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Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson
1.0
I could not get over the violent torture porn. The constant dick measuring over who can take or dish out pain and cruelty the best. And those are the good guys.
The characters are unlikeable at best and the story is a gossamer thin convoluted multiverse/timetravel plot buried deep within a heap of gore, oppression and hatred.
The characters are unlikeable at best and the story is a gossamer thin convoluted multiverse/timetravel plot buried deep within a heap of gore, oppression and hatred.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
4.5
Starts off funny and cozy and only mildly weird. Then BAM, page 110 happens and it becomes an only-read-by-daylight-book.
By page 250ish it does jump the shark a little bit, but it's Kingfisher. Kingfisher can jump sharks like no other.
By page 250ish it does jump the shark a little bit, but it's Kingfisher. Kingfisher can jump sharks like no other.
Saturation Point by Adrian Tchaikovsky
5.0
Smart, fast, tense and clammy.
Everything feels wet and sticky and I now know far too much about death by overheating, but what a ride.
Everything feels wet and sticky and I now know far too much about death by overheating, but what a ride.
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
5.0
Read most of this in 1 day, much of it out loud to the unplatonic housemate to explain my cackling.
Laugh-out-loud funny, unputdownable, adorable perfection. I'm in love with Halla.
Laugh-out-loud funny, unputdownable, adorable perfection. I'm in love with Halla.
The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
5.0
✨ This series ✨
I'm not going to gush for hours, but I could. It just gets better with every book. I read the last 340 pages in one breathless go.
These books will be reread multiple times.
I'm not going to gush for hours, but I could. It just gets better with every book. I read the last 340 pages in one breathless go.
These books will be reread multiple times.
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
5.0
I am speechless. I have no speech.
This one is going to linger.
This one is going to linger.
The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning
4.0
I was braced for a scarier beginning - puppets waking up in the attic being pretty standard nightmare fuel -, but that horror was never really developed.
It took a while to get going, but at some point the book flipped from mildly entertaining 80s B-movie, to wildly entertaining 80s Jim Henson Production. I cried at the end.
If you were a (weird) kid in the 80s, this is for you.
It took a while to get going, but at some point the book flipped from mildly entertaining 80s B-movie, to wildly entertaining 80s Jim Henson Production. I cried at the end.
If you were a (weird) kid in the 80s, this is for you.
Papillon by Henri Charrière
2.0
Setting aside this being very much a "book of its time", Charrière's almost Von-Munchausen-levels of arrogance and exaggeration start to drag after a while.
I loved this book as a teenager. 30 years later, not so much.
I loved this book as a teenager. 30 years later, not so much.
The Relentless Legion by J.S. Dewes
slow-paced
3.5
Pales in comparison to the two previous books. It's slow and convoluted.
Honestly, if you only read every odd numbered page, you'll miss nothing important.
I like this story, I enjoyed the other two books, but this was a bit of a slog.
Honestly, if you only read every odd numbered page, you'll miss nothing important.
I like this story, I enjoyed the other two books, but this was a bit of a slog.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
2.5
It's not bad, as such. It's just really boring.
One thing happens after another, in a very depressing, predictable, mundane way. And then it ends.
One thing happens after another, in a very depressing, predictable, mundane way. And then it ends.