B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsbook adaptation / Crusade / discrimination / female doctor / First-Person / gender inequality / Historical / Italy / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / medieval / murder mystery / Rape / rape survivor / Suicide / violence against women7 Comments
This book continues the story of Rebecca from Walter Scott’s 1820 novel Ivanhoe. The Ivanhoe backstory: Jewish women in medieval England do not fall in love with Christian knights like Ivanhoe. Neither do they heal knights from battle wounds. But Rebecca does both—and nearly pays with her life. Rescued by ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsabortion / death / England / hospital / mental illness / mortician / non-fiction / Suicide2 Comments
Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each month exploring the people she meets, in life and death, as well as her own growing awareness of life behind the veil. Meet Mr X. Found in his apartment months after his death, ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / first responder / health care / mental health / New York City / non-fiction / paramedic / SuicideNo Comments
The education of a New York City EMS worker, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single year culminate in the greatest challenge the city’s medical first responders have ever faced: COVID-19 As a seasoned medical technician and union leader, Anthony Almojera thought he understood the toll of the ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Readscollege / Contemporary / hockey / New Adult / rape culture / sexual-assault / Suicide6 Comments
Trigger warning: Suicide, sexual assault and rape culture are all discussed in the book and in the review below. Dear Kelly Jamieson, I’ve had a bit of a mixed reaction to your books. Some of them have been excellent and some… not so much. Still, the wins have been well ... more >
C- Reviewsfemale friendship / Harper Collins / infidelity / LGBTQIA+ / missing persons / Suicide / Young-Adult1 Comments
Dear Ms. Cooper, There are books whose endings leave you breathless with their brilliance. There are books whose endings make you nod and say that was decent. And then there are books whose endings make you wonder what the heck did you just read. I’m sorry to say Vanished belongs ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / first person present tense / Penguin Random House / Suicide / Young-Adult5 Comments
Dear Ms. Forman, While I wasn’t so keen on Just One Day (and subsequently didn’t read Just One Year), I liked If I Stay and absolutely loved Where She Went. It’s the strength of the last book that had me pick up your latest; I Was Here sounded more reminiscent ... more >