I loved the character of James, the way Ng makes him weak in himself yet strong to his family and the public, taking the time to flesh out a nuanced description. The absence of Lydia, the protagonist, creates a tense atmosphere. Always is the underlying sense of race, the hushed discussion that the family, and society at large, is not having.

Overall, Fadiman did a fantastic job exploring different aspects of Lia Lee's tragic case. I wish she had added more about the theory of cross cultural medicine and ethics standards doctors have to take. I liked the way she critiqued the physicians without directly critiquing them, but perhaps a more direct approach would have been more powerful.

While I appreciate the baroqueness of the prose and Chee's ability to transform you back to Paris, but the story was unbearably long.

I loved James McBride's writing ever since I read The Good Lord Bird and Kill 'Em and Leave did not disappoint. Rather than a simple history of the illustrious James Brown, McBride served up a history of the forgotten people of the American South. The writing is slow, pondering and deserves to be savored, like a slow-cooked pork chop. It reads like a love note from one musician to his mentor of sorts. McBride forces the reader to consider other forces in Brown's life that stand to make a profit from his story and how its portrayed. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone with a passing interest in history or even good writing.

It was a quick and easy read. Maren's not a sympathetic character, which I thought was really smart of DeAngelis. It reminded me of one of the girls from American Horror Story: Coven. Some parts of the book were predictable teen-romance tropes but overall, the book was interesting!

I especially enjoyed the last third of the book where Mr. Peralta talked about his experiences at Princeton, especially about race and privilege, because its reflective of my own experiences.

Meh. Kinda hard to follow, not really logical or funny.

Quick read, dark comedy, interesting characters. I liked the way the author weaved in out of reality, leaving the audience wondering what was real and what wasn't. It seemed a bit rushed at the end, kind of reminding of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The run on sentence style was very fun to read.