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Theatre Kids by John DeVore
emotional
funny
reflective
4.0
AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS
"That’s what’s exciting about the theatre. It lives like Frankenstein’s monster, and like his sensitive, temperamental, unloved creation, the theatre is unpredictable and charged. The taste of that electricity is at its most pungent on opening night. You can feel it in your teeth. You’re alive. There is only you and them and Dionysus. You’re alive, and you won’t always be. One day you’ll be a skull with spiders in your eye sockets, so step into the light while you can."
"That’s what’s exciting about the theatre. It lives like Frankenstein’s monster, and like his sensitive, temperamental, unloved creation, the theatre is unpredictable and charged. The taste of that electricity is at its most pungent on opening night. You can feel it in your teeth. You’re alive. There is only you and them and Dionysus. You’re alive, and you won’t always be. One day you’ll be a skull with spiders in your eye sockets, so step into the light while you can."
The King of Torts by John Grisham
1.0
AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS
"Gigi encourages children to rip the windshield wipers off their parents' automobiles so he can leave behind what he calls a Cheap Nothing: an empty Dixie cup, a John Grisham paperback, or even takeout Gigi didn't enjoy." - Chris Fleming
"Gigi encourages children to rip the windshield wipers off their parents' automobiles so he can leave behind what he calls a Cheap Nothing: an empty Dixie cup, a John Grisham paperback, or even takeout Gigi didn't enjoy." - Chris Fleming
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
dark
funny
tense
4.0
AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS
Have you ever asked yourself. What if Annihilation's Area X was a lesbian
Have you ever asked yourself. What if Annihilation's Area X was a lesbian
Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito
dark
mysterious
tense
5.0
AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS
feel-good fun for the whole family
feel-good fun for the whole family
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
5.0
AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS
Does Dorothy Sayers write mysteries? or does she write romance novels where there just happens to be a dead body nearby?
Does Dorothy Sayers write mysteries? or does she write romance novels where there just happens to be a dead body nearby?
The Sugared Game by KJ Charles
adventurous
mysterious
tense
3.5
AUDREY"S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS
come for the jazz age pornography, stay for the genuine life advice:
come for the jazz age pornography, stay for the genuine life advice:
"If you want to start on They’d be alive if only I hadn’t, we’ll be here all day.”
“Yes, but—”
“Not ‘but’. You’re talking as if you had some sort of control, like if you’d behaved differently, the whole world would have been different. Don’t flatter yourself.”
The Girls by Emma Cline
dark
mysterious
reflective
2.5
AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS
The story is derivative of a certain real-life criminal case and the language is severely overwritten for the character, but it sparked a great book club discussion re: "would I have joined a cult when I was 14" (answer: yes)
The story is derivative of a certain real-life criminal case and the language is severely overwritten for the character, but it sparked a great book club discussion re: "would I have joined a cult when I was 14" (answer: yes)