Minnie's Fiction Addiction
Because one more chapter is never enough
Category: Book Review
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👀 First impressions:John Grisham has long been the go-to author for legal thrillers, and The Whistler is no exception. This novel takes us into the world of judicial corruption, following investigator Lacy Stoltz as she uncovers one of the most shocking cases of her career. It’s a story about a judge who isn’t just bending the rules, but…
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👀 First impressions:Slow Horses is the first novel in Mick Herron’s acclaimed Slough House series, which has now grown to nine books and shows no sign of slowing down. On the surface, this is a spy thriller, but it’s not your typical sleek Bond-style escapade. Instead, Herron shines a light on the rejects of MI5, the “slow horses” banished…
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👀 First impressions:Blindsighted is the first book in Karin Slaughter’s Grant County series, and it sets the tone for what readers can expect from her work: dark, unflinching crime fiction that doesn’t shy away from the harshest realities. Published in 2001, this debut introduced the world to pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and…
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👀 First impressions:Katabasis is R. F. Kuang’s foray into dark academia fantasy, and it is both literal and metaphorical. The novel follows two doctoral candidates who descend into Hell itself to rescue their recently deceased advisor, Professor Jacob Grimes, a man whose power over their futures lingers even after death. Drawing on classical katabasis myths such…
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👀 First impressions:Originally published in French and later translated into English, My Husband is Maud Ventura’s unsettling debut novel. It follows an unnamed narrator, a wife consumed by her obsessive love for her husband. On the surface, they appear to be the perfect couple, but inside her mind lurks a constant, feverish need for validation, attention, and control.…
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👀 First impressions:Published in Japan in 2016 and translated into English in 2018, Convenience Store Woman quickly became an international sensation. At just over 160 pages, it’s a short, sharp novel that follows Keiko Furukura, a 36-year-old woman who has worked part-time in a convenience store for 18 years. Society deems her “odd” because she hasn’t followed the…
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👀 First impressions:Tender is the Flesh is one of those books that lingers long after you’ve turned the final page. Set in a chilling dystopian world where a virus has supposedly made animal meat poisonous, humanity turns to the unthinkable alternative: farming, slaughtering, and consuming humans, rebranded as “special meat.” From the very first chapter, Agustina Bazterrica’s…
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👀 First impressions:When I picked up My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I expected something bleak, but what I got was both unsettling and oddly captivating. Published in 2018, Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel follows an unnamed narrator in early 2000s New York who decides to sleep for a year, aided by a cocktail of dubious prescriptions and the…
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👀 First impressions:Running the Light is often described as one of the greatest novels ever written about stand-up comedy, and it’s easy to see why. Published in 2020 by comedian Sam Tallent, the book has gained a cult following within the comedy world, praised by everyone from Marc Maron to Doug Stanhope. It follows Billy Ray Schafer,…
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