Today at CCLaP, Jason Pettus reviews Gwendoline Riley's "First Love," a plot-light character study that's just a little too light on plot and a little too heavy on character. Posted on by Jason Pettus
Today at CCLaP, Jason Pettus reviews Susan Perabo's The Fall of Lisa Bellow, a novel which looks like a crime thriller at first but is actually a deep character study about loss and aging. Posted on by Jason Pettus
Today at CCLaP, Jason Pettus looks back at the classic 1961 novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, what seems at first like it's going to be a genteel family story about a beloved teacher, but quickly turns much darker and weirder than that. Posted on by Jason Pettus
Today at CCLaP, Jason Pettus reviews Zoey Leigh Peterson's "Next Year, For Sure," a poetic and deeply dense character study about a twentysomething hipster couple diving into their polyamory experience. Posted on by Jason Pettus
Today at CCLaP, Jason Pettus reviews Stuart Evers' "If This Is Home," an expat murder-mystery that starts out promising but sadly devolves into a series of lazy, slightly misogynist cliches. Posted on by Jason Pettus