The City Still Breathing

OK, this guy has imagination and craft to burn. Very, very interested in seeing what he does next. Pacing, voice, characterization are all strengths. Clincher: sets up the story well, but knows how to finish it with equal strength.......more

I wanted to love this book but I found it underwhelming and largely unmemorable. much of the plot was lackluster, like the core "mystery" never got resolved and the ending felt anti-climactic (maybe that's a hot take). the characters were actually very well-developed, but my favorite characters were......more

The events unfold in a single night in a small Canadian town. The author builds the story around a missing corpse from the perspective of a set of very distinct characters, each one of them with their own fears, desperation and hopes, although sharing a particular feature: being in a complicated rel......more

Dark, interesting read -- I really enjoyed the author's method of linking the seemingly disparate stories, and how he used the mysterious body disappearance as a bonding element to these people's lives.......more

This book was an easy read and totally fine but I doubt I’ll be able to talk about it once I start another book. I can recognize that it was well written and the characters definitely felt like the author knew them but again, they won’t stick in my mind once I’ve moved onto something else.......more