This book was fun to read with it's history and the spicy chapters. A good read.

I read this book because it was the monthly selection for my book club. I stuck with it, but did not enjoy it at all.

One of the best books I’ve read this year with an incredible ending. The plot twist was built up throughout the novel and when finally revealed, everything made sense. The moral of the story about the dangers of technology was artfully weaved into the plot that incorporated assassins and the literal secrets of how life originated and where it’s going. Winston is one of the best characters and he was essentially an AI chatbot, the puppeteer pulling the strings behind the scenes of all the humans.

The series is so delightfully oddball overall and I love it. This volume went a little off the path, but I'm hoping vol. 19 will bring it back.

Easy read. Enjoyable!

A nice, light but complex, easy summer read! Revolving stories about an author who, after a surprise divorce request from her NBA star husband, finds out that she has a half-sister in Italy who needs her help. She and her friends travel to the Amalfi coast to meet and take care of her sister... The description of Italy is relaxingly pretty as a number of intermingled stories unravel in her life...

A stunning character driven story about two childhood friends who design video games. Highly recommend this book!

Very enjoyable

For a relatively short book, The Things We Never Say packs in plenty of wonderful characters, lots of food for thought and emotion in a small town New England town. Artie Dom is a high school history teacher who loves all his students and has a gift for opening up conversations among his them that otherwise might not be addressed openly. Artie has a loving wife and son, longtime work colleagues, extended family and what he considers his one true friend, yet he grapples with profound loneliness. Just a warning, some very current political and world issues are mentioned in Strout’s work with strong opinions. Artie and his best friend never speak of sensitive political topics with each other.

Entertaining read. Nice twists. Waiting for book 2 to be freed up.