Hillary Kelly is a book, television, and cultural critic and, since 2017, a contributor to Vulture, where she has profiled writers like Susan Choi, Rivka Galchen, Emily St. John Mandel, and Olivia Laing; charted the rise and fall of the Literary Jonathans, and the unending rise of the "villainous bitch" trend in literature; and interviewed luminaries like Hilary Mantel and Jenny Offill. She has worked as a books editor at the New Republic, a contributor to Glamour, and a writer for outlets such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and The Atlantic.
Snowpiercer Recap: I Saved Humanity, Audrey!Does Layton really have the stomach to take control of Snowpiercer in the finale? Or does Melanie have him right where she wants him?
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Snowpiercer Recap: RevoluciónThe engine is under assault from virtually every passenger onboard, just as Layton hoped.
Snowpiercer Recap: Runaway Train“Trouble Comes Sideways” asks us to consider where Melanie falls in a very particular post-apocalyptic version of the trolley problem.
Gone BoysWhere are the Jonathans of yesteryear? Female authors dominated the 2010s, and replaced the Great American Novel with something better.
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Dublin Murders Recap: House of LiesThe series introduces us to Cassie’s housemates and their many secrets, as it inelegantly plows through 450 pages of novel in 60 minutes.
Dublin Murders Recap: Left BehindCassie and Rob are two planets that have slipped their orbits, neither really equipped to tackle what they’re facing alone.
Dublin Murders Recap: DoppelgängerThe series sends Rob and Cassie off in two different directions, prioritizing a shiny new mystery at the expense of the first.
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Dublin Murders Recap: a ReckoningThe series’ attempts to plausibly layer two already implausible book premises may already be falling apart.
Unbelievable Recap: Those BurdensOur perp goes from stalking and documenting the lives of the women he attacks to being documented and catalogued himself.
Unbelievable Recap: A Thousand CutsThe case is inching along, but Marie is years in the past, quite alone, and entirely unknown to the only women who care enough to do the legwork.
Unbelievable Recap: Dumb LuckAs Duvall and Rasmussen dig into the nitty-gritty of good police work—not just case-closing police work—we learn a few more nuggets about the perp.
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Unbelievable Recap: The WolfUnbelievable’s second episode is designed to work in unison with its first, creating a snugly fit yin and yang of police procedurals.
