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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
I enjoyed “56 Days” and love horror, so took a chance on this.
Adele Raferty is an out of work address, who receives an opportunity to revive her acting career in a movie filming where no one can bother her.
No cell reception. An ironclad NDA. An isolated forest set.
Well, if this isn’t just a horror novel that writes itself.
The book is incredibly meta, with Adele starring in a movie about a book where the character reads a book about what is happening to her in real time - and then the same is happening to Adele on set. What could be confusing is handled well by the author, and actually speaks to her writing skill.
However, the segments of the book/screenplay almost give away the twists and reveals of the book - because they mirror what you just read. Which, leading up to the finale, I began to guess what the big reveal was going to be, and I wasn’t wrong.
The only issue with this book, is there are a handful of times where you have to suspend disbelief about Adele’s actions. Since the book is told from her viewpoint, she often explains away common sense and makes one dumb decision after another. And, when she finally gets to a point where a reader won’t believe her staying on set - another character comes along and turns Adele into an unreliable narrator. It’s cliche and derivative.
There isn’t much suspense - and most of the book is Adele just walking around and questioning what she is experiencing - which becomes incredibly redundant.
And the reveal comes with a lot of baggage and exposition - which goes to show the book isn’t as clean and streamlined as I like my suspense mysteries.
Adele Raferty is an out of work address, who receives an opportunity to revive her acting career in a movie filming where no one can bother her.
No cell reception. An ironclad NDA. An isolated forest set.
Well, if this isn’t just a horror novel that writes itself.
The book is incredibly meta, with Adele starring in a movie about a book where the character reads a book about what is happening to her in real time - and then the same is happening to Adele on set. What could be confusing is handled well by the author, and actually speaks to her writing skill.
However, the segments of the book/screenplay almost give away the twists and reveals of the book - because they mirror what you just read. Which, leading up to the finale, I began to guess what the big reveal was going to be, and I wasn’t wrong.
The only issue with this book, is there are a handful of times where you have to suspend disbelief about Adele’s actions. Since the book is told from her viewpoint, she often explains away common sense and makes one dumb decision after another. And, when she finally gets to a point where a reader won’t believe her staying on set - another character comes along and turns Adele into an unreliable narrator. It’s cliche and derivative.
There isn’t much suspense - and most of the book is Adele just walking around and questioning what she is experiencing - which becomes incredibly redundant.
And the reveal comes with a lot of baggage and exposition - which goes to show the book isn’t as clean and streamlined as I like my suspense mysteries.
2.5 rounding up to 3 for GoodReads. This book was extremely disappointing in my opinion. It had everything that I specifically should have loved in a book. I love a book set on a movie set, and this one is a horror movie set at that. And the script is included throughout the novel! But, that was the best part of this entire novel in my opinion. I really enjoyed the setting a lot as well but the characters fell extremely flat and one-dimensional to me. The motivations for certain things were over the top and unrealistic. And the middle dragged a ton since the book is fairly long for being a thriller. And the plot was wayyyy more convoluted than it had to be. Disappointing because I have been looking forward to reading this one for a while.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
Нормальний трилер у якому мені, на відміну від героїв, сподобалося що всім подіям було звичайне пояснення. Атмосферний і тримає нерви у тонусі 🥲
Це було дійсно дуже добре. Той випадок, коли авторка підкупила не поворотом на повороті чи закрученим сюжетом, а навпаки легко дала читачам здогадатися дуже просту правду.
Але крім цього, збагатила сюжет неймовірно кінематографічною атмосферою, яка проривалася дощем, холодом та вітром крізь сторінки книги.
Це дуже нетиповий, спокійний та камерний трилер. Щиро раджу всім, хто цінує в книжках простоту сюжету та яскравий візуал.
Але крім цього, збагатила сюжет неймовірно кінематографічною атмосферою, яка проривалася дощем, холодом та вітром крізь сторінки книги.
Це дуже нетиповий, спокійний та камерний трилер. Щиро раджу всім, хто цінує в книжках простоту сюжету та яскравий візуал.
Thank you so much Netgalley, Blackstone Publishing and Catherine Ryan Howard for the ARC of this audiobook.
Wow this one was a wild ride and I feel matches Catherine's usual gripping writing.
It took a while for me to get into this audiobook despite being curious from the start. But once things start to kick off I just couldn't listen to this fast enough.
The story is filled with mystery, suspense and is full of twists you'll never guess. Once I thought I knew what was going on, I was ripped into another direction.
This book was written as a script within a book, one of the things I had loved another Catherine's previous novel The Nothing Man being a book within a book, so this was a HUGE bonus for me.
Overall I loved this one. It was gripping, suspenseful, mysterious and delivered an ending which I fit perfectly.
5/5 stars
Wow this one was a wild ride and I feel matches Catherine's usual gripping writing.
It took a while for me to get into this audiobook despite being curious from the start. But once things start to kick off I just couldn't listen to this fast enough.
The story is filled with mystery, suspense and is full of twists you'll never guess. Once I thought I knew what was going on, I was ripped into another direction.
This book was written as a script within a book, one of the things I had loved another Catherine's previous novel The Nothing Man being a book within a book, so this was a HUGE bonus for me.
Overall I loved this one. It was gripping, suspenseful, mysterious and delivered an ending which I fit perfectly.
5/5 stars
This was so close to being great - it had all the elements there, it felt like it couldn't decide if it was thriller or horror, which, to me, left it wanting a bit. But I really enjoyed the read overall and it kept me interested and engaged.
This is like a horror movie in a book, about a movie about a book. It was a fun read, and I was creeped out throughout the story. I did like reading the clips of the script, and then coming back to the story with similarities. The end of the book reminded me a lot of a horror movie endings, which was pretty fun.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
