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The Minotaur at Calle Lanza by Zito Madu
3.0
I'm just not sure what the focus of this book was. Also, he mentions being stabbed and shot in two or three places in the book, but never expounds on that. There's a lot of him walking around in Italy, but without seeing it, the effect isn't as strong as the author, I'm sure, had hoped.
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
0.0
I had to add like 20 content warnings that I wish I learned about BEFORE reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
This book would have been 100% better if the author didn't blow the ending in the first 50 pages. There's zero tension as a result.
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Why are you telling me the history of how West Virginia became a state? Get to the murder stuff.
Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.
Feels like we're going in circles.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
I have the audio book and just couldn't keep up with shifting to new people so often: their history, job changes, etc. just to get them to Memorial hospital.
Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow Cox
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
The Omen by David Seltzer
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Much darker than the movies.