- After seeing this book referenced several times and taking an extremely accurate online quiz about class based on Murray's work, I decided to read this book.
- The majority of this book looks to data, and sidesteps moralistic augments. However, the end of the book concludes with Murray's call for reversing troubling trends.
- The audiobook handles tables and graphs oddly. It verbally references them, without describing exactly what information the referenced items convey. Additionally, the last CD of the 10 CD audiobook includes notes and sources, which is quite awkward.
- I loved Girl on the Train, and was excited to dive into Hawkins next novel.
- The story is told from the perspective of numerous characters, which can be confusing. Listening to the novel helped me better differentiate between the characters by the narrators voices.
- Into the Water captured the murkiness I enjoyed with Girl on the Train.
- This is as fresh take on the many post-apocalyptic novels, movies, and TV series on the market.
- In a way this could nearly be a teen or YA novel since during much of the novel the main character is under 18.
- The civil war in this novel is not a simple conflict of North vs. South, or good vs. bad. Instead there are many competing interests with lives caught in between them.
- I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to Akkad's next publication.
- This is a gripping novel that covers the familial history of a large Texas ranch.
- The story is told through four viewpoints, which give windows into events impacting the all of the narrators.
- I am really enjoying the AMC show The Son. The book and the TV series are somewhat like alternative realities. They are very much alike, but different. I find both to be quite enjoyable.
- This novel focuses on the murder of a high school senior who had big plans to move to the city.
- Set in a small town, this novel showcases the many relationships between people in rural communities.
- This is a mystery that focuses on character development.
- This novel is told through multiple viewpoints via the perspectives of three generations of women in alternating chapters.
- This is a witty novel that addresses struggles we all face as we age.
- The novel highlights how conceptions of gender have changed over the decades, while others have not.
- This novel combines a coming of age story with a Gothic architecture and a love of classic literature.
- The novel follows the main character over several years, and focuses how he changes while at college and law school.
- Throughout the book there are references to classic works of fiction.
