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Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


I loved this book. I was entranced and delighted by its characters. The vampires break your heart without even having a soul to bare. The boys role is only minute in comparison to the Vampires, both the Vampire's, and Lestrade's.
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Follow this Interview as it twists and turns through the Vampire's life and origin, following his twisted devotion to Lestrade, even after death. Lestrade's control over everyone leads to the readers confidence that you are under his spell.
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Cons: No gay kisses

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Misery by Stephen King

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

'Misery's Annie Wilkes proves 5 star material. A villain with a narrative that compels and excites. Writer Paul Sheldon gives enough energy, sparky but troubled. He works a miracle on the writing and Wilkes complements his fury.
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I don't believe I have to prove how amazing both the book and the film where, but they were worth their weight in gold

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Final Girls by Riley Sager

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A genuinely impressive book that surprised and excited me. 

Quincy's Final Girls are comprised of three, majorly smart victims. No not victims. Survivors. Quincy Carpenter, Lisa Milner and Samantha Boyd are standout, independent, strong female characters that thrill the reader.



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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

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emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A darn hard book to read. It made me shocked, a year 8 had been reading it in class and I'd said 'is this good? I'm thinking of reading it next'. God bless her this was not safe for work. It was smutty at its finest.

What I didn't expect was that you hated them both one for being in a toxic relationship and the other for being in an incestous one with his step-sister. And then they pull a hard-fast one at you at the end that cause you to fall in love with them.

I laughed, I cried, I gasped, I teared. 

Cons:
Too much incest.

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to drink coffee with a ghost by Amanda Lovelace

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

For fans of: Rupi Kaur 

When checking my book-haul from Christmas, I came across this poetry book hidden at the back of a shelf. I hadn't thought much of it in the store: just that the name and the blurb interested me. 

The poetry itself is free verse, and styles itself a lot like Kaur's 'Milk and Honey'. The topic that drew me in: emotional child abuse. The poems delve into the emotional struggle of a child pulled between loving and hating a parent that abuses. The poetry hit a few personal nerves, I had to put it down to get a hot chocolate. 

I love the emotional journey and following the constant inner struggle. I think it perfectly encapsulates the feeling of wanting a parent to be better than they were, and struggling to cope with the intense emotion following a loved one's death.

I am biased: but I appreciate what it stands for.

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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

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challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A brilliant tale that kept me gripped for 2 hours. Southern mum's book club comes to terms with the horror in their neighbourhood, reading crime fiction about Ted bundy and Charles manson, Patricia and friends try to save their children and their souls from the dark and mysterious neighbour, James Harris. Well worth the read.

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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

"Writers' minds are junkheaps of odd information." 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', Stephen King, (2016, Stephen King)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stars
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I really wanted to give it 5 stars, but I really didn't love the poetry and I'm sure it's someone else's taste, it's just not mine. 
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The story's however you get lost in, and take days to come out of, you are so fully immersed you find yourself locked in on every word.
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A stunning novelist, as always King, you are a bright spark for all of horror and novel writing. Worth every single minute.

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Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Rock meets Stephen king/Shirley Jackson and creates this stunning story.

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The Children God Forgot by Graham Masterton

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

An unsettling, squirmish novel that sees lovecraft and asks "but what if it was witches?"

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