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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
3.0
Definitely the book if you're the one for emo-thrillers.
I'd actually give a 3.5/5 for this. It was a bit too long for me nevertheless inebriating till the end.
Request: PLEASE DON'T WATCH THE MOVIE IF YOU PLAN ON READING THE BOOK, OR OTHERWISE TOO. I like Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig but Blomkvist was not Daniel Craig, at least not what I had in mind.
I'd actually give a 3.5/5 for this. It was a bit too long for me nevertheless inebriating till the end.
Request: PLEASE DON'T WATCH THE MOVIE IF YOU PLAN ON READING THE BOOK, OR OTHERWISE TOO. I like Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig but Blomkvist was not Daniel Craig, at least not what I had in mind.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
5.0
THE BEST BOOK THAT I HAVE EVER READ.
I HAVE NO WORDS. I'VE PROBABLY READ THIS MORE THAN 10 TIMES BUT GILLIAN FLYNN'S WAY OF WRITING STYLE AND THE DESCRIPTION HAS ITS OWN SURPRISING WAY OF GETTING TO ME.
I'd rate it 10/5 if I could.
I HAVE NO WORDS. I'VE PROBABLY READ THIS MORE THAN 10 TIMES BUT GILLIAN FLYNN'S WAY OF WRITING STYLE AND THE DESCRIPTION HAS ITS OWN SURPRISING WAY OF GETTING TO ME.
I'd rate it 10/5 if I could.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
3.0
I had so much fun reading this book. Set at Edinburgh, it has tons of vibrant, unrelated characters and how the plot swivels, once they all get related, is such fun to read!
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
4.0
It’s been an hour since I finished reading Elizabeth Is Missing but the early twentieth century, a war grappled England, the enigma of dementia and the mystery of two missing cases is still haunting me. There are very few books that do that to you; a hangover or a feeling looming over for the next few hours sometimes, days together that makes you dysfunctional. This is one such whodunit with staggering descriptions, two timelines that keep switching often and the protagonist who is an eighty-year-old lady, Maud with dementia trying to find her missing friend Elizabeth and uncover what happened to her sister Sukey, another missing case that took place seventy years ago but the thing is Maud has a severe case of dementia and the only thing she remembers are the events that took place about five or so minutes ago.
And she is determined to find out what happened to Elizabeth and Sukey when she forgets that her stove’s on or that she has enough peaches and eggs to feed an army but she forgets all about her inventory and leaves to the store to buy some more peaches and eggs only to get lost until her fifty-year-old daughter, Helen comes in search of her and gets hold of her.
Hands down, one of the best books I’ve read this year. The characters are so vivid and the storyline, even though it alters often, is bereft of the expected confusion that arises out of the switching timelines. With the ending so gripping, I might have found the best book I’ve read this year. This is a pretty old book (three years) we could call it newly old maybe? And won the prestigious Costa Book Award in 2014. No wonder! Bottomline: if you’re looking for a novel that throws off Stephen King vibes but with the repugnance missing, this is the one.
And she is determined to find out what happened to Elizabeth and Sukey when she forgets that her stove’s on or that she has enough peaches and eggs to feed an army but she forgets all about her inventory and leaves to the store to buy some more peaches and eggs only to get lost until her fifty-year-old daughter, Helen comes in search of her and gets hold of her.
Hands down, one of the best books I’ve read this year. The characters are so vivid and the storyline, even though it alters often, is bereft of the expected confusion that arises out of the switching timelines. With the ending so gripping, I might have found the best book I’ve read this year. This is a pretty old book (three years) we could call it newly old maybe? And won the prestigious Costa Book Award in 2014. No wonder! Bottomline: if you’re looking for a novel that throws off Stephen King vibes but with the repugnance missing, this is the one.
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
4.0
I guess I was twelve when I saw the movie on HBO, and it kind of bore upon me in some way. One thing, I could not get the storyline straight and two, it had something to it that I could just not hate it. So when I came across this book in the library, I finished in four hours that day and this was around two years after I saw the movie and I loved the book and the movie (come on, Saoirse Ronan!!! who wouldn't love it?!)