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Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard

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wishknots's review against another edition

2.0

1.5 stars.
So many words for so little story. Nothing happened. I was promised murder, there was one, sort of murder but not really. The whole book was the ramblings of the main character as she reasoned out every decision she made in fine detail, in triplicate. There’s a ton of running through the woods. Boring. This author can write, don’t get me wrong but this was not a story, it was a writing exercise. And so many words that say nothing. If your reading time is precious, spare it for another book.

donnaratcliff's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5⭐️ rounded up

chaser's review against another edition

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challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This Is such an amazing experiance to read. I love the extracts of script used for the plot and I also loved the twist. I love how self aware the book was as well. Definitely worth the read!

littlelifeofbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

Pop that popcorn and get your biggest pillows because you’re about to be hiding behind them and stuffing your face kernel after kernel.

jdurkan91's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Run Time / Catherine Ryan Howard

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

So, as I keep my CRH saga going, I gotta say I really enjoyed this. I really appreciate how all of her works are so different. Loving all the different concepts.

Adele comes back to Ireland to shoot a hush hush indie horror movie in the woods of West Cork. Sparking from a previous experience that exiled her away to the States she takes the money and flies.

From there, we get a duel story, of a movie script that’s seemingly replicating Adele’s previous experiences as well as what is happening currently.

The tension, it was a page turner in the fact that you wanted to see what happened/is happening. It’s been a while since I read anything in the horror genre. It was a good reintro.

The villain reveal, while appreciated, was expected.

I suppose the reason I gave this 3.5 is that like in horror films, the ending generally is not satisfying. Though props, this is acknowledged in the last chapter!

The duel timeline could be a bit confusing, but I liked the difference and similarities.

Will definitely continue in this journey!