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Guts by Chuck Palahniuk
4.0
Not 4 stars because I loved it and it’s a new favourite, but 4 stars because the execution is incredible - this short story makes the reader feel exactly how the author intends. Wow. I feel like I’m going to puke. But in a fun and disturbing way.
Cataton by B.C. Chase
1.0
This first contact story is very fast paced and full of many twists and turns to keep the reader interested. It clocks in at just shy of 200 pages, and you can get lost in it for an afternoon. You follow an average 30 something named Devon who wakes up at his camp site and realizes he is the only person left on earth who hasn't been either murdered or put into a coma during an alien invasion. He then makes it his mission to save his daughters and love interest and when he is proven unable, he travels back in time to attempt to stop the alien invasion of earth.
I truly wish I loved this book, but I just didn't. I have realized that I don't enjoy epistolary style stories (or movies, or tv shows...). First person writing is extremely difficult to get right, and this one missed the mark for me by a mile.
The concept of this novel drew me in however, the execution was subpar as I found Devon's perspective exquisitely painful to read from.
Thank you NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I truly wish I loved this book, but I just didn't. I have realized that I don't enjoy epistolary style stories (or movies, or tv shows...). First person writing is extremely difficult to get right, and this one missed the mark for me by a mile.
The concept of this novel drew me in however, the execution was subpar as I found Devon's perspective exquisitely painful to read from.
Thank you NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
4.0
Really fun read. I’ll definitely check out more books by Stephen Graham Jones.