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211 reviews
The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
4.5
This was great fun - I listened to it read by Steadman and it was riveting. Honestly spent a lot of the listen on the absolute edge of my seat - and the sucker punch knife twist at the end was sucha surprise. I'd kind of thought I knew what was going to happen but talked myself out of it and that made me all the more surprised when it did.
The Traitor by Ava Glass
3.0
This was quite slow and took a while to really take off. Then when it did, the ending was super rushed and a bit odd.
Lockdown by Peter May
3.75
Surreal knowing that the author wrote about this before COVID even appeared.
Kinda weird to see the parallels between real life and the novel.
A very strange end sequence.
Kinda weird to see the parallels between real life and the novel.
A very strange end sequence.
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
4.0
For a long time I struggled to find what time or where this was set and was utterly convinced it was somewhere in eastern Europe post war or in the second world war.. until the narrator mentioned her brother being on a teams call. and now I don't even know anything anymore.
this was lyrical and quite poetic. I listened to the audiobook with the author narrating it. very visceral and vivid too.
this was lyrical and quite poetic. I listened to the audiobook with the author narrating it. very visceral and vivid too.
The Birthday Girl by Melissa de la Cruz
2.0
Honestly I read this in between the pages of other books and read about half before I went away for a week without it so kind of lost where I was with it. It ended wierdly and quite abruptly and was quite strange.
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
4.0
this was a really bizarre mix of fantasy with real world stuff. like elves and faeries eating Chinese for dinner? v wierd.
I don't really read much fantasy, if any, but this was actually suprisingly fun!
I don't really read much fantasy, if any, but this was actually suprisingly fun!
To the Dogs by Louise Welsh, Louise Welsh
4.0
Another speedy one from the library. I inhaled this.
A 2024 novel that literally came out a few days before I got it out. Noice.
A 2024 novel that literally came out a few days before I got it out. Noice.
The Keeper by Jessica Moor
4.0
This was a quick one but fun. It just kept me coming back for more and I love that in a book.
Night Shift by Robin Cook
2.0
Maybe because this wasn't the first book in the series, this book didn't give much context for some things which made it kind of hard to follow. Also a LOT of medical terminology and so many acronyms that I couldn't keep up. Redeemed itself in the final act a bit, though.