pickDeath in the Spires, by KJ Charles (2024)
Premise: Let go from his job after his employer receives a note calling him a murderer, a man tracks down his old college friends to try to find out who killed one of their own.
Review: Every time I read a KJ Charles book I expect a fun, queer, historical romp, but get something far more interesting. This is a compelling mystery that handles privilege and marginalization really successful. Cont
so-soBelated review…
Honestly, I didn't enjoy this. I didn't find it engaging, for all its action. The characters held promise, but weren't developed at all. I was initially excited about a strong female protagonist in Cora, but her characterization & role flattened as the book went on. Cooper sacrifices character development for horrific action sequences and scenic descriptions that fell flat. There were problematic racial stereotypes galore, but⤵️
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Faves: tagged
Pride and Prejudice
Frankenstein
I‘ve read and really liked David Copperfield. I expect to read Dickens‘ other books this year for #whattheDickens and I‘ll probably read Mansfield Park someday
I recently bought The Three Musketeers so I‘m looking forward to that one
Not a huge fan of the books I read in high school and college: The Scarlet Letter and Candide
I‘ve picked my next #foodandlit book for #Bangladesh
@Catsandbooks
Starting this chunkster! Excited to read this since I loooved The Magicians series. I‘m due with my first baby in less than 5 weeks so this feels like my last chance to read a big physical book for a while 😅 I‘m off work today and it‘s finally nice enough to sit outside, so am very happy.
pickThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter is part horror and part historical fiction. The Pikuni are real, buffalo were hunted nearly to extinction while Native Americans were forced onto reservations, and the murder of 217 Blackfeet did occur. The way in which Stephen Graham Jones interweaves these tragic historical events with the fictional events created a truly gripping tale. The audiobook is simply phenomenal. I love that it is a full-cast audiobook.
I love this cover and the pages! I‘m excited for the story too!
pickGoing into the book I didn‘t know the history of the Magdalene laundries so I didn‘t pick up on all the references at first. But after reading it I did some research and wow this is a powerful little book! I watch the film adaptation (now streaming on Hulu) & thought it was brilliant! To think that this was going on in my lifetime at some point is just horrific. I‘ll be eager to read more from the author.
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Bookish Pair: Charles‘ MM regency romance series, Society of Gentlemen, remains the best exploration of the real politics of the time I‘ve encountered.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3h