Goodreads Review: Cosmopolis

Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book wasn’t for me. While I am always here for a critique of capitalism, the main character was too despicable, particularly in his continued sexual objectification of women, for me to appreciate the novel. I would have given it 2.5 stars if that were an option, because while I did not like it, I do recognize there were some thematic and symbolic through-lines in the book. So, more than 2 stars for literary efforts.


View all my reviews

Goodreads Review: Red Clocks

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was amazing. Relevant to our current political climate and written with compelling and artistic prose, the novel is the story of five women who lead different lives and make different life, career, and relationship choices. The book is set in an America where Roe v. Wade has been overturned, abortion is illegal nationwide, IVF is banned, and single people aren’t eligible to adopt children. The author gives a stark sense of what happens when society fails to support a spectrum of womanhood—there is no one right way to be a woman. I could barely put this book down and highly recommend it.


View all my reviews