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amanda_ryan's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
asaaa's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
noramestrich's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ohemgee's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
thatkansasgirl's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
gingerhips's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
paigedc's review against another edition
3.0
The other books I’ve read by this author is 56 Days, also set in Ireland but featuring the COVID pandemic as the main conflict and source material. In this one, the setting is definitely Irish, but we go to a remote film location for some thrills (but not many).
Adele is an Irish actress who moved to LA to catch her break, but a whirlwind offer finds her back in her homeland on the set of a mystery thriller movie where nothing is as it seems. She’s not one to be choosy, though, so when things go bump in the night in her cabin, scripts and props go missing, entire actors and filmmakers disappear, she knows she must press on. Not to mention the script and her real life are mirror images of each other…Except this isn’t the first set she’s been on where things like this have happened. Is something truly awful happening on this movie set, or is someone trying to make Adele crack?
I liked the premise of the book much more than the reality. It was slow and dragging for much of the middle, then I found myself disconnecting during the climax and ending. It was ok, just not great.
Adele is an Irish actress who moved to LA to catch her break, but a whirlwind offer finds her back in her homeland on the set of a mystery thriller movie where nothing is as it seems. She’s not one to be choosy, though, so when things go bump in the night in her cabin, scripts and props go missing, entire actors and filmmakers disappear, she knows she must press on. Not to mention the script and her real life are mirror images of each other…Except this isn’t the first set she’s been on where things like this have happened. Is something truly awful happening on this movie set, or is someone trying to make Adele crack?
I liked the premise of the book much more than the reality. It was slow and dragging for much of the middle, then I found myself disconnecting during the climax and ending. It was ok, just not great.
munchkim's review
5.0
Having read all of Catherine Ryan Howard’s previous books I knew I would be in for an interesting journey and I wasn't far off, this was a wild ride almost from the start right to the end trying to work out what was really going on!
Once I got used to reading the script within the book it became so much easier to figure out the layers that events were happening on, the similarities between the levels, the script & book, made for quite a disturbing read that I just couldn't put down.
The ending I didn't really see coming although I felt I should have once it was revealed but I just didn't put the hints together which is the magic of this book, it's surprising but once you know where it's going, you can see the steps which takes the story there and they were staring you in the face!
Once I got used to reading the script within the book it became so much easier to figure out the layers that events were happening on, the similarities between the levels, the script & book, made for quite a disturbing read that I just couldn't put down.
The ending I didn't really see coming although I felt I should have once it was revealed but I just didn't put the hints together which is the magic of this book, it's surprising but once you know where it's going, you can see the steps which takes the story there and they were staring you in the face!
summer_reads1's review against another edition
3.0
Former soap opera star Adele Rafferty is about to give up on her dream of acting when she is made an offer that she cannot refuse. This project may be her big break.
Adele is set to replace an actress that just left the set of an upcoming ‘based on a true story’ horror film. The film is going to be shot in a rural area in Ireland that’s far away from any civilization. But something is just a little off to Adele, and she is about to discover that the real horror lies off the pages of the script.
Even though Run Time is a whopping 520 pages, it still is a fast read. I was immediately drawn into the story and there was a shocking twist at the end that completely blindsided me. I also loved the creepy atmosphere of the woods where the film was set.
But unfortunately I did find a couple of issues with this one. I was disappointed that this one wasn’t a horror book but instead more of a mystery. I also felt that this one was way too repetitious at times. The book alternates between the movie script and the story and the same thing would be going on in the book as in the script.
Overall I do think a lot of mystery readers will enjoy this one. I loved 56 Days and The Nothing Man so I look forward to reading whatever Catherine Ryan Howard writes next!
Run Time will be available on August 16. Many thanks to Blackstone Publishing and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.
Adele is set to replace an actress that just left the set of an upcoming ‘based on a true story’ horror film. The film is going to be shot in a rural area in Ireland that’s far away from any civilization. But something is just a little off to Adele, and she is about to discover that the real horror lies off the pages of the script.
Even though Run Time is a whopping 520 pages, it still is a fast read. I was immediately drawn into the story and there was a shocking twist at the end that completely blindsided me. I also loved the creepy atmosphere of the woods where the film was set.
But unfortunately I did find a couple of issues with this one. I was disappointed that this one wasn’t a horror book but instead more of a mystery. I also felt that this one was way too repetitious at times. The book alternates between the movie script and the story and the same thing would be going on in the book as in the script.
Overall I do think a lot of mystery readers will enjoy this one. I loved 56 Days and The Nothing Man so I look forward to reading whatever Catherine Ryan Howard writes next!
Run Time will be available on August 16. Many thanks to Blackstone Publishing and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.
allison_elaine's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.5