NB: I wrote this review originally as part of a program at my local library, comparing books to their screen adaptations (such a fun idea! Go to your local library, people!). The Margaret movie was new at the time and getting lots of praise from people whose opinion I respected, so I gave it a…
This is a beautifully written but dull book. I didn’t care about any of the characters, and the snowy landscape wasn’t particularly evocative of any specific place (and I did so want it to feel really Irish)
My thoughts are crowded with current events – the University of North Carolina’s decision to offer a tenured position to Nikole Hannah-Jones (the primary NYT journalist behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project) after initially demurring; the increasing misuse and weaponization of Critical Race Theory by those who are clinging so tightly to a sanitized version…
