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The four books in Tolkienâs main Middle-earth saga + several other collections published posthumously.
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The thriller/horror genre is one Iâve really found myself drawn to as of late. Being absorbed into an exciting, fast-paced world was perfect and exactly what I was looking for. I couldnât wait to have this same thrill happen with Breathe In, Bleed Out, and well⌠unfortunately it didnât. This slasher struggled with what it wanted to be. Half the time when I was reading it, I was questioning whether McAuley was aiming for a camp vibe or wanting to be a little more serious with it. There would be these lines that were so over the top it felt like the author was leaning towards camp, but then none of that would return for chapters. As a reader trying to figure this out, it really pulled me out of the story time and time again. In a slasher, I never expect to like the characters. I donât want to either! I donât want to get attached just to watch them die a horrible death! Yet, all of these characters here were so bland that it took me to a new level of not caring enough, something I didnât know was possible. If Iâm not even hoping that one of them dies a brutal death, I think that is just too far on the other side of the pendulum. There was a simplicity to the writing that didnât work for me. I never felt the fear or the horror, never even shock, and I think that is due to the writing doing more showing instead of telling. Everything is just happening, but not in a way that the reader feels they can experience it. I think the deaths were some of the best-written parts of the book, but even then, there still felt like there was a wall up. When it came to the ending, I stopped three pages from finishing it because it felt like there was just such a disconnect from everything. The lack of build-up to that and the amount of red herrings that were thrown in within ten pages of revealing the killer. It was infuriating, and when I finally finished it, I was thrilled to be done. Maybe as a low-budget film this would have worked, but as a novel it wasnât thrilling by any stretch of the means. This simply just didnât work for me.
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
R.F. Kuang
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That was so good. First half a little slow, but it really started to take off. I gotta say I currently feel like that "i'm in danger" meme for the rest of this series because that ending... lol
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Her talking about how she doesn't really like Christian media because it's so watered down and more like fluff instead of real is CORRECT. On a different note, this is written more like a fiction book in first person is interested. I'm wondering if that is part of why I am eating it up or if it's her wild journey.
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Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)
Bethany Joy Lenz
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Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica
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that chapter was ROUGH. excellent chapter, but man. that is going to sit with me for a bit.
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I had seen warnings about this chapter and I'm so glad I did so that I could wait to listen to this until I was in a better place because damn
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Dirty Diana (Dirty Diana, #1)
Jen Besser
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I know sometimes the prologue can be written differently and I wonder if that is the case for this one? If not it's going to take some getting used too.
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Dirty Diana (Dirty Diana, #1)
Jen Besser