Thursday, April 10, 2025

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

It's been some time now since To Paradise was published and I read it.  I was probably expecting a novel like A Little Life and I was disappointed.  What I remember is three different parts, with what I thought were carryover characters, but I think I was mistaken.  Some parts were set in the future.  While these sections were believable, I don't really want to believe that this is what our future will be like in regards to climate change.  

Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall

The last time I was at Barnes and Noble (this location was in Bridgewater) the sales assistant mentioned this book to me.  She talked it up very nicely and I thought, yes, I heard of it and wanted to read it.  

I read it in one day!  I've heard it described as a love triangle, which in many ways it is.  There is a plot twist in there and what would an interesting novel be without some sort of legal situation.  I really enjoyed how the legal aspect was woven in the book.  It held my interest and really made me what to know how things turn out.