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A review by jackiesreadingjourney
Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
4.0
Blacklisted Irish soap star Adele Rafferty gets a second chance at stardom when she receives an unexpected phone call to play the lead role in a horror film called Final Draft, set in Ireland years after she left and moved to LA. The catch? It’s very tight lipped so she has to sign an NDA and fly to an isolated and secluded location in the woods of Ireland within a day or two. She can’t tell a soul about the film, the director, or the location. The film is called Final Draft.
Kate is the main character and the character that Adele is playing, but this book also takes a meta approach by having the script also play out in between Adele’s experiences. Kate is also in a cabin reading a book that she found there called Final Draft, and she starts experiencing some weird occurrences when things happening to the main character, Karen in the fictional book, start to happen to Kate, the character.
As you may have guessed, Adele also starts to see the same parallels in her life as well. Karen from the book, Kate from the script, and actress Adele are all experiencing unexplainable creepy things.
Essentially, this book was very unique. It had multiple layers and was unnerving. It genuinely scared me at multiple points and it was an absolute page turner.
I love how Catherine Ryan Howard writes such unique thrillers that do not fit the mold. Just like in how The Nothing Man had a fresh take on fictional true crime stories, this psychological thriller had a fresh take on b-list horror movies.
Read this if you like:
Kate is the main character and the character that Adele is playing, but this book also takes a meta approach by having the script also play out in between Adele’s experiences. Kate is also in a cabin reading a book that she found there called Final Draft, and she starts experiencing some weird occurrences when things happening to the main character, Karen in the fictional book, start to happen to Kate, the character.
As you may have guessed, Adele also starts to see the same parallels in her life as well. Karen from the book, Kate from the script, and actress Adele are all experiencing unexplainable creepy things.
Essentially, this book was very unique. It had multiple layers and was unnerving. It genuinely scared me at multiple points and it was an absolute page turner.
I love how Catherine Ryan Howard writes such unique thrillers that do not fit the mold. Just like in how The Nothing Man had a fresh take on fictional true crime stories, this psychological thriller had a fresh take on b-list horror movies.
Read this if you like: