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I really couldn't get on board with the writing style. It's very 'of it's time' but even to a point where some sentences really didn't make much sense to me. Maybe I'm just not smart enough 😂
Very atmospheric and character driven. The plot feels secondary to the dynamics of our main characters. There wasn't a likeable character in the bunch, which is pretty standard for a dark academia book. However, seeing Clare following Tabitha around like a drone without a single thought of her own for most of the book was really tiresome.
I added this to my TBR because it is categorised as dark academia, and I think that is quite tenuous for the most part, but I can also see why it is considered dark academia. The timeline is a bit all over the place but easy enough to follow. Unfortunately, I think this is quite forgettable, which is a shame because it started out strong with the atmosphere and gorgeous descriptions of places in Edinburgh.
I added this to my TBR because it is categorised as dark academia, and I think that is quite tenuous for the most part, but I can also see why it is considered dark academia. The timeline is a bit all over the place but easy enough to follow. Unfortunately, I think this is quite forgettable, which is a shame because it started out strong with the atmosphere and gorgeous descriptions of places in Edinburgh.
I don't think I'm smart enough for literary fiction 😂
I liked part I and II, but from part III this went over my head. The writing style is choppy and the incest/beastiality (possibly figurative but possibly actual) bits were really not for me. Quick read though!
I liked part I and II, but from part III this went over my head. The writing style is choppy and the incest/beastiality (possibly figurative but possibly actual) bits were really not for me. Quick read though!
What a surprise this was. The Madman's Hotel was informative and shocking at times. The audiobook is performed by the author, which only added to it. TMH presents an investigation into an St. Loman's Hospital in Ireland and the case of Julia Leonard. There were times when I was genuinely shocked by findings and the way the patients were treated during their time at the hospital and after their deaths. Well worth a listen.
Similar to Hunt's The Inside Story of Red Bull Racing, this gives a matter of fact overview of key events from McLaren's rise to the championship winning Formula 1 team they currently are.
Having already read The Inside Story of Red Bull Racing, there are some parallels betweent the two accounts, including Christian Horner and Zak Brown's ongoing attempts to impede the opposing team's progress by way of complaints to the FiA and and the whole 'we don't have a number one driver' line.
Both the Red Bull and McLaren books dedicate time to building a picture of how the current F1 team came to be, and spends time discussing the key drivers in the team's history. This book was concise and was well paced. It focused on the racing and it kept the focus where it needed to be.
However, listening to the events of Hungary 2024 and the other times Oscar took a backseat to Lando's championship battle was not fun. I will say that in comparison to the Red Bull book, I feel that the author was quite brazen that he clearly likes Lando, even mentioning the book he has written about Lando.
I'm not really invested in McLaren as a team and I'm not a Lando fan, but the book was good.
This concludes The Bloodlands Collection. As standalones, these short accounts of historic true crime aren't particularly engaging, but as a collection, they were very interesting.
The killer was so creepy and the way this killer calmly described the killings was something.
An interesting and quick read but covers a few child murder cases, so not particularly easy reading.
While the crimes committed were awful, this is more an account of how racism drove the treatment of the perpetrator of the murders.
An interesting and quick read about the Benders, who committed a murders at their Kansas inn.