Member Review

The Tenth Muse, a historical fiction about a young, female math prodigy and her journey in and through the traditional, male-dominated world of mathematics, on a mission to solve the Reimann Hypothesis (which remains one of math's greatest unsolved problems for 100+ years), is an unflinching, ambitious, an un-put-downable novel that drew me in, held onto me, and wouldn't let me go until the final page. Chung's writing is honest, well-developed, and thoughtful in its execution and the story, told from alternating perspectives and in some different time periods (Katherine as a young woman, then as an older woman), engulfed me.

It's hard to put into words how wonderful this novel was. I recommended it to one of my well-read friends, a female engineer and about the smartest person I know, and I'm looking forward to what she thinks because if her response is anything like mine, this book will become a viral movement that snakes its way through the circle of intelligent women around the globe. It's that good!

If an inspiring, honest, well-researched, well-written and edited, and gripping historical fiction is in your wheelhouse, then you should immediately put this novel at the top of your TBR pile. It won't disappoint.

Thank you to NetGalley and Ecco Publishing for an ARC of this book! Will definitely be in my top 10 for 2019!