#National Book Award Finalist

Educated: A Memoir Review – Honest Take on Tara Westover's Bestseller

Tara Westover's Educated is a raw, unflinching memoir about growing up in a survivalist Idaho family and ultimately earning a PhD from Cambridge. It's a story about the cost of knowledge and whether family bonds can survive truth. Here's our honest review.

haunh1 min read

★ 4.2

The Goldfinch Book Review: Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Winner Worth It?

Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction—and it's the kind of novel that either grabs you by the collar or leaves you staring at the ceiling wondering what just happened. I spent three weeks with it.

haunh4 min read

★ 4.5

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Review: A Powerful Multi-Generational Epic

Min Jin Lee's Pachinko is an ambitious, sweeping novel that follows four generations of a Korean family through the turbulent 20th century. We dive deep into whether this literary epic lives up to the hype.

haunh3 min read