The components of the novel — diaries and vignettes, woman and crocodile — are caught between coming together and falling apart: they dance with each other.
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It is 2024, and the New York Times Book Review has published their list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. They compiled the list by asking famed writers to provide a list of their favourite books. But do the most-lauded writers pen the best books? And where is the literature from marginalised voices?
I couldn’t help but notice the undeniable creativity and joy in the very space we occupied. Pillars were lit with the soft glow of multi-colour, emulating the house on the cover of The House That Joy Built.
Tracing the lives of a brother and sister, the plot of Tidelines has a clear destination, with every incident pointing us in that direction.
The toxic tropes of masculinity and abuse of women in her books should revoke Sarah J. Maas’ entitlement to market herself and her novels as feminist.
Less potent is the idea that we seek out and spin our own lies to protect ourselves from confronting the enormity of systemic cover-ups.
I am still left perplexed when a book cover so beautiful is tossed aside for very little reason at all. At the end of the day, it will always come back to the same axiom: why fix it, if it ain’t broke?
Given Amazon’s control over the Australian bookselling landscape, their exploitation of human rights, and the sheer excess of their book discounting, it is unconscionable to keep supporting their practices.
The writing of J*hn Gr**n lacks nuance, originality, and wit. For this, he must be held accountable.
Street libraries are bastions of free knowledge in a world of paywalls and alternative facts.
