Book Reviews

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng This story was intricate and uncomfortable. The author presented great questions to all of her readers: What is morality? And how do we manage all of the gray parts of life? The book unravels the secrets of the seemingly “perfect” Richardsons, a family of

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Yeesh. This book is thick and has taken me the longest to get through of any book, ever. Probably because it includes like 10 essays of Victor’s political stance on subjects varying from Napolean to the history of French slang. I will say, Hugo is

Murtagh by Christopher Paolini (13+) Murtagh is a follow-up book to the Eragon triology that follows the heroic adventures of Murtagh and Thorn following the victory of Alagaësia from the debased King, Galbotrix- and let me tell ya, it delivered. Murtagh and Thorn are the best type of characters. They

(In no particular order) A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken SO GOOD. I just want to be their friends. Sheldon and Davy, their deep love, intelligence, coming to faith and story of grief is so compelling. Sheldon does a great job of exploring the themes of faith and grief throughout

One thing to keep in mind: Generally classics start slow. Just keep powering through. I promise you’ll get to the gold. 1) War and Peace War and Peace is undoubtedly my favorite book of all time. Tolstoy brilliantly captures humanity in every way while he narrates the Napoleonic war in

Fantasy books have an incredible way of boiling life down to good and evil and making us more sensitive to the actual real world around us. The darkness, the light- we usually see all of these components mirrored in epic tales of dragons and elves and dwarves. These stories tell