Tin Angel by Shannon Cowan

August 6th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Synopsis:
Accused of murdering her family’s benefactor, a teenage girl caught in the legal system explains what led to her arrest and indictment.
Review:
Author Shannon Cowan has done a remarkable job researching the Canadian legal system viz. young adults around the time that Tin Angel takes place (late 1960s). However, the emotional component of the story [...]

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Tags: Canadian Literature

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

May 23rd, 2007 · 12 Comments

Synopsis:
The tangled fates of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his four sons, three legitimate, one a bastard, culminating in a trial for murder.
Review:
I’d be a fool if I tried to pretend I were anywhere up to the task of critiquing The Brothers Karamazov. I can honestly say I’m a little freaked out by what I’ve [...]

Popularity: 47% [?]

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Tags: Russian Literature

The Price of Silence by Camilla Trinchieri

May 15th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Synopsis:
After she befriends secretive An-Ling, a menopausal wife and mother’s family collapses under the weight of a lifetime of lies that may have lead to An-Ling’s murder.
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Tags: American Literature

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

November 11th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Synopsis:
When a dead baby is discovered in an Amish barn, a Plain girl finds herself on trial for murder. She says she can’t remember… then all she wants to do is confess. But is she actually guilty–and of what?
Review:
This is the book I was referring to yesterday when I said I was reading [...]

Popularity: 29% [?]

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Tags: American Literature