by Rea Keech | Jun 13, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Books with a distinctive voice, Popular Novels, Rea's Reviews
Detached Amusement By Rea Keech This novel is an example of writing with a distinct authorial or main-character voice. Kelman’s first-person narrator, Janet, looks at the world around her with what might be called a detached amusement. This is evident in her...
by Rea Keech | May 11, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Popular Novels, Rea's Reviews
A Montaigne Trapped in His Tower with Nothing to Say Review by Rea Keech Having taken an accustomed seat in my worn leather chair, its polished surface as always conjuring up wistful memories of the familial heritage which was its origin, I set out to indulge myself...
by Rea Keech | May 4, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Popular Novels, Rea's Reviews
Boys’ Weeklies Style? Review by Rea Keech This is an enjoyable story about a young man born and raised in Butte, Montana, whose Egyptian-born father abandoned him and his mother when he was three. He leaves Butte in his twenties and goes to Cairo in search of...
by Rea Keech | May 3, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Popular Novels, Rea's Reviews
The Parenthetical Style Review by Rea Keech In an interview, Perrotta says that structure comes easy to him. He says, “I generally try to write brisk narratives and keep pushing forward all the time, and stop at strategic moments to give a glimpse into a character’s...
by Rea Keech | Mar 22, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, Rea's Reviews
The More Things Change . . . Review by Rea Keech There couldn’t be a better time than now to read the story of a Syrian immigrant arriving in the United States. Saddo (Sam) Hanna is fleeing not the current ravages of warfare but the tyranny of the Ottoman Empire in...
