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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
Usually love this author’s work but this was very heavy/slow in the middle and super convoluted. I DNF and googled the ending.
In case anyone is wondering, Julia set it all up because of the audition “betrayal” when they were kids
In case anyone is wondering, Julia set it all up because of the audition “betrayal” when they were kids
Irish actress Adele Rafferty's career has seen better days. Having started acting as a child, she was on a successful soap opera for over ten years and a career in the movies was taking shape. But after an incident that virtually ended any future film prospects in Ireland, she headed to Los Angeles. With auditions leading nowhere, Adele started working at a local motel. So, when she is offered the starring role in Final Draft, a horror movie being filmed back in Ireland, Adele jumps at the opportunity. She flies out the next day but as soon as she arrives at the remote West Cork wooded setting, things get very suspicious. First, a mysterious text arrives, “If you’re not, don’t go. Not safe. Trust me.” And then Adele realizes that she is the only woman on the set. Her male co-star has yet to arrive and there are some creepy men in the film's very small crew. Adele's story is interspersed with the movie's screenplay, and it becomes eerily clear that the film's story is running parallel to Adele's unsettling experiences on the set. But is this all truly happening or is Adele losing her mind?
Catherine Ryan Howard has done an excellent job creating the perfect atmosphere for her latest thriller. The remote location, the dense woods, the cabins and more felt very real and very creepy. There's lots of suspense and tension with its creative device of a story within a story, within a story. It took some time for it all to become fully clear, but it worked. Run Time was entertaining, chilling and kept me guessing. It's a solid read.
Many thanks to Blackstone Publishing for the opportunity to read Run Time in advance of its publication.
Rated 3.75 stars.
Review posted on MicheleReader.com.
Catherine Ryan Howard has done an excellent job creating the perfect atmosphere for her latest thriller. The remote location, the dense woods, the cabins and more felt very real and very creepy. There's lots of suspense and tension with its creative device of a story within a story, within a story. It took some time for it all to become fully clear, but it worked. Run Time was entertaining, chilling and kept me guessing. It's a solid read.
Many thanks to Blackstone Publishing for the opportunity to read Run Time in advance of its publication.
Rated 3.75 stars.
Review posted on MicheleReader.com.
This was extraordinarily bad. This novel tried to be too clever with its surprise reveals and meta elements, but ended up being repetitive and borderline unreadable.
Let's see: 1) This novel is about the filming of a horror flick at a remote cabin; 2) the film is about Kate and Joel, who find a horror novel in the cabin and key plot points start to happen to them; and 3) the actress playing Kate starts experiencing the same things as the film/novel/who even cares at this point.
The twists were contrived and uncompelling, and honestly, the ending (which tried to add an additional meta component) just made me roll my eyes. Good god. What a waste of time.
Let's see: 1) This novel is about the filming of a horror flick at a remote cabin; 2) the film is about Kate and Joel, who find a horror novel in the cabin and key plot points start to happen to them; and 3) the actress playing Kate starts experiencing the same things as the film/novel/who even cares at this point.
The twists were contrived and uncompelling, and honestly, the ending (which tried to add an additional meta component) just made me roll my eyes. Good god. What a waste of time.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Usually a CRH fan but this didn’t do it for me. Part of the problem was the script format portions don’t work as well in audiobook format. The premise could’ve been really interesting but execution ended up falling flat
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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:
Complicated
This one just wasn’t for me. There were a lot of stereotyped ideas espoused; the characters were fairly cliche; and the plot was pretty convoluted. I disliked everyone. The idea had seemed interesting at first but played out to be pretty predictable.