Review: None of This Is True
2/5 stars None of This Is True, by Lisa Jewell (2023) TW: Pedophilia, Sexual abuse, Abuse of the mentally ill, Alcoholism, Victim blaming...
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A New York Tate of Mind
A New York Tate of Mind
In which this reader and explorer reviews books, muses on literary (and other) matters, and shares some of her adventures.
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My 1-5 rating system:
1 = I did not like it and would not recommend it.
2= It was fine. Read it if the subject matter interests you.
3 = I enjoyed it and would recommend it.
4 = I really liked it, and think you should read it!
5 = One of the best books I've read.
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tatedecaro
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Review: Our Hideous Progeny
3/5 stars (ish) Our Hideous Progeny, by C.E. McGill (2023) If I did half stars this would be a 2.5, but I'm rounding up to 3 because this...
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tatedecaro
- Feb 26
- 4 min
Review: Sea of Tranquility
2/5 stars Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel (2022) Oh, Emily. How I adored Station Eleven - which I just read for a second...
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tatedecaro
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Review: When Women Were Dragons
2/5 stars When Women Were Dragons, by Kelly Barnhill (2022) This would have been a fantastic short story! Like, really compelling and fun...
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tatedecaro
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Review: Babel
2/5 stars Babel, by R.F. Kuang (2022) Oh, gosh. I dunno, guys. Am I just too weirdly picky about books? Or does the hype get me too...
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tatedecaro
- Nov 23, 2023
- 2 min
Review: The Sun Is Also a Star
2/5 stars The Sun Is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon First off, here is a video about how the book beautiful cover art was created: Book...
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tatedecaro
- Oct 6, 2023
- 2 min
Review: The Cat Who Saved Books
2/5 stars The Cat Who Saved Books, by Sosuke Natsukawa (2017) Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai A 2-star book with a...
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tatedecaro
- Aug 26, 2023
- 1 min
Review: Genuine Fraud
2/5 stars Genuine Fraud, by E. Lockhart (2017) I could keep this super simple and just say: If you have read or watched The Talented Mr....
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tatedecaro
- Jul 17, 2023
- 2 min
Review: The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
2/5 stars The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017) TW: Domestic abuse and rape I enjoyed this more than a 2-star...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 13, 2023
- 2 min
Review: Mexican Gothic
2/5 stars Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020) TW: Allusions to sexual assault, incest, suicide, cannibalism, murder...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 28, 2023
- 3 min
Review: How High We Go in the Dark
2/5 stars How High We Go in the Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu (2022) I saw this compared favorably to Emily St. John's Station Eleven, which...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 20, 2023
- 3 min
Review: Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow
2/5 stars Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin (2022) “What is a game?" Marx said. "It's tomorrow, and tomorrow, and...
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tatedecaro
- Mar 19, 2023
- 2 min
Review: Black Cake
2/5 stars Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson (2022) Very sad to be giving this 2 stars. It started out so well! A 5-star beginning, that...
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tatedecaro
- Mar 10, 2023
- 2 min
Review: Amy Among the Serial Killers
2/5 stars Amy Among the Serial Killers, by Jincy Willett (2022) I didn't realize until I was well into the book that it's actually the...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 28, 2022
- 3 min
Review: two Sophie Hannah mysteries
2-4/5 stars - The Mystery of the Three Quarters (2018) & Woman with a Secret (2014), by Sophie Hannah 4/5 stars The Mystery of Three...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 25, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Between You & Me
2/5 stars Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, by Mary Norris (2015) There were parts of this book that were quite...
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tatedecaro
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
Review: The Midnight Library
2/5 The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (2020) I started this one last year and only got about a chapter in before stopping. I thought I...
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tatedecaro
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Mouthful of Birds
2/5 stars Mouthful of Birds: Stories, by Samanta Schweblin (2009) Translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell (2019) Last year I read...
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tatedecaro
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Stardust
2/5 stars Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (1997) First of all, I'm not tagging this as YA fiction. Gaiman didn't initially write it to be YA...
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tatedecaro
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Where the Dead Sit Talking
2/5 stars Where the Dead Sit Talking, by Brandon Hobson (2018) TW: Drugs, suicide, sexual identity, violence against women This is a dark...
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