Here are my verdicts on all six books on the most best and most accessible short-list in years - and a prediction of the winner
, is over 400). Then while they each respond to and interrogate their fair share of typically pertinent themes – the climate crisis; the weight of history – even on blurbs alone you can tell you are going to have a lot more fun in the process. The fact thatby Yael van der Wouden promises sex, passion and paranoia, while Kushner’s is an unconventional espionage thriller described as “Kill Bill meets), it is notable that five out of six books on this year’s list are written by women.
As we follow Jim and Huck on their raft down the Mississippi River, Everett gives voice and agency to a character woefully underserved by the 19th century classic. At times, it is brutal to read – necessarily so, given thatis one of its primary subject matters – but it also manages to be light and funny and completely gripping. I could barely put it down.
There is not a huge amount of action in this book, and at times it feels a bit like you’re reading an essay meditating on human existence as opposed to a novel. You also have the sense of observing these characters as though they’re floating in a snow globe: as beautiful as it is, something is stopping you from connecting with them.
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