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oashackelford's Reviews (353)
Parts of this book were hard to read, particularly once they got to Summerland, but I thought that this was incredibly well written. I cannot wait to read the second one.
Zombie alternative history should be a bigger genre.
Zombie alternative history should be a bigger genre.
I think that if you are a fan of poetic language, then this is a good book for you. I didn't enjoy it much. Based on the description of the book I thought that this was going to be a fantasy novel, or focus more on the cemetery of forgotten books, but instead it focused more on discovering and understanding the life of the author of one of those books in Post-war Spain. I thought that it was beautifully written and I got the same feeling from reading this book that I did when I watched Pan's labyrinth. That is to say, that I will probably think about this book a lot, and it was haunting, but it definitely isn't something that I would choose to read again.
I really loved that the sequel leaned more into the wild west/frontier side of the 1800s. I was really hoping that they would discover how to solve the zombie apocalypse, or at the very least, how it got started, but the world probably feels more realistic, and the stakes higher, because they cannot solve the crisis. Still, I really loved each of the character's personal journeys and the things that they had to do to be able to live with themselves and one another. I thought that this series did a great job of dealing with moral grey areas when it comes to having to put down monsters.
I like that the Marlow Murder club is getting more and more interesting cases and I cannot wait to see what the fourth one holds. With the first one I was able to guess who the murderer was, even though I never quite worked out how, and with the second one I was not able to guess the twist, although I had part of it right. With this book, however, I was guessing up until the last minute, and none of my theories were even close. I loved the twist and I thought this one was much closer to an Agatha Christie novel than the previous novels. I also like picturing Judith being played by Helen Mirren. I would love to see a movie adaptation of at least the third book.
I did not enjoy the nightingale by Kristin Hannah, and so I did not know what to expect from this book, but I really liked it. I think that the difference was that books about world war two tend to gloss over whether or not the war was right, or any wrongdoing on the sides of the winners, but Vietnam was such a different war. The American people had no idea what was really going on, there wasn't a clear enemy and so many young men were being sent over to die. I think it got harder and harder to pretend that we had a real reason to be at war. I thought that she handled Frankie's PTSD so well, and that she was able to open up a nuanced conversation about supporting the vets without supporting the war.
I loved the diamond brothers mysteries when I was a kid and so when I heard he was writing for adults I was really excited. And I had every right to be, his holmesian detective is hilarious and I cannot wait to read more about their adventures.
I read a lot of books where someone goes missing, but usually they don't come back halfway through the book. I thought this was such a good twist! I never figured out the ending and I felt like I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I do wish there was less swearing in the book, I feel like Bel uses the f-word too much in an effort to show that the main character is trying to push everyone away from her all the time, but I still wish we could have established that and then found other ways to show it.
Still, I never guessed where Rachel was, or who had her, and I feel like I am going to think about this one for a few weeks.
Still, I never guessed where Rachel was, or who had her, and I feel like I am going to think about this one for a few weeks.