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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
My first Tarryn Fisher novel. Oh my goodness.
Let me get the bad out of the way first. My pet peeve in novels is when the author makes the main character(s) a writer as well. It feels lazy to me. "I'm a writer and I write about writers." It's just a personal thing that irritates me. And in this story damn near everyone is a writer. Senna. Nick. Senna's mother. Like damn. Is there any other profession available to these people? (To be fair, it does state plainly in the novel description that the main character was a writer, so I knew what I was getting into.) This is my only real complaint when it comes to Mud Vein, and as far as complaints go, it's pretty petty. So it has no major bearing on how I feel about the rest of the story.
If I had to sum this book up in one word, it would be: uncomfortable. This book made me extremely uncomfortable. This is not a happy story with a happy ending. You will need time to recover when you are done, so proceed with caution.
Just the situation that Senna wakes up in is terrifying at best, but everything else she endures up to that point is just horrible. No wonder that she is such a messed up character.
She is abandoned by her mother as a child, raised by a cold, emotionless father, abandoned by the man she loves, raped on Christmas Day, gets cancer, gets kidnapped for FOURTEEN MONTHS, gets cancer again and doesn't even end up with her soulmate. Tarryn Fisher is a monster when it comes to her characters. Jesus.
The story centers around Senna and Isaac being trapped in a house in the middle of winter with no way out and enough supplies to last an incredibly long time. Fisher does an excellent job in making us wonder just what in the hell is going on. Between the carousel room and the pink zippos and not fully understanding what the relationship between Senna and Isaac is and not knowing who the hell put them in that house... There is a lot of frustration. The relationship between Senna and Isaac is extremely complicated and painful and I hurt for both of them.
Overall this story was a good read. Good... But not happy. I think I will find something a lot more light hearted to read next.
Let me get the bad out of the way first. My pet peeve in novels is when the author makes the main character(s) a writer as well. It feels lazy to me. "I'm a writer and I write about writers." It's just a personal thing that irritates me. And in this story damn near everyone is a writer. Senna. Nick. Senna's mother. Like damn. Is there any other profession available to these people? (To be fair, it does state plainly in the novel description that the main character was a writer, so I knew what I was getting into.) This is my only real complaint when it comes to Mud Vein, and as far as complaints go, it's pretty petty. So it has no major bearing on how I feel about the rest of the story.
If I had to sum this book up in one word, it would be: uncomfortable. This book made me extremely uncomfortable. This is not a happy story with a happy ending. You will need time to recover when you are done, so proceed with caution.
Just the situation that Senna wakes up in is terrifying at best, but everything else she endures up to that point is just horrible. No wonder that she is such a messed up character.
She is abandoned by her mother as a child, raised by a cold, emotionless father, abandoned by the man she loves, raped on Christmas Day, gets cancer, gets kidnapped for FOURTEEN MONTHS, gets cancer again and doesn't even end up with her soulmate. Tarryn Fisher is a monster when it comes to her characters. Jesus.
The story centers around Senna and Isaac being trapped in a house in the middle of winter with no way out and enough supplies to last an incredibly long time. Fisher does an excellent job in making us wonder just what in the hell is going on. Between the carousel room and the pink zippos and not fully understanding what the relationship between Senna and Isaac is and not knowing who the hell put them in that house... There is a lot of frustration. The relationship between Senna and Isaac is extremely complicated and painful and I hurt for both of them.
Overall this story was a good read. Good... But not happy. I think I will find something a lot more light hearted to read next.
mind freakin fuck!
I really love your writing style ms. Fisher.
till your next book
I really love your writing style ms. Fisher.
till your next book
I am speechless. Completely emotionally compelling.
Hook, line and sinker.
The way Tarryn wrote made all your emotion disappear and Issac brought it all back...
I first came across Tarryn via Colleen Hoover with Never Never and was intrigued about her, found Mud Vein and I will never ever look back.
This has the be the best book I have read in a long while.
So moving, deep, poignant, thoughful, sharp and smart.
Senna frustrates sometimes but god Issac allows her to.
The word formation, the ideas the 100s of excellent usable quotes is completely and utterly page turning.
It pulled something in me and it pulled me hard, I could not put this down.
I cried.
I panicked.
I loved.
I will happily read this book again and again to see missed parts.
Things I didn't notice before and it has been a while since I have ever wanted to do that.
Tarryn, amazing, I cannot vouch for this book more. I need more of Tarryn and I need it now.
10/10
Hook, line and sinker.
The way Tarryn wrote made all your emotion disappear and Issac brought it all back...
I first came across Tarryn via Colleen Hoover with Never Never and was intrigued about her, found Mud Vein and I will never ever look back.
This has the be the best book I have read in a long while.
So moving, deep, poignant, thoughful, sharp and smart.
Senna frustrates sometimes but god Issac allows her to.
The word formation, the ideas the 100s of excellent usable quotes is completely and utterly page turning.
It pulled something in me and it pulled me hard, I could not put this down.
I cried.
I panicked.
I loved.
I will happily read this book again and again to see missed parts.
Things I didn't notice before and it has been a while since I have ever wanted to do that.
Tarryn, amazing, I cannot vouch for this book more. I need more of Tarryn and I need it now.
10/10
This book is soooooo fantastically twisted! I love the WTF moments in books and this book does that!
Exquisite. Intricate. Well-crafted. Beautiful. Speechless. All of these words and so, so many more encompass my feelings about Mud Vein. Tarryn Fisher crafted a fabulously real and yet dark story about what it truly means to love and be loved. I still have tears in my eyes just thinking about the love between Senna and Isaac, even though it was by no means perfect, and this was by no means first and foremost a love story. Tarryn's writing is just so exquisite...her descriptions are so relatable and the emotions she pulls out of readers are so genuine. I am in awe... Tarryn Fisher has the ability to make me love a story that I should hate, and if you want to know what I mean by that, just pick up Mud Vein!
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Whoa. Wow. Okay.... that was not what I was expecting. My usual spring break choices are fluff, chick lit, easy-to-read feel gooders. This is not that. At all. It's an emotional roller coaster that has flavors of Misery, Room and Gone Girl. The main character is frustrating and rather unlikeable and yet I couldn't put it down. It was the type of book that tempted me to flip to the end because I just needed to find out what happened. Definitely worth the read for anyone looking for a thriller.
Love Tarryn Fisher's twisted imagination and ability to create some extremely complex yet relatable characters. This was a great story and was well written. It was wrapped up a little too tidy, and having just read Marrow before this, the pink zippo stood out to me. I really wanted to see the relation come into light a little more, but then again, always leave them wanting more, right?
WOW! My heart needs a break. Tarryn Fisher somehow always manages to break me apart, tear into my soul. She never puts me back together again though, and I love her for it.
Well. Not sure what to say about this book. Part one took me days to read because it just didn't catch me, once part 2 rolled around I was hooked and couldn't put it down. However, on more than one occasion I asked myself what the hell I was reading. The story was bazaar and addicting yet I was never attached to the characters. This book definitely isn't for everyone but I would recommend giving it a try.