Today I'm sharing the best book I read in May.
Of the 9 books I read this month, I again didn't have any 5-star reads, but I had two 4.5-star reads:
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon
These are very different books! I think the complicated tensions in Far from the Tree will stay with me for a while, but if I had to say which one I personally liked best of these, it's the other one.
What I can say without spoilers is that the book opens on Scarlett in the process of her latest kill. She's a serial killer in the vein of Dexter, one who solely targets men who abuse, sexual assault, or otherwise terrorize women. This made the book simultaneously satisfying and also a bit brutal to get through, as we're exposed to not just the wide range of ways that men can hurt women, but also the many ways the system fails those women. And then of course there are the multiple methods of murder we witness throughout the book. So while it's not a story I wanted to linger in, I am duly impressed by Fargo's writing skills and would recommend this to anyone who can stomach the too-real pieces.
What is the best book you read this month? Let me know in comments, or write your own post and link up below!
Looking back:
One year ago I was reading: You Know, Sex, Dracula, The Name of the Wind, More Than Two, Come As You Are, and The Final Empire
Five years ago I was reading: The Echo Wife, A Madness of Sunshine, Womanist Midrash, and The Case of the Stolen Space Suit
Ten years ago I was reading: The Husband's Secret, The Two Towers, and Man's Search for Meaning
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