The protagonist in any crime or detective novel follows the stereotype of being a male detective who devotes his career to catching the antagonist in hopes of validation from himself or others while learning a lesson on how to embody the unbreakable masculine persona.
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Book of the Week is an Opinion culture column created by Keenan Yates ‘23 used to give weekly book recommendations in the form of short blurbs and reviews.
In 1939 France, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he is sent to the front lines of the European theater as Germany begins its advance on France.
Literature will always hold the incredible power of making us question everything we know, or what we have come to realize.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon follows four different narrators in the divided world of East and West.
Anna is perfectly happy in Atlanta; she has a loyal best friend and a crush who is just starting to like her back.
In 1947 during the aftermath of World War II, American girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and about to be thrown out of her family.
“Quietly devastating.” This comment written on the back of the book could not be closer to the feeling left after finishing the book.
To give you a scare for this spooky weekend, here lies Pet Sematary by Stephen King. Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job in Ludlow, Maine, and moves with his family.
One barren planet, one fierce storm, and one stranded astronaut with a hilarious sense of humor and resourcefulness. Mix these three together and say hello to your next must read science fiction novel—Andy Weir’s The Martian.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”