Ceraphina
I recognize Backman's writing talents so easily but I have a personal grievance against characters all clearly being stereotypical with no nuance. Bad guy was bad guy, selfish woman was the selfish woman, smart ass was the smart ass, on and on. I personally enjoy getting to know characters and figuring out what motivates them and what bothers them, etc. in their own time but in this book it was black and white only which was a shame to me.
“I'm dreaming about girls. Always girls. Mutilated. Abused. Tortured. Killed. I see their faces; their sad, broken bodies. Why do we hate our girls so much that history echoes with their screams and the earth is pitted with their unmarked graves?”
Wowwww this was good. I have only read the chalk man by this author prior to this one and I have to say the author has really grown. I also felt like the authors voice was strong in this one. I had a problem with the chalk man, with how “Stephen king” it was written and I had concerns this book would be similar but it was very different.
The author blends mystery with some horror elements. Truly a good mix for me. Everything about this book works. Beginning, middle, and end.
I truly don't have words. I don't think I can ever express how much I love this book, and this series. This gave me everything I wanted in understanding Edward. My heart is full. ❤
Some I liked/loved, rest were misses for me. Obviously subjective because what I enjoy in horror could be exact opposite of what someone else prefers so overall I'd say pick this collection up. Here were MY favs:
Rearview by Samantha Hung
Grimalkin by Andrew F Sullivan
Unbeknownst by Matthew Vollmer
Lone by Jac Jemc
Candy Boii by Sam J Miller
The Marriage Variations by Monique Laban
Carbon Footprint by Shelly Oria
Human Milk for Human Babies by Lindsay King-Miller
I try not to delve too much in how I “rate” books, but 3 seems appropriate. 3 for “I liked it.” Primarily for me a lot of how much I enjoy the book really does depend on the authors writing style. The voice they give to the characters and how they work with words to forward a story.
In my opinion, a good story was here and I enjoyed reading it till the end. But on other hand of my opinion is that the way it was presented wasn't my favorite.
I'd read more by this author in the future.
I loved the reading experience of this via audio. It was a great, creepy and overwhelming time.
this missed the mark for me - I found it dragging at certain points. I do not believe it sat poorly with me due to the content, just the writing style.
this was good, but I have to admit at times it read a little too self help instead of being a genuine experience with Nora and that put me off a bit.
you better believe if I have a child who gives even a whiff of being this psychotic, I'm smothering the shit out of it and then my useless husband
what useless, USELESS, fucking people lmao
I own “When I Hit You” and I wish I had known of the correlation between the two books as another reviewer had pointed out. That perhaps had some small affect on my appreciation for this novel. It is an experimental leap from how one typically consumes a book, but if you just let Kandasamy take you on the journey in this novel instead of fighting the writing structure it is easy to enjoy and keep you reading.
I look forward to reading her other book.
Disappointingly not a new favorite as I loved the absolute hell out of “Ghost Wall.”
Moss's writing helps supplement this otherwise dry and disjointed novel, but I think if you're a Moss fan through and through you won't hate putting this novel of hers under your reading belt.
Stephen Graham Jones is a feat of an author. There's so many elements to this novel that still pops up in my mind randomly and for me that's a sign of a great book. However, his writing style outright gives me a headache. I can't pinpoint my finger on it exactly unfortunately and there's plenty of smarter people than myself that can push through the nuance and fully immerse themselves in it but I found it taxing. I will continue reading his work but this and now his novel ‘My Heart is a Chainsaw' and that being a similar experience I will just take my time to pick up the others.
I'm gifting multiple copies to my nieces and nephews, it is a must read. Absolutely riveting and I could NOT put this down until it was finished.
It's well researched and concise - thoughtfully structured and has nuance amongst everyone interviewed. It's a very deep dive into all the aspects of what's happening today politically.
Such a shame that it's not more widespread, imagine how many lives we could save from harm if we just dared to say “Instead of using your self diagnosis to assist with hormones and surgeries right off the bat, same day, let's talk for awhile and meet regularly, and then go from there”
