It’s such a unique thriller/mystery and like nothing I’ve read before.
It’s all in interview style with inserts of text messages, voicemail logs, newspaper clippings.
It kept me turning the pages and there were so many jaw dropping moments and things that just made you wanna keep reading.
It was amazing
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Half-Minute Horrors by multiple authors.
The first short story is by Lemony Snicket, and it only goes up from there. We have stories by Tui Sutherland, James Patterson, and R.L. Stine, to name a few.
A combination of short stories, comics, and even just a few illustrations of scary things (Deadpan was my favorite, lol) it was definitely a fun and quick read. It’d be the kind of book for a sleepover or campfire tale, you know? Short, sweet, and scary!
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ANGLO-SAXON ATTITUDES by Angus Wilson
It’s an English comic novel — a genre that I love — and one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It’s about an archeological mystery that divides a small society of English medievalists.
It’s full of great comic grotesques, and the exaggerated feuds and resentments of academics are always good for a laugh. The whirr and click of the plot machinery is a little deafening at times — funny how all of the people needed to unravel the mystery are connected to the family of the main character — but overall it was a nice, diverting read that I devoured in three days.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
I’ve been underwhelmed with this one and expected to like it much more. I already knew what was going to happen – it was too obvious. One of the main characters ruined the story by their presence and behavior; I found them very unlikable and their entrance into the story also contained things I dislike in writing which is a lot of unnecessary cussing. Spending a good portion of the book with this character was very annoying. Too little on Marcellus, who was the most interesting of all. Very slow going. Wish the plot blurb hadn’t spoiled so much. No surprises.
I can see why people like it, and it started out great for me but then Cameron…I got bored.
It would have helped if the character of Cameron was removed, Marcellus was given more page time, the ending wasn’t spoiled in the plot blurb, and the book was much shorter.
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The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. I started out thinking it was all vibes and no plot; I ended up thinking it was one of the most brilliantly plotted books I’ve ever read. If you read it, I recommend going in blind.
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Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
It’s such a unique thriller/mystery and like nothing I’ve read before.
It’s all in interview style with inserts of text messages, voicemail logs, newspaper clippings.
It kept me turning the pages and there were so many jaw dropping moments and things that just made you wanna keep reading.
It was amazing
Half-Minute Horrors by multiple authors.
The first short story is by Lemony Snicket, and it only goes up from there. We have stories by Tui Sutherland, James Patterson, and R.L. Stine, to name a few.
A combination of short stories, comics, and even just a few illustrations of scary things (Deadpan was my favorite, lol) it was definitely a fun and quick read. It’d be the kind of book for a sleepover or campfire tale, you know? Short, sweet, and scary!
ANGLO-SAXON ATTITUDES by Angus Wilson
It’s an English comic novel — a genre that I love — and one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It’s about an archeological mystery that divides a small society of English medievalists.
It’s full of great comic grotesques, and the exaggerated feuds and resentments of academics are always good for a laugh. The whirr and click of the plot machinery is a little deafening at times — funny how all of the people needed to unravel the mystery are connected to the family of the main character — but overall it was a nice, diverting read that I devoured in three days.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
I’ve been underwhelmed with this one and expected to like it much more. I already knew what was going to happen – it was too obvious. One of the main characters ruined the story by their presence and behavior; I found them very unlikable and their entrance into the story also contained things I dislike in writing which is a lot of unnecessary cussing. Spending a good portion of the book with this character was very annoying. Too little on Marcellus, who was the most interesting of all. Very slow going. Wish the plot blurb hadn’t spoiled so much. No surprises.
I can see why people like it, and it started out great for me but then Cameron…I got bored.
It would have helped if the character of Cameron was removed, Marcellus was given more page time, the ending wasn’t spoiled in the plot blurb, and the book was much shorter.
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. I started out thinking it was all vibes and no plot; I ended up thinking it was one of the most brilliantly plotted books I’ve ever read. If you read it, I recommend going in blind.