Tense from the start, I knew I was going to be quickly seduced by Alice Feeney’s new book. With her usual sharp prose and pithy retorts, the narrative swept me up and transported me into the story. Set in a particularly isolated island off the coast of Scotland, I felt like I was...
These developments, and indeed the entire movie, are narrated by Blackwood in the language of a thriller novel he is writing as he goes along. One of the minor curiosities of the movie is why the Selleck character is such a bad writer. His prose is a turgid flow of cliche and stereotype...
Herrick, Whitman and even Vachel Lindsay, as well as a brave excursion into prose that takes us as far as Thoreau’s Walden. None of these writers are studied, however, in a spirit that would lend respect to their language; they’re simply plundered for slogans to exort the students...
‘My Good Bright Wolf’ is mostly written in the second person, an unusual style for a memoir and a very powerful one too. The prose is intercut with Moss often berating herself, which sometimes felt relentless and intrusive to read but is very effective at showing the mental toll of ...
s prose is clean and lean, almost reportorial in the style of W. G. Sebald, and like the murmurings of a shy person at a cocktail party, often comic only in single clauses. It’s a first novel that reads like the work of an author who has published many books over many years. [...
the daily grind, harsh realities and an unforgiving, unrelenting pace, No Presents Please engrossed me and shook me as well. It is a selection of 16 stories of the lives of ordinary people that come alive with his prose and pathos. Easy-flowing language with simple expressions of … ...
Julie Marie Wadeis the author of 12 collections of poetry, prose, and hybrid forms. She teaches in the undergraduate and graduate creative writing programs at Florida International University in Miami and reviews regularly forLambda Literary ReviewandThe Rumpus. ...
a sideways tap of the directional key will change the dialogue to its more modern-day version. Sometimes it’s just clear and precise wording of the otherwise flowery prose, but it’s done often enough in a humorous fashion to be worth flicking between both versions. The mastery of both th...
—and every single one is explored in here. I can certainly appreciate that. The prose is stunning and the world is a bookworm’s paradise. But there were so many stories within stories I was frustrated and lost track. Zachary was so determined to find the ending of the story in his ...
Mix historical fantasy with magicians, a circus (Le Cirque des Rêves), lyrical prose, and magic. It’s a must-read. Content Note: There is one implied bedroom scene and a moment of strong language—steam level 2.5. #8: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman Book Summary: The Owens women ...