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Review: Rubyfruit Jungle

June 20, 2022 aminamakele

THE PLOT: ‘Rubyfruit Jungle’ by Rita Mae Brown is a coming-of-age novel set in the 50’s and 60’s. Molly Bolt doesn’t have a lot going for her; she’s poor, she’s from the South and she’s a bastard, but Molly’s proud of … Continue reading Review: Rubyfruit Jungle

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Review: Love in the Big City

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 aminamakele

THE PLOT: ‘Love in the Big City’ by Sang Young Park (translated by Anton Hur) is a literary coming-of-age novel about a gay Korean man in Seoul. Young spends his student days getting drunk with his female best friend Jaehee … Continue reading Review: Love in the Big City

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Review: The Unbroken

December 28, 2021 aminamakele

THE PLOT: ‘The Unbroken’ by C.L. Clark is a fantasy novel set in the empire of Balladaire. It opens with Touraine, a woman from the colony of Qazal who was stolen from her family as a child to fight in the … Continue reading Review: The Unbroken

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Review: Detransition, Baby

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 aminamakele

THE PLOT: ‘Detransition, Baby’ by Torrey Peters is a literary novel about a relationship between a transgender woman called Reese and a former transgender woman called Ames. The two have broken up from their lesbian relationship (ostensibly because Ames detransitioned), but … Continue reading Review: Detransition, Baby

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Review: Shuggie Bain

August 21, 2021August 20, 2021 aminamakele

THE PLOT: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is a literary novel about a young boy growing up in 80’s Glasgow. Since he was a toddler, it’s been clear that Hugh (Shuggie) Bain is different from other children in his tower block. … Continue reading Review: Shuggie Bain

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Review: Real Life

June 27, 2021 aminamakele

THE PLOT: Real Life by Brandon Taylor is about a post-grad scientist at university in the mid-west. Wallace has left his past behind in Alabama. Receiving a grant to study science has been his way out of the hot, sticky trauma … Continue reading Review: Real Life

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