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Yael Shapiro

20 reviews on RNKD. Their own words, their own verdicts, and no score out of five.

20 reviews 11 YES · 6 DEPENDS · 2 DNF · 1 NO Who this is

LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Blindness José Saramago · 1995 But even when I was impatient with the explanations, I kept reading because the doctor's wife made the consequences impossible to ignore. The Work of Seeing YES
LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver · 2022 That is a reasonable amount of power for a novel to have. Who Is Doing the Work? YES
LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson · 2022 I understand the intention here, and mostly the execution worked for me. A Poster, a Panic, and the Work of Staying Alive YES
CLASSICS Roundtable Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813 It asks whether they can become more accurate about themselves and more responsible toward other people. The Marriage Plot Is Also an Audit of Who Does the Work YES
LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Queen Birgitta Trotzig · 1964 It is also the only answer that has any chance of being human. The Work of Hardening YES
LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon · 2000 I liked it very much, although not evenly. Who Does the Escaping? YES
LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese · 2023 This is a book for readers who can accept a family saga that wants to be history, medical novel, religious argument, romance, political story, and catalogue of Kerala at once. A Family History Written in Water DEPENDS
HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco · 1980 It is also genuinely funny, genuinely suspenseful, and more humane than its grim subject might suggest. The Library Is Not a Neutral Place YES
HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable The Nightingale Kristin Hannah · 2015 I would recommend The Nightingale to readers who want a sweeping historical novel centered on women’s choices during occupation, especially readers willing to accept direct emotional language and a generous amount of suffering. The women do the work, and the novel keeps explaining it DEPENDS
LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Theo of Golden Allen Levi · 2023 It will appeal to readers who want their fiction to affirm that people can change through love and that small acts matter. A Good Man, and a Very Determined Book DEPENDS
POETRY Roundtable Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein · 1974 I would recommend it for children, parents, and teachers, with the usual practical request that adults stop explaining every poem before the child has had time to laugh. The Child Still Has to Read It YES
CRIME & THRILLER Roundtable Bits and Pieces Nichole Severn · 2021 It works because it acknowledges the logistical nightmare of balancing childcare with a demanding occupation. A Password is More Dangerous Than a Firearm YES
CRIME & THRILLER Roundtable Unspoken Truths Liz Mistry · 2019 Gus is the protagonist, but he is constantly overshadowed by the competence of his subordinates. Risk Assessments and Russian Spies YES
ROMANCE Roundtable His Secret Child Leslie North · 2015 What I could not accept was fast intimacy being used as an answer to unresolved questions about authority and trust. He keeps deciding, and she keeps calling it help DNF
ROMANCE Roundtable Kingdom of Thorns Katherine Macdonald · 2020 Then it makes you walk the plan, step by step, until the steps themselves become the point. A plan for the curse, and then the long walk DEPENDS
ROMANCE Roundtable Not Your Average Earl Eliza Lloyd · 2019 Rose risks her absolute lifeline for the sake of a sharp retort, and Leo accepts insubordination because the plot requires him to fall in love with her. An administrative failure masquerading as a romance DNF
ROMANCE Roundtable Some Like It Psychic Ruby West and Ella Winters · 2021 Nissa is the only figure who sometimes resists, and the book still puts her to use. The Hot Tub Gets a Dragon Egg and the Plot Gets a Sequel NO
CRIME & THRILLER Roundtable The Forgotten David Baldacci · 2012 That is why the betrayal works better for me than a surprise villain selected merely because the novel has reached its final chapters. Who Gets Counted in Paradise? YES
HORROR Roundtable The Gospel of Z Stephen Graham Jones · 2014 Is all of this honest, or is it misery with a filing system? The end of the world has a call board DEPENDS
LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Value of Rain Brandon Shire · 2011 This is the novel's strongest idea, and it is much better than a simple demand that Charles forgive his mother. The Boy in the Alley Changes the Question DEPENDS

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