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A review by bookworm4tea
Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
In Run Time, we are introduced to Adele, who is a down on her luck actress who gets a call about a leading role in a new horror film that no one knows about. Once she travels from LA to Ireland where the filming is going to take place odd things start to happen. While she is staying at this remote and secluded set in the middle of the forest she starts to realize that the same creepy things that are happening to the character she's playing is also happening to her on set.
This story had such a unique and fresh take on the usual thrillers that read like a true horror film. I really liked the main character Adele who was what I think of when I think of a true final girl who is intelligent, quick thinking and not afraid to fight back. The author did a great job showing the problems women in the filming industry have to deal with while working with men and that sometimes women have to save themselves because no one else will. I think this would actually make a great film or tv adaption and I would be one of the first to watch it. This story was fast paced, extremely atmospheric and very intense. I think my favorite part besides the main character would have to be the ominously spooky vibes that the isolated setting gave off. Thank you to Netgalley for sending the digital audiobook copy of Run Time and I have to say I loved listening to the audiobook and would totally recommend it along with the physical if you can because the narrator's Irish accents were perfect and made the experience that was already amazing so much better. If you love slasher movies, extremely clever psychological thrillers, nail biting writing and a book within a movie storyline then I think you'll love this book.
This story had such a unique and fresh take on the usual thrillers that read like a true horror film. I really liked the main character Adele who was what I think of when I think of a true final girl who is intelligent, quick thinking and not afraid to fight back. The author did a great job showing the problems women in the filming industry have to deal with while working with men and that sometimes women have to save themselves because no one else will. I think this would actually make a great film or tv adaption and I would be one of the first to watch it. This story was fast paced, extremely atmospheric and very intense. I think my favorite part besides the main character would have to be the ominously spooky vibes that the isolated setting gave off. Thank you to Netgalley for sending the digital audiobook copy of Run Time and I have to say I loved listening to the audiobook and would totally recommend it along with the physical if you can because the narrator's Irish accents were perfect and made the experience that was already amazing so much better. If you love slasher movies, extremely clever psychological thrillers, nail biting writing and a book within a movie storyline then I think you'll love this book.