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I bought this book years ago, when the TV series was airing, as I really enjoyed the show and wanted to read the book. I'm not entirely sure how I finished this book as it is just a lot of teenage immature heterosexual drivel. The only likeable characters are The Mouse and Walt. And surprisingly Donna LaDonna (I cannot take that name seriously). All the other characters are just... awful, horrible, annoying people (minus Carrie's siblings and father). And that includes Carrie. That being said I want to read the sequel because the last line of the book pulled me into the Sex and the City world. Samantha is one of my all time favourite characters and I want as much of her as I can possibly get.

I really enjoyed the way this book was written and the plot was enjoyable but predictable. I knew how it would end very early on.

This would have been three stars but seriously who goes to work when their child is missing??!!!

Fiona Cummins does it again. I have loved every book she has written and this was no different.

Whilst the idea of this book sounds great and I think the author had good intentions I only managed 10% of it. It's just boring and reads like a fan fiction written by a teenager. I can't bring myself to continue reading his drivel.

I decided in 2024 if I don't like a book, I am not forcing myself to finish it like I usually do. I had to stop this one at 10% in.

Reading the first book in the series was a slog for me but I wanted to like it so bad that I stuck with it and it was... okay. I didn't have super high hopes after reading the “Sacred Hospitality” short story though as I found that utterly frustrating and pointless.

I feel like these characters are all incredibly annoying, there are glimmers of hope in there but they are just obnoxious a*holes who all seem to hate one another for no apparent reason???Reading the first book it was pretty obvious the author is trying to sound profound and it just didn't work for me.Like I said, I read 10% of this book (about an hour) and I found myself rolling my eyes and not paying attention because the chapters are unnecessarily long and meandering and nothing fcking happens?! What really sealed the deal for me was my kindle telling me the remaining 90% was going to take me 14 hours to read. 14 hours I would never get back and for a book I would probably regret reading.

“And if one is never lost in life, then clearly one has never travelled anywhere interesting.” I loved this quote.

I really enjoyed this book. Much more than the first one actually. I'm not sure if that's because before this I started reading Lord of the Rings and I found it so incredibly dull this was like a breath of fresh air. It got me excited about reading again. Maybe that's a factor in why I enjoyed it so much but o do think overall it's a better book than the first.

I love these characters so much, they're really easy to fall in love with.

They're about murder but also so lighthearted at the same time which is a nice take on the genre, in my opinion. That being said I haven't read THAT many books so take that with a pinch of salt.

Can't wait for the sequel.

You know when you're writing an essay and you need to hit the word count so you add in extra words or go over the same information again and again? This book is like that. Just constantly going over the same information every few chapters until in the end it was hard to tell that you weren't just reading the same chapter over and over again.

No real shocks in this book, I called who the killer was immediately. There is also no real likeable characters in this book... everyone is just bland and boring.

The main things that really started to get on my nerves were the constant use of the name of the village. I think you could fill a good 10% of this book with the words “Kirkby Abbey”. And also the constant explanations about the weather. We get it, it's snowing.

I will start by saying I love the way this book was written. I really enjoyed that element of it. I'll definitely be checking out another of B. P. Walter's books.

I feel torn over this book... I feel like I enjoyed it but also hated it? I think it was the characters. The story was interesting but the characters were awful. Not one of them was likeable in my opinion. Especially Charlie!

That being said, 4 stars from me, because 3 seems to harsh. It's more a 3.5.

I wanted to rate this book 2.5 stars but since that isn't an option I will give it 3. 2 seems to low.

I will say I think the premise of this book is great, but the delivery, not so much. I disliked the writing style, it was choppy, I think that's the word to describe how I felt about it. And it was jumped from character to character to character. There were to many perspectives in my opinion. I will say I didn't guess what actually happened but it felt... anticlimactic. There wasn't really a point in this entire book that I was like “oh my god!”. I just kind of finished it because well I was already half way through, so why not? The characters were likeable, I will say that. Although I refuse to believe anyone would rather be called Donna than Madonna.

I will read the sequel just because I'm somewhat invested now. I hated the ending... it felt unfinished. Which I guess might have been the point. But still, it's left me feeling unsatisfied.

I enjoyed the first book in this series but I had my issues with it. This one on the other hand was much much better in my opinion. It felt more grown up.

I cannot wait to read the final book in this series.

As a person who grew up reading the books and watching the films throughout my teenage years, this series will always have a special place in my heart. I know it's not amazingly written, but I think nostalgia allows me to forgive that... With that being said I will start with the bad points... I found this book incredibly long and meandering. I felt like it was just the same thing over and over and over again. Edward wanting to kill Bella, but he loves her, but he wants to kill her, but he doesn't, he's hurting her, she's better off without him, etc. The self pity from Edward was off putting. This book actually made me kind dislike him as a character. But now for the good points... hearing other characters thoughts, especially when they're unaware that Edward can hear them, was hilarious. This book made me fall in love with the Cullen family even more than I already was... Alice and Emmett are standouts for me. Edwards hatred for Mike was hilarious and honestly, justified. Horny murderous Edward was funny, I won't lie. The bottom line is I enjoyed this book, I just felt it could it been half the size. 756 pages was completely unnecessary in my opinion. That being said will I read anything else Stephenie Meyer puts out that is within the Twilight world? Absolutely. I would love a book from Alice's perspective, or a book from Carlisle's perspective, his life story.

I read 50 pages of this book. I just couldn't get into it. Every few sentences I felt like I was reading the same thing, if that makes sense? Yawn.

DNF at 27%.

Maybe my mistake was reading this straight after reading the original trilogy for the first time (which I loved) or maybe it's just a bad book? I don't know. This felt like a bad fanfic. I was so incredibly bored the entire time I was reading this.

This is the kind of book you have to force yourself to put down. I had so many ever changing theories whilst reading this and none of them ended up being right. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

I would have given this book 4 stars but I just found the characters so incredibly dull. I did consider quitting this book multiple times and then the end of a chapter I would get drawn back in. I liked the storyline, but like I said, the characters were just very dull. I didn't connect with any of them. I didn't see the ending coming but that being said, I wasn't blown away by it either. If you like mystery thrillers, I'd say give it a go. Would I read it again? No.

I've just finished this book and honestly, I'm not sure how I feel. I found it difficult to read, it's taken me 2 weeks to finish and it's not a long book. I just felt it was very slow and long winded for what was an unsatisfying ending with lots of questions unanswered.

I've just finished this and I am shook. This was so creepy and eerie. I loved it from beginning to end.

This book was wonderful. It hit all the right points for me. It kept me guessing until the end. It jumped around but in the right way. It just worked. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the authors writing style. Would absolutely recommend this and I will definitely be reading the authors other books and reading this one again at some point.

After reading “Strangers” by C.L. Taylor I felt a bit... meh. I enjoyed it but it just felt a little lacklustre but I wanted to give the author another chance and “Sleep” sounded great.

And it was. I really enjoyed this book. I kept on thinking I knew where it was going to go and it surprised me every time!

Loved it!

This is the first book I have read by this author but it definitely won't be the last. Wow. Amazing.

I don't even know where to start. I guess with the ending? Incredible. I'm sitting here sobbing as I've just turned the last page a minute ago. This is one of the best books I have ever read. So many twists and turns... just when you think you've got it figured out, you find out you're wrong. Brilliant.

This is an interesting concept and made for an interesting book. I often at times found the main character Amy quite annoying but I also sympathised with her. Towards the end of the book I was feeling less and less invested or interested and quite sad actually but the ending was totally worth it and what I wanted from this story. A happy ending.

As a white person I have always been aware of racism but this book really opened my eyes to how deep it runs. It's an important book to read, everyone should read it. I also think this book should be read in schools.

This is my second time reading this book and I loved it just as much the second time around.