Book Reviews

There was a time when literary analysis was a huge part of our lives, and some of us are just not ready to give it up. The Idiomanic crew share their thoughts on literary works both old and new, from classic Victorian novellas to the latest potboilers about cops and space zombies.

Wilderness Tips (1991)

The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)

The Spice-Box of Earth (1961)

Cape Breton Is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada (1969)

Men without Women (1927)

At the Bottom of the River (1983)

Geography III (1977)

A Room of One’s Own (1929)

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Written in 1928, Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own deals with the relationship between women and literature: how women are perceived in the field, what it means... [ More ]

Amped (2012)

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In June 2011, former robotics engineer Dr Daniel H. Wilson delivered Robopocalypse, about a future in which humanity has become too reliant on its robotic creations, leaving it vulnerable... [ More ]

As I Lay Dying (1930)

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Words are merely symbols for the notions they designate. Depending on our respective experiences and imagination, they can be interpreted in a number of ways, rendering our individual perspectives... [ More ]

At the Bottom of the River (1983)

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Our social environment is like a river that flows both ways: our culture affects the way we perceive the events that occur in our lives the same way the events in our lives affect the way... [ More ]

Cape Breton Is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada (1969)

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The Cartesian model, the most known and accepted logical system to date, was conceived in a world of order and objectivity. According to Cartesian mathematics... [ More ]

Chritine Falls (2006)

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Cock your head to the side, screw up your face, close your eyes, and it’s not Irish brogue you’ll hear when reading Benjamin Black’s noir novel Christine Falls... [ More ]

Dancing Girls (1977)

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Reviewing short story collections presents a particular challenge in that each chapter carries its own point of view, characters, and thematic scheme, making it impossible to discuss the book as a cohesive whole. This is especially true... [ More ]

Dead Tomorrow (2009)

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The Happy Planet Index consistently ranks the Scandinavian countries higher than Britain, the United States, and Canada. Despite this surplus of joie de vivre... [ More ]

Death Troopers (2009)

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Lucasfilm recently announced the development of an animated Star Wars sitcom. Seth Green, one of the bigwigs attached to the show, had these encouraging words to say... [ More ]

Diamond Grill (1996)

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An American couple adopts a one-year-old baby from Canada. In the months that follow, they spend all their time trying to teach the baby to say... [ More ]