"the books" Reviews

• books Samantha Irby's New Book Draws Us Into Her Hilarious, Gross World By Liz Shannon Miller March 31, 2020 | 2:27pm Rating8.0
• books A Ponzi Scheme Ruins Countless Lives in The Glass Hotel By Liz Shannon Miller March 27, 2020 | 4:30pm Rating8.5
• books American Sherlock Profiles the Man Who Shaped Modern Forensic Science By B. David Zarley March 18, 2020 | 5:10pm Rating5.9
• books Victorian Women Were Judged, and Too Much Reveals Why That Matters Today By Bridey Heing March 12, 2020 | 4:06pm Rating7.5
• books Saint X Revolves Around a College Student's Dead Body By Bridey Heing March 10, 2020 | 5:00pm Rating8.0
• books A Map Is Only One Story Boasts 20 Must-Read Essays About Immigration By Bridey Heing March 9, 2020 | 3:52pm Rating9.0
• books Children Hunt Kidnappers in Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line By Bridey Heing February 20, 2020 | 2:38pm Rating9.0
• books Uncanny Valley Delivers a Refreshing Take on the Silicon Valley Memoir By Bridey Heing January 24, 2020 | 1:38pm Rating9.0
• books A Woman Searches for Her Sister and a Killer in Long Bright River By Bridey Heing January 16, 2020 | 3:38pm Rating8.0
• books Lindy West Reminds Us Why We're Glad The Witches Are Coming By Bridey Heing November 26, 2019 | 1:32pm Rating9.0
• books A Woman Gives Birth to a Rabbit in Dexter Palmer's New Novel By Jane Huang November 21, 2019 | 2:30pm Rating8.5
• books People Pretended to Be Insane for a Psychiatric Study; The Great Pretender Investigates the Results By Bridey Heing November 18, 2019 | 2:44pm Rating8.0
• books Fate of the Fallen Explores What Happens When the "Chosen One" Fails to Save the World By Jane Huang November 6, 2019 | 3:34pm Rating7.5
• books Jaquira Díaz's Powerful Memoir Highlights the Ordinary Lives We Often Ignore By Bridey Heing November 5, 2019 | 1:57pm Rating8.5
• books Nuns Fight Evil in Space in Sisters of the Vast Black By Jane Huang October 29, 2019 | 2:38pm Rating8.5
• books Adrienne Brodeur's Memoir Looks Back on a Decade of Hiding Her Mom's Affair By Bridey Heing October 25, 2019 | 12:21pm Rating8.0
• books Women's Rage Gloriously Takes Center Stage in Burn It Down By Bridey Heing October 18, 2019 | 3:36pm Rating9.0
• books Amaryllis Fox's New Memoir Explores Her Life Undercover in the CIA By Jane Huang October 17, 2019 | 1:05pm Rating8.5
• books A Feminist Princess Is the Hero of How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse By Jane Huang October 10, 2019 | 2:36pm Rating8.0
• books Leslie Jamison's Essay Collection Tackles Everything from Blue Whales to Broken Hearts By Bridey Heing September 30, 2019 | 4:49pm Rating8.0
• books Time-Traveling Feminists Edit History in Annalee Newitz's Latest Novel By Jane Huang September 25, 2019 | 2:36pm Rating7.5
• books Jennifer Giesbrecht's Debut Asks, "What If a Magical Oscar Wilde Shacked Up with a Sexy Babadook?" By Steve Foxe September 24, 2019 | 1:55pm Rating6.6
• books Jacqueline Woodson's Red at the Bone Is a Must-Read Family Saga By Bridey Heing September 17, 2019 | 1:05pm Rating9.0
• books Patricia Wiltshire Utilizes Forensic Ecology to Solve Crimes in The Nature of Life and Death By Jane Huang September 4, 2019 | 4:57pm Rating6.5
• books We Need More Books About Women's Health, But Hysterical Misses the Mark By Bridey Heing August 28, 2019 | 4:34pm Rating5.0
• books Abigail Pesta's The Girls Succeeds by Solely Giving a Voice to Sexual Assault Survivors—Not Their Abuser By Bridey Heing August 19, 2019 | 1:16pm Rating8.0
• books Sarah M. Broom's The Yellow House Is the New Orleans Story America's Been Missing By Bridey Heing August 15, 2019 | 1:53pm Rating9.0
• books Is the Semicolon Misunderstood? Author Cecelia Watson Thinks So By Bridey Heing August 9, 2019 | 4:08pm Rating7.0
• books A Girl Takes the Place of a Missing Teen in Sarah Elaine Smith's Enthralling Debut By Bridey Heing August 1, 2019 | 12:22pm Rating9.0
• books Red Riding Hood Faces the Apocalypse in Christina Henry's New Novel By Bridey Heing July 3, 2019 | 12:39pm Rating7.5
• comics Ulli Lust Does Her Best in How I Tried to Be a Good Person By Hillary Brown June 28, 2019 | 9:15am
• books Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light Boasts Cyberkinetic Powers By Alexis Gunderson June 27, 2019 | 3:47pm Rating7.1
• music Bad Books: III By Ellen Johnson June 20, 2019 | 10:00am Rating7.6
• books Elizabeth Gilbert's City of Girls Delivers Everything from a Love Story to a War Drama By Bridey Heing June 13, 2019 | 4:12pm Rating8.5
• books Seanan McGuire's Novel Middlegame Is an Alchemical Delight By Josh Jackson June 5, 2019 | 3:32pm Rating8.8
• books Eve Ensler's Father Abused Her. The Apology Is Her Attempt to Create Closure. By Bridey Heing May 24, 2019 | 4:34pm Rating6.5
• books Surrogacy Takes a Dystopian Turn in Joanne Ramos' Debut Novel The Farm By Bridey Heing May 22, 2019 | 4:43pm Rating8.0
• books If Grief Makes You Uncomfortable, You Need to Read The Hot Young Widows Club By Bridey Heing May 14, 2019 | 12:45pm Rating7.5
• games Boss Fight Books' Knights of the Old Republic Studies a Studio on the Verge of a Golden Age By Cameron Kunzelman April 24, 2019 | 1:30pm Rating8.8
• books Sarah Blake's Naamah Is the Feminist Bible Retelling We Need in 2019 By Bridey Heing April 9, 2019 | 1:08pm Rating7.5
• tv HBO's Native Son Reimagines Richard Wright's Protagonist, with Unexpected Consequences By Amy Glynn April 4, 2019 | 3:00pm Rating8.4
• comics Mark Alan Stamaty’s MacDoodle St. Aged Like a Fine, Structurally Inventive Wine By Hillary Brown April 4, 2019 | 1:00pm Rating8.2
• comics James Sturm’s Off Season is a Hard Sell in 2019 By Hillary Brown February 7, 2019 | 8:30am Rating6.5
• tv Netflix's Tidying Up With Marie Kondo Will Spark Joy in Even the Most Cynical Viewer By Amy Glynn January 2, 2019 | 3:00pm Rating8.7
• tv Amazon's Vanity Fair Is a Venomous, Lavish Delight By Alexis Gunderson December 20, 2018 | 1:00pm Rating8.1
• tv Netflix Hits the True Crime Wall with Stale New Docuseries The Innocent Man By Amy Glynn December 13, 2018 | 9:00am Rating7.5
• tv British Import The Woman in White Can’t Seem to Solve the Mystery of Its Source Material By Alexis Gunderson October 19, 2018 | 2:00pm Rating5.0
• comics Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network Is the Most Interesting the Series Has Been in Ages By Toussaint Egan October 18, 2018 | 1:00pm
• tv A New Adaptation of King Lear Shows Why Shakespeare's Tragedy Is Relevant in Every Time and Place By Amy Glynn September 26, 2018 | 10:00am Rating9.0
• tv Despite the Title, Amazon's New Mystery Is Not "Agatha Christie's" Ordeal by Innocence By Amy Glynn August 9, 2018 | 10:00am Rating7.8
• tv With Sacred Lies, Facebook Watch Hopes to Redefine "Prestige" TV. And It Just Might Work. By Alexis Gunderson July 27, 2018 | 10:00am Rating8.3
• comics Land of the Sons Is Almost Unbearable to Read (in a Good Way) By Hillary Brown May 25, 2018 | 9:15am
• comics Dalston Monsterzz is a Fleshy Blend of Akira, Attack the Block & Frank Miller By Hillary Brown April 20, 2018 | 9:30am
• comics Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World Isn’t Afraid of Complex Women By Hillary Brown April 10, 2018 | 9:30am
• tv SyFy’s Pre-Superman Krypton: Two Takes, One Show By Alexis Gunderson March 20, 2018 | 2:00pm Rating7.8
• comics Blutch’s Total Jazz is as Great as the Genre That Inspired It By Hillary Brown March 1, 2018 | 9:00am
• comics Master Race and Other Stories Showcases EC Artist Bernard Krigstein at His Battered Best By Hillary Brown February 23, 2018 | 8:30am
• comics Anneli Furmark’s Red Winter is the Most Swedish Comic Ever By Hillary Brown February 2, 2018 | 10:00am
• comics Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle Vol.1 Lays the Groundwork for Better Things to Come By Toussaint Egan January 24, 2018 | 8:15am
• comics Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories is Maddeningly Close to Horror Manga Perfection By Steve Foxe January 5, 2018 | 8:15am
• comics Carlos & Miguel Valderrama’s Giants #1 Follows in Massive, Familiar Footsteps, But Shows Off Kaiju-Sized Skill By Caitlin Rosberg December 12, 2017 | 1:00pm
• comics Fans of DC Comics' Magic Will Want to Enroll at Mystik U By Caitlin Rosberg November 29, 2017 | 10:40am
• games Expand Your Dungeons & Dragons Campaign With These Two New Books By Cameron Kunzelman November 17, 2017 | 10:00am Rating8.0
• comics Sports Romance Fence Leans into Tropes Both Enjoyable and Regrettable By Caitlin Rosberg November 16, 2017 | 11:44am
• books In The Floating World, C. Morgan Babst Attempts to Write the Novel on Hurricane Katrina By Lucas Iberico Lozada October 24, 2017 | 4:25pm Rating7.5
• books With In the Distance, Hernán Díaz Weaves an Extraordinary 1800s Tale By Lucas Iberico Lozada October 19, 2017 | 11:22am Rating9.0
• books Women Steal the Spotlight in Martha Batalha's The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao By Lucas Iberico Lozada October 10, 2017 | 4:49pm Rating8.5
• books Christopher Hill's Into the Mystic Combines Rock and Roll History with Ecstatic Traditions By Amy Glynn October 9, 2017 | 5:02pm Rating7.0
• tv Marvel's Inhumans Is a Total Lemon By Amy Glynn September 28, 2017 | 9:30am Rating2.0
• books In Bloodlines, Melissa del Bosque Tracks a Web of Cocaine and Horse Racing By B. David Zarley September 14, 2017 | 6:10pm Rating8.4
• books Everyone Gets a Voice in the Oral History David Bowie: A Life By Robert Ham September 13, 2017 | 4:22pm Rating7.8
• books Lisbeth Salander's Saga Continues in The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye By Eric Swedlund September 12, 2017 | 4:53pm Rating6.8
• comics Palookaville 23 Captures the Ornate, Brilliant Essence of Seth By Hillary Brown September 6, 2017 | 11:25am Rating9.0
• books Motherhood Usurps Identity in Cherise Wolas' The Resurrection of Joan Ashby By Bridey Heing August 30, 2017 | 5:24pm Rating6.5
• books John Boyne Has Written an Irish Epic with The Heart's Invisible Furies By Bridey Heing August 25, 2017 | 12:49pm Rating8.5
• books Ann Powers' Good Booty Shines a Light on Race and Sex in American Music By Emmet Penney August 17, 2017 | 1:33pm Rating7.8
• comics Dark Nights: Metal Is the Stupid-Smart Launch to this Summer's Ballsiest Comics Event By Jannon Callaway August 17, 2017 | 1:30pm Rating6.8
• books Ladee Hubbard Imagines a Superpower-Enhanced "Talented Tenth" in The Talented Ribkins By Steve Nathans-Kelly August 8, 2017 | 1:48pm Rating8.0
• books The Protagonist in Linnea Hartsuyker's The Half-Drowned King Deserves to Be Stabbed By Jason Rhode August 3, 2017 | 5:14pm Rating6.0
• books Adam Sternbergh Delivers Witness Protection with a Speculative Twist in The Blinds By Steve Nathans-Kelly August 2, 2017 | 4:34pm Rating9.1
• comics Gary Panter’s Songy of Paradise Profanes & Pays Tribute to Milton By Hillary Brown August 1, 2017 | 9:00am Rating9.3
• comics Becky Cloonan’s By Chance or Providence Taps Into Primal Fairy-Tale Fears By Tobias Carroll July 28, 2017 | 12:00pm Rating8.8
• books Sarah Hall's New Story Collection, Madame Zero, Is Haunting and Extraordinary By Bridey Heing July 26, 2017 | 3:22pm Rating9.0
• comics Andrea Pazienza's Zanardi is Foul, Rude...and Not Wholly Without Merit By Hillary Brown July 20, 2017 | 9:00am Rating3.8
• books Roger Steffens Weaves the Oral History of Bob Marley in So Much Things to Say By Jason Rhode July 13, 2017 | 5:02pm Rating8.0
• books Rachel Khong Finds the Humor in Loss in Her Debut Novel Goodbye, Vitamin By Bradley Babendir July 13, 2017 | 3:25pm Rating8.5
• books A Child's Murder by Police Ignites Brian Platzer's Bed-Stuy Is Burning By Steve Nathans-Kelly July 11, 2017 | 4:53pm Rating7.7
• books In Ashley Shelby's South Pole Station, a Climate Change Denier Rocks Antarctica's Research Community By B. David Zarley July 6, 2017 | 4:40pm Rating6.0
• books In Off the Cliff, Becky Aikman Talks Thelma & Louise While Tackling Hollywood's Misogyny By Jason Rhode June 30, 2017 | 9:05am Rating8.6
• books Daryl Gregory Serves Up Psychics, Mobsters and Mid-'90s Malaise in Spoonbenders By Steve Nathans-Kelly June 29, 2017 | 4:00pm Rating8.0
• books Christopher Bollen's The Destroyers Is a Masterful Literary Thriller By B. David Zarley June 27, 2017 | 3:40pm Rating9.2
• comics We Thought Way Too Hard About the DC Comics/Looney Tunes Crossovers So You Don't Have To By Paste Staff June 22, 2017 | 2:30pm
• comics Yeon-Sik Hong's Melancholy Uncomfortably Happily is More Uncomfortable Than Happy By Hillary Brown June 21, 2017 | 11:00am Rating7.0
• books Peter Brannen’s The Ends of the World Just Might Help Us Save It By Emmet Martin Penney June 14, 2017 | 3:46pm Rating7.0
• comics Acclaimed Cartoonist Jason's Travelogue, On the Camino, Walks into New, Mixed Territory By Hillary Brown June 12, 2017 | 9:00am Rating6.2
• books A Mythological Beast Haunts a Village in Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent By Bridey Heing June 9, 2017 | 2:00pm Rating9.0
• books A Musician Struggles to Record a Final Album in Don Lee's Lonesome Lies Before Us By Eric Swedlund June 8, 2017 | 4:25pm Rating7.5
• books In Erin Kelly's Thriller He Said/She Said, an Eclipse Hides a Violent Crime By B. David Zarley June 7, 2017 | 4:41pm Rating7.6
• comics GWAR: Orgasmageddon #1 Lives Up to the Band's Gory, Bonkers Reputation By Mark Peters June 7, 2017 | 1:00pm Rating7.0
• comics Dustin Weaver is a One-Man Imagination Machine in Paklis #1 By Mark Peters June 1, 2017 | 9:00am Rating8.0
• comics New Digital Editions Reintroduce Battle Angel Alita’s Cyberpunk Iconoclasm By Toussaint Egan May 31, 2017 | 9:00am Rating9.0
• books Tristan Donovan's It's All A Game Offers a Thorough History of Board Games By Jason Rhode May 30, 2017 | 12:33pm Rating7.0
• comics Sharon Shinn & Molly Knox Ostertag’s Shattered Warrior is a Manifesto on the Strength of Vulnerability By Hillary Brown May 24, 2017 | 10:00am Rating8.1
• comics Fabrizio Dori's Gauguin: The Other World Finds Dreamy Symbolism in its Unpleasant Subject By Hillary Brown May 19, 2017 | 11:00am Rating6.5
• books Come for the Chills, Stay for the Characters in J. Robert Lennon's Broken River By Pete Mercer May 18, 2017 | 12:11pm Rating8.8
• comics A God's Empire Falls in Kieron Gillen & André Lima Araújo's The Wicked + The Divine: 455 A.D. #1 By Tobias Carroll May 17, 2017 | 1:00pm Rating8.1
• books Puk Damsgård's The ISIS Hostage Examines the Horror of an Irregular War By B. David Zarley May 12, 2017 | 12:48pm Rating8.0
• books In Jim Al-Khalili's Aliens, Scientists Discuss the Search for Extraterrestrial Life By Jason Rhode May 11, 2017 | 5:21pm Rating8.0