Previous SFF Author: Rachel Swirsky
Erika Swyler, a graduate of New York University, is a writer and playwright whose work has appeared in literary journals and anthologies. Born and raised on Long Island’s north shore, Erika learned to swim before she could walk, and happily spent all her money at traveling carnivals. She resides on Long Island, NY, with her husband and a petulant rabbit. THE BOOK OF SPECULATION is her first novel.
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The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
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The Book of Speculation, by Erika Swyler, is one of those perplexing novels I come across now and then where the book has everything I would usually lap up as a reader, but for some reason it falls just a little flat,
Bill Capossere and Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3.5 | Erika Swyler | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Previous SFF Author: Rachel Swirsky
Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…