Nolan Can Read

2022

August 29, 2024

Babel

By R.F. Kuang

There is a bit here of the young-adult, which of course is nothing to be ashamed of, but means that it is a bit simplistic, a bit stilted, and a bit preoccupied by its own project. Which like, it’s a...

August 24, 2024

Demon Copperhead

By Barbara Kingsolver

Good, sweet story, a bit trite and maybe a bit patronizing, but mostly empathetic, well put-together and a good modern Dickens.

October 16, 2023

Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow

By Gabrielle Zevin

I mean rating things on a numeric scale from 1 to 5 is of course silly and non-objective. I think, in many way’s, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is in fact a great book! Well-rounded characters in an engaging narrative...