alcoholism

• Light before Day by Christopher Rice (2005)

  [6/10]

  "Still not great literature and probably won't last like his mother's works, but nevertheless the story pulls you along much better than the previous two novels and gives you a few satisfying thrills."

• Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, The by Sherman Alexie (1993)

  [6/10]

  "Alexie uses graceful images and often poetic prose to describe reservation life."

• Thin Man, The by Dashiell Hammett (1933)

  [6/10]

  "From a hardboiled detective story, I expected several shootouts and fist fights, but interestingly, Nick really only interviews numerous suspects and lets the police do most of the dirty work."

  Average score: 6.00