Corrine

My first Stephen King book. Wow, I am in awe. Individual reviews under the hood.

Two Talented Bastids 2.5/5 - Cool but honestly too long

The Fifth Step 3/5 - Short but sweet 🗡️

Willie the Weirdo 3/5 - This was also nice and really open ended. You want death? Get a mouthful

Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream - 4/5 Love the thrill. I was waiting for a sick twist at the end and didn't get one. Still enjoyed it nevertheless.

Finn 2.5/5 - Poor boy. I hope he really got out of that one.

On Slide Inn Road 3/5 - Granpop was THE final boss. Respect!

Red Screen 2/5 - Meh

Turbulence Expert 3.5/5 - This Black Mirror typeshit is right up my alley

Laurie 3.5/5 - The bestest and goodest girl everrrr

Rattlesnakes 4/5 - Finally, a horror story! And it slithered its way into my heart

The Dreamers 2.5/5 - Cool concept it didn't make me feel anything though. FIDO, fuck it drive on.

The Answer Man 4/5 - This one hurt. A journey of a man just going through life - experiencing its highs and lows. We are all in this ride. ALWAYS REMEMBER OTHERS HAVE IT WORSE

That ending was chef's kiss

Ms Christie you have outdone yourself. I will never ever forget the loud gasp I let out after reading and rereading that ending.

I am stunned. I am out of words. Just wow.

One of the most beautiful books I've read!

Indeed, all is fair in love and war.

Giraud thought he slayed lol

My highlights

“Arrange your ideas. Be methodical. Be orderly. There is the secret of success.”

...“the unconscious recoil of the mind against originality.”

“It is love that has come—not as you imagined it, all cock-a-hoop with fine feathers, but sadly, with bleeding feet.”

That's the truth. I didn't kill Gabriel. He killed me.
All I did was pull the trigger.

I had really high expectations from this book as I've been meaning to read it but sadly, it didn't give that way I wanted it to give. Was it me? Is it because I've read too much Agatha Christie and I'm expecting it to be that?

Alicia talked. I kinda wish she didn't. That'd be sooo smart to reveal Theo's involvement while still keeping the plot's uniqueness (her not talking). Kind of a let down cuz that was def one of the book's selling point and I was expecting a big brain tactic from the author to preserve this.

Theo quickly found his way onto my suspect list. I knew there was something about his character that suggested he was more involved in the murder. Around halfway through the book I kinda clocked that and was, at this point, just waiting for the big reveal. Unfortunately for me, the ‘big' reveal was not as ‘wow' as I expected it to be.


It's veeerrryyy sad that I can't stop comparing this to Christie. That is on me and I apologize.

Nevertheless, I wasn't able to put down this book the moment I started reading it and for that I give my kudos to the author. If you are new to thriller books, I'm sure you would enjoy this.