House of Doors is a novel whose ambitions sometimes crowd the page, but whose atmosphere, historical sensitivity, and emotional undertow ultimately won me over. I admired it more than I was consistently absorbed by it, yet its sense … Read more
An ambitious, knotty novel that aims for mythic scale and mostly earns it, even when it slightly overreaches. The Everlasting sits well outside my usual reading territory. Time travel crossed with secondary-world fantasy is not, on paper, my … Read more
Beautiful Ugly is a twist-heavy thriller built around an unlikeable, unreliable narrator, executed with confidence and pace. It’s absorbing and often clever, but its pleasures depend on how willing you are to accept a healthy dose of melodrama. … Read more
