Reviews by Category: Fiction

The Great Believers transcends generations to communicate the heartbreaking reality of the AIDS pandemic as well as the difficult intricacies of human relationships. Yale works for a university’s gallery, trying to persuade his friend Fiona’s great aunt to donate her art collection, while in his personal life he deals with the rapid spread of disease and death amongst his friends, including Fiona’s brother Nico.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros follows a girl named Esperanza who moved to Chicago when she was 12. The story is about how she faces challenges but still grows from them. It is a coming of age story and is very inspiring and poetic. The novel was replete with so many events that take place in a person’s life.

When 16 teenage ish boys are stuck on the island, they are forced to

survive on their own. But the thing is some of them want to create an army

while the others just want to survive. This book is about the journey from

being stuck on an island to maybe leaving the island.

Title: Lord of the Flies

Author: William Golding

Genre: Allegorical Fiction

Everything, Everything is such an amazing book. There’s an amazing plot

twist at the end, which really adds to the whole story. There are moments

where you hold your breath, mentally yelling at the character through the

pages of the book. I love how the book is written, how there’s never a dull

moment in the story, how you never know what could happen next. It’s

just an amazingly written book.

Every Last Word is so touching. It really dives into mental health, and how

even when someone looks completely fine, they might actually be dealing

with something underneath that. Every Last Word shows how OCD can

affect a person’s life, in many ways.

Title: Emergency Contact

Author: Mary H.K. Choi

Genre: Realistic Fiction

“Loving something was traumatizing… Everything precious was also vulnerable” (Choi 381).

I read 1984 for my English class and I have mixed feelings about Orwell's novel. On one

hand, I really appreciate his writing style and I believe the purpose behind the book is

important for everyone to hear. However, it was a very slow start and terribly boring during

part one. And the ending, don't even get me started. I was not happy that Winston finished

the book submitting to everything he had fought against for years. I couldn't make up my

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

Title: Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

Author: Kaela Rivera

Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Summary: Cece Rios lives with her family in a town that is mostly protected from criaturas.

However, when her sister gets taken by a powerful criatura, she takes it upon herself to get her

back. She becomes a bruja in hopes that she will be able to get her sister back. While becoming

a bruja, she makes some friends on the way.