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BrookeBooks

31 y.o. who as a child was frequently told to stop reading in the dark because it’ll ruin my eyesight. Now I’m a four-eyes 🥸 Tales of strange women have my heart❤️‍🔥

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The Wedding People
47%
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
50%
Dracula
41%
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
5%

4.03 average  ·  30 reviews

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  • Jul 30, 2026
    House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
    House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation FilmsKier-la Janisse
    BrookeBooks's Book Journey
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    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 5.0Characters: Plot:

    Came for the cultural analysis/critique on how “unstable” women have been portrayed in horror films. Stayed for the incredibly honest memoir that’s woven throughout that analysis. At times hard to read (well, I listened) due to the extremely heavy topics touched on both in the films and the author’s life, there is zero sugarcoating done in this book.

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  • The Lamb

    The Lamb

    Lucy Rose

    Thoughts from 65% (page 214)

    “She leant her head down and pressed her nose upon my crown. Taking a deep breath, she told me, ‘You smell like rotten meat.’”

    And who set that system up??? 🤨

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    BrookeBooks commented...

    Binge reading this while bed rotting all day felt fitting