Tag: fiction
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The Ending of You Had Me at Hola
You Had Me at Hola is a contemporary romance by Alexis Daria. Jasmine is a soap opera actress who hopes to make it big in Hollywood. Her father is Puerto Rican, while her mother is Puerto Rican and Filipina. While Jasmine speaks some Spanish with excellent pronunciation, her Spanish isn’t that great. However, she’s been…
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The Ending of The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women is a fictional novel by Marlon James. It’s set in his birthplace of Jamaica during slavery. If you are looking for a review rather than a recap of the book with spoilers, you can find it here. Lilith is born a slave but has an unusual feature, green eyes. Her…
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The Ending of Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents is the second and final book in the Earthseed series by Octavia Butler. While the first book, Parable of the Sower, is told by Lauren, Parable of the Talents is told by her daughter Larkin. We learn what happened to Earthseed through Lauren’s journal, with reflection and details added by Larkin.…
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The Ending of In Five Years
In Five Years is a contemporary romance by Rebecca Searle, printed in March 2020. Home from her engagement dinner, Dannie falls asleep. There, in the only element of magical realism in the book, she has a dream. In that dream, it’s five years later, which she knows from seeing the news on TV. She wakes…
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The Ending of Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower was first published in 1993 by Octavia Butler. The year is 2024 and the world is in chaos. There are few jobs, no social welfare system. The police are as likely to be thugs as to help you, and you have to pay them for help. Those who can afford to…
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The Ending of The Year of The Witching
The Year of the Witching is a dark fantasy and horror novel by Alexis Henderson. The story is set in a secluded village called Bethel. The society is polygamous, and people’s lives are tightly controlled by religious leaders. Superstition is one of the tools of domination. Immanuelle, the protagonist of the story, is biracial, born…
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The Ending of Beach Read by Emily Henry
After knowing each other in university, Gus and January meet again 6 years later. They are both heartbroken and grieving but that old spark still exists between them. The question isn’t whether or not they will fall in love, but only how it will happen. The process is delightfully entertaining with great banter and interesting…
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The Ending of His Only Wife
His Only Wife is a novel by Peace Adzo Medie. Afi is a young woman living in Ho, outside Accra. It’s been 10 years since her father died and she and her mother have been on their own. After Afi’s father’s death, they had to move out of their home, which was provided by her…
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The Ending of When No One is Watching
When No One is Watching is a fictional novel by Alyssa Cole. My cousin told me this genre is called existential horror. That seems right, as the book reminded me of the movie Get Out. The story is set in Gifford Place in Brooklyn (a fictional place) and told from two perspectives, Theo’s and Sydney’s.…
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The Ending of The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett is a multigenerational story of an African American family. Desiree and Stella are identical twin girls born in the 1950s in Mallard, a small town in Louisiana. All the people in Mallard are black but light-skinned. They are distrustful of dark-skinned people, considering themselves better because of the proximity…