This novel is beautifully written with lyrical prose and language. It's a modern-day fairy tale set in New York and would be a fabulous addition to anyone's TBR list. The book was adapted into a limited series which aired this fall on AppleTV+. I have had the chance to watch the show yet but I sure do want to check it out soon.
When I first read Victor LaValle's marvelous novel The Changeling, published in 2017, I was all but certain that it would top this list. That just goes to show how many 5-star reads I've gone through this year. In any other year, surely, this would have nabbed the top spot. But for 2023, it comes in at #4. The Changeling is the story of a young father in Apollo who falls in love with a librarian named Emma. They subsequently get hitched and have a son. Apollo becomes completely enamored with fatherhood while his wife falls into a deep depressive episode. After she commits an unspeakable crime and disappears, Apollo attempts to hunt her down for answers to her crimes.
This novel is beautifully written with lyrical prose and language. It's a modern-day fairy tale set in New York and would be a fabulous addition to anyone's TBR list. The book was adapted into a limited series which aired this fall on AppleTV+. I have had the chance to watch the show yet but I sure do want to check it out soon.
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Cody WilliamsCody Williams is the author of the novel Bunny Boy and the novella The Fifth Line, both available through True Terror Publications. He has also published two previous collections of fiction, both out-of-print. He is a staff writer for The Daily Downforce published by A-E Engine where he works as a sports journalist covering NASCAR races. When he isn't writing, he is working his day job teaching at a small high school in east Tennessee or playing the trombone for the Johnson City Community Concert Band. He lives near Bristol, Tennessee. Archives
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