Patty Comeau, Book Reviewer

Book Review

Handmaidens of Rock

by Patty Comeau

"Handmaidens of Rock" is an energetic and enjoyable exploration of the fears, hopes, and dreams of a wartime generation. Linda Gould’s "Handmaidens of Rock" reimagines the Summer of Love period, resulting in a pleasurable trip through... Read More

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UFOs

by Patty Comeau

"UFOs" prepares for the revelation of greater truths with a spirit of hopefulness. A. R. Roberts’s "UFOs" is an optimistic and serious exploration into the existence of relationships between extraterrestrial civilizations and... Read More

Book Review

Ayahuasca Reader

by Patty Comeau

This diverse collection on the potent plant crackles with stored energy. The works assembled in this latest edition of "Ayahuasca Reader" sing a chorus of testimonies to the mysterious and powerful vine, giving voice to a wide and... Read More

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I've Never Done This Before

by Patty Comeau

This collection is a modern, feminist meditation on relationships. Claire Rudy Foster ruminates on the harried and complicated identities of men and women in a contemporary American hegemonic context, in her short-story collection I’ve... Read More

Book Review

​Mondragon

by Patty Comeau

Heavy in theoretical science but lighthearted in its approach, Mondragon is intelligent, multifaceted, and engaging. Mondragon by Aran Jane is a work of speculative science fiction, unexpectedly infused with a kind of technopsychedelic... Read More

Book Review

Flyboy 2

by Patty Comeau

Tate succeeds in luring the audience by narrating as much from the heart as from the head. Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader is an immersive, fluid, and genre-bending collection of commentary, essays, and exposition of the self, a beautiful... Read More

Book Review

A Will To Survive

by Patty Comeau

This story is as much about the lengths we go to to survive as it is about finding a reason to do so. In A Will to Survive, John Jackson examines four people’s lives that are irrevocably changed by a single simple equipment... Read More

Book Review

A Faithful Son

by Patty Comeau

Garvin avoids easy resolutions, caricatures, and shocking twists in the service of a strong story populated by believable characters. "A Faithful Son" is a visceral experience, realistic and vibrant, wrought with the same craftsmanship... Read More

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