Cormac McCarthy’s Child of god, is probably the most disturbing book I have ever read. Having read three of McCarthy’s books, I am certainly aware of some of his thematic developments, but thus far, this is his darkest. We see a man who has as long as can be remembered, been a person […]
287 pgs.
Vintage Books, 2006.
The Road is one of the best books I have read. Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer for this book, and I must say it is well deserved. His story is in no way connected with “end time” cliches, nor is there the proverbial “happy ending” that seems to accompany many […]
909 Pgs. Little Brown and Company, 2005.
Vampire books are all the rage now, especially after the growing success of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight trilogy. Of course, the movie has contributed toward this growin interest in this genre, but the topic is certainly nothing new. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a classic, as are the the […]
Review (kind of?) by Bob Rice
Harper Perennial, 1997. Pg. 256.
Last night, I decided to read another chapter of Ron Hansen’s Atticus- but the book grabbed me and wouldn’t let go until it was past midnight and I finished the whole thing. I regretted the late hour because of all the grading I’ve […]
This book makes it official. Geraldine Brooks is one of my favorite authors. She writes with the quality of a classic author and is a beautiful storyteller. This was my second Brook’s novel I’ve read and both times I have been left with such a satisfied sentiment that I feel like I […]
This 619 page novel is Meyer’s first adult fiction. Following the success of her teen series, Twilight, she heads in another direction of imaginary and unique love affairs. The Host is a story about the difficult and exhausting relationship between the alien invader, Wanderer, and her host body, Melanie. Mixed in there […]
Mansfield Park falls right in the middle of the six novels written by Austen. It has the same feel and style of her other stories and is just as well written. Fanny Price, the heroine, is all good. She is very unlike Elizabeth Bennett from P & P, less educated and less […]
This novel by Chevalier is a New York Times Bestseller. Even though it was published in 1999, the story is successful at pulling the reader back into the 17th century. Inspired by the famous painting of Vermeer, this fictional story adds layers of beauty and reality to the mysterious face. The artistic […]
The Bastard is the first of the American Bicentennial Series written by John Jakes in the 1970’s. It is a historical fiction about a french boy who finds out he is the illegitimate son of an English nobleman. After finding impossible barriers to claiming his inheritance in England, he flees to the American […]
Since I am far from being a great literary critic, I will give my general opinion of this classic. I completely expected Wuthering Heights to be a endearing romantic love story; however, I would rather call it a hate-story. It was extremely dark and difficult to finish reading; yet I am glad I […]