Seventeen-year-old Doris goes to Atlanta for an abortion and gains a lot of perspective in Mia McKenzie’s novel These Heathens.
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Review: The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
I went into The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath expecting to love it. A queer platonic relationship? An asexual character? A gay couple? Disability rep? Yes please. But was Heath’s novel really all I hoped it would be?
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Review: Human Acts by Han Kang
Human Acts is the brutal story of the Gwangju uprising. More notably, how the uprising impacted those involved.
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Review: The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas
Paris, 1880s: inconvenient women are sent to the Salpêtrière asylum. Paris residents enjoy watching hypnotisms and attending the yearly ball.
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Review: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
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?