Ling Ma's debut novel, Severance, asks the question: what would a millennial do in the apocalypse?
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Ling Ma's debut novel, Severance, asks the question: what would a millennial do in the apocalypse?
This was the most delightful book I've read in a long time. Seriously.
Sharlene Teo's debut novel is set in Singapore and centers on the intense friendship of two girls.
Adrienne Celt’s book, Invitation to a Bonfire, pieces together diary pages from a fictional young woman named Zoya, and love letters from a fictional Russian writer named Leo "Lev" Orlov (based on Vladimir Nabokov). In doing so, she builds up sexual and violent tension to a point where I hit the end of the novel and thought, HOLY SHIT.
The book is a really fun mix of fantasy, espionage, and navigating paranormal monsters and government bureaucracy.
If you read one book this summer, let it be this one.
The plot is relatively straightforward: four girls attend a sleepaway camp in the Pacific Northwest. They set out on an overnight kayaking trip, get separated from the counselor, and shit goes down.
You may remember Otsuka from her debut novel, When the Emperor Was Divine, about the life of a Japanese-American family during World War II. This follow up is not as critically praised as the first, but captures a wider swath of experience.
For anyone who has ever mourned, written, or loved a dog.