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Bad Tourists

Bad Tourists, Bad Logic, Bad Story Author: Caro Carver Three friends, bonded by collective loss and trauma, take a fancy trip to the Maldives on the ten-year anniversary of the massacre that drew them together. Camilla, an influencer/fitness instructor in an open marriage lost her brother in the killing. Darcy lost her mentor/boyfriend, and Kate is the sole survivor of that fateful night. They all found each other later, online, and bonded over a shared conviction that the man who was caught and prosecuted was not the true killer. Now in the Maldives, ostensibly celebrating Darcy’s divorce, they try to relax [...]

2025-07-14T10:23:30-07:00July 14th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , |

Quiet Life, A

“We live so much of our lives without telling anyone.” Author: Ethan Joella Three lives, going on separately, are each occluded by the unrelenting pressure of grief. One winter, as the ice shines on the road and the cold seeps into the bones, three strangers find each other through the twists of fate. Together, they start to discover the next steps in a life that will not end, no matter how much they wish that it had. It’s weird to say that Ethan Joella’s A Quiet Life is cozy when the themes – death, pain, grief, separation, betrayal – are so [...]

2025-04-12T09:24:00-07:00April 12th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , |

Hera

A New Look at an Old Villian Author: Jennifer Saint Hera – the raging goddess of marriage – is a much-hated figure from Greek mythology. While it is her husband, the mighty Zeus, who tricks and rapes his way through both mortals and goddesses, it is Hera that catches our ire. Shouldn’t she, we reason, be gentler, know better, and stop perpetuating a vicious culture of victim-blaming? Shouldn’t her vengeance, her impotent rage, be directed towards the one who really deserves it (her philandering husband) instead of in fits of jealousy towards his often-unwilling paramours? Well . . . author Jennifer [...]

2025-03-23T08:40:21-07:00March 23rd, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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