RaveNew York Journal of BooksWonderfully captures the loneliness human beings felt during the Covid pandemic, and the efforts some undertook to escape the isolation ... Well-written with glorious descriptions, The Tree Doctor is a highly recommended tour de force.
Alyssa Songsiridej
RaveThe New York Journal of BooksWith wonderful writing, Alyssa Songsiridej has created an exploration of how romantic relationships can and often do evolve—the initial phase that grows from tentative attraction to infatuation, the exploration of sexual intimacy of different degrees, the various trials of learning to live with each other, and finally the acceptance of an achieved normalcy, with various types of jealousy thrown in on the side. A different cut in the book also explores the relationship between a well-established older artist and an up-and-coming much younger one ... This is a deep novel that is well worth a read, and since it has several different layers, perhaps even more than one.
Carol Edgarian
RaveThe New York Journal of BooksEdgarian weaves a wonderful tale of struggle, youth, perseverance, love and the lack of it, and much of what makes us human beings. The story could be a medieval morality play, wherein the ultimate moral good is one’s survival, and that of those one holds dear. It is rich with real and created characters ... well written and flows from chapter to chapter as it captures a difficult but evocative time in the life of one of America’s great cities. It is well worth a read for this alone, if not for the gripping story of a young girl’s struggle and coming to age during the life shattering events of the earthquake and fires of 1906.
Ken Follett
PositiveThe New York Journal of BooksLike Follett’s other historical novels, The Evening and the Morning too is long and full of much detail and side plots. But the story Follett weaves grabs you from the start and holds you in its grip till the fairy tale ending. The book is well-researched and well-written—all in all an excellent, engrossing read.
