Reviews

Optimistically Catastrophic: Lizzie Wade’s Vision of the Future in “Apocalypse”
Forever Circling: Cycles in “Eternal Summer”
Exploring the Challenges and Joys of Life, Trust, and Friendship in Fredrik Backman’s “My Friends”
Liberalism in Crisis: Kevin M. Schultz’s Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals)
Splendid Peacocks and Missing Shores in “The Golden Road”
Strange Magic and Jaunty American Style in “Exit Zero”
Unaskable Questions in Heather Christle’s “In the Rhododendrons”
Nigerian Womanhood is (Re)Defined in “Hail Mary”
Maren Uthaug’s “Eleven Percent” Is a Hilarious Send-Up of the Manosphere
Love in Multitudes: Emily Henry’s “Great Big Beautiful Life”