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10 Must-Read Book Reviews for the Indie Reader
Title: The Nightingale
Author: Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale narrates a story of two sisters during World War II. Vianne develops into an antigone; endeavors to protect her child from the propaganda and commotion of war, whereas Isabelle evolves into a dreadful activist, risking it all fighting against oppressors. It’s full of history, love, and violence.
Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Bend of events and excellent feminist imagery makes reading “To kill a Mockingbird” worthwhile. There are no platitudes in this 1960 piece that addresses serious race issues, with a backbone of a nonsensical protagonist. It passes as the masterpiece of the previous century.
Title: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
This book is filled with drama through and through. Nick Carraway, the narrator, tells the tale through the lens of any poet where agony, thirst and disaster intersperse themselves with lighthearted means of Gatsby’s charms.
Title: Little Fires Everywhere
Author: Celeste Ng
Some teenagers innocently witness a house burn down. The community in Shaker stop relying on each other, making friends turn enemies. “Little Fires Everywhere” is a tale about our unjust judgments, biases, moral authenticity, and more, set in a small suburban area that ties people together.
Title: Quiet
Author: Susan Cain
This is the way to champion introverts. Susan Cain, the speaker and member of TED talks and ex-attorney extrapolates these corporate gurus we all see, piling alternative credentials yet tremendously under-appreciated or worse, misunderstood kind: the seen-but-don’t-be heard types of the industry.
Title: The Hate U Give
Author: Angie Thomas
Generating societal obscurities into a progressive insight into young black life, Thomas’s debut novel reiterates boldness, integrity and humane tone. Deploying common sense aptly, communities find reflective negative truths risen with contemporary slang in regards to the American justice system.
Title: This is How it Always is
Author: Laurie Frankel
Welcome to the magnificent palatial story of fantastical and delightful arrangements of the Willis Family and transgender trials. Frankel’s 300-page addressing current events deals with dignity like the public but quaint revelations that get more insightful with simple colloquialism.
Title: Brave New World
Author: Aldous Huxley
Observing society from an art-conscious perspective while maintaining decorum that avails knowledge from others becomes a hallmark landmark feature for author Aldous Huxley. Directed by Dean Norris, “Brave New World” provokes non-fictional occurrences arriving beautifully seen today: Propaganda, brain manipulation and totalitarian dystopia.
Title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: Rebecca Skloot
Advancements in medical ethics and specimen privacy ignite quick and shocking decisions on Henrietta’s DNA samples. Poison with malfeasance, health recalcitrance, frailties otherwise hidden by sheer heft of responsibility, provides this story with an ingredient rarely witnessed.
Title: The Code: Silicon Valley and The Remaking of America
Author: Margaret O’Mara
Jim Bowes, Digital Conduit Pioneer encircles pre-90 Silicon Valley arch design buildup. Margaret O’Mara’s brilliant tale probing deep into the perspectives, paradigms around consciousness and development to what has systematically destroyed expectations on the flourishing industry before makes her book an engaging read.
