emilee's reviews
111 reviews

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

5.0

I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House by Ben Farthing

dark mysterious tense

4.5

Exactly what I seek in a horror novella. 

Father of Lies by Brian Evenson

challenging dark

5.0

When you're ready to fully face the true horrors of organized religion, give this a read. Read it in a day or two if you can. Embrace the nausea and choking dread. Turn the spotlight on the monsters in the shadows. 

Near the Bone by Christina Henry
Did not finish book. Stopped at 71%.

Spoilers: CP was incredibly frustrating. Griffin and Jen included. None of them acted or talked like real people who discovered a girl who's been kidnapped and brainwashed for 12 years. Why, in the midst of being hunted by an insane man with a gun and a creature, would you still be a sarcastic ass who acts like Sam/Mattie (a victim with a capital V) is rude, weird, a burden, while also expecting her to go back to the trenches no problem? Even if your character is kind of a dick, they need to be a realistic dick. The reader shouldn't be questioning, is this even a real person? 
William's dialogue was very "I am bad man. You wife, you my property. Me, man. Me own wife." It was kind of cringe. 
Reading other reader's reviews and frustrations, I don't feel the need to finish the book as it seems that many questions do not get answered. 
I also agree with a reviewer being annoyed that Sam/Mattie talked...like...this.... 

Was not the book for me. If it was the book for you, cheers

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Kidnapping

Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke
Did not finish book.

Not very well written. Took me out of it. 

The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
Did not finish book.

Anoor didn’t learn from her mistakes in the last book and it was infuriating. I was excited to see the grown version of her character handle the events of book 2. 

Alone by E.J. Noyes

5.0

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

5.0

Spear by Nicola Griffith

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Lovely, charming, interesting, new. Our protagonist is enduring, and I’d follow her into battle. The tone, style, diction 10/10. The magic and mythology, while ancient, is refreshing. Bravo, I can’t wait to read more of Griffith. Cheers. 

Boys In the Valley by Philip Fracassi

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

For me there was no suspense which made the story slow. I never had any questions that needed to be answered. The protagonist was also uninteresting to me; he didn’t have any flaws or much agency. 
The story itself is written with care and lovely diction. However I think it’s so highly rated because the premise is exciting. 
Not for me but it may be for you. Cheers.