6 February 202421 February 2025

In a lot of ways, Cathy Rentzenbrink is the sort of reader I wish I was: someone who reads what she wants without a care for the opinions of others.