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My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
5.0
Thank you Johanna van Veen for curing my reading slump with this beautiful dark gothic novel, My Darling Dreadful Thing!
I absolutely loved every single thing about this book:
- first of all its slow pace, that takes the reader delicately and then brutally in the middle of the horrific actions and revelations;
- the little interviews between the MC and the doctor: i thought at first they would take me out of the flow but in the end I really appreciated the external point of view of a psychologist;
- the narrator, who is unreliable but also kinda reliable? I trust her;
- ghost, spirits, murders, a lot of spooky things!
- the writing is beautiful and witty and I loved how haunting and intriguing the whole story is!
- there's also a little bit of romance (sapphic) and I really enjoyed that too.
Overall I absolutely loved this book, and I'm grateful to have received an eArc. This author has now a new fan! 5 stars, easy.
* I'd like to thank Johanna van Veen, Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I absolutely loved every single thing about this book:
- first of all its slow pace, that takes the reader delicately and then brutally in the middle of the horrific actions and revelations;
- the little interviews between the MC and the doctor: i thought at first they would take me out of the flow but in the end I really appreciated the external point of view of a psychologist;
- the narrator, who is unreliable but also kinda reliable? I trust her;
- ghost, spirits, murders, a lot of spooky things!
- the writing is beautiful and witty and I loved how haunting and intriguing the whole story is!
- there's also a little bit of romance (sapphic) and I really enjoyed that too.
Overall I absolutely loved this book, and I'm grateful to have received an eArc. This author has now a new fan! 5 stars, easy.
* I'd like to thank Johanna van Veen, Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by Eric LaRocca
4.0
This Skin Was Once Mine - 3⭐️
Seedling - 3⭐️
All the parts of you that won't easily burn - 4⭐️
Prickle - 4⭐️
* I'd like to thank Eric LaRocca, Titan Books and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review
Seedling - 3⭐️
All the parts of you that won't easily burn - 4⭐️
Prickle - 4⭐️
* I'd like to thank Eric LaRocca, Titan Books and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review
The Bad Daughter by Joy Fielding
2.0
I am SO disappointed by this book. I am giving it 2 stars simply because it was an easy read, and it kept me entertained for a few hours, but at the same time I am FUMING.
First of all, it's extremely predictable: the fact that I could easily deduce who is responsible of the murders halfway through the book is not great. I hoped I was wrong, I was waiting for a big plot twist... there was none.
And then the second half of the book has SO MANY REPETITIONS. The narrator has clues right in front of her nose, she points them out but she is unable to make 2+2. She made my blood boil.
Not a very nice or articulated review, I am well aware, but I am just too disappointed to focus on what I enjoyed about this book, which I believe says enough.
First of all, it's extremely predictable: the fact that I could easily deduce who is responsible of the murders halfway through the book is not great. I hoped I was wrong, I was waiting for a big plot twist... there was none.
And then the second half of the book has SO MANY REPETITIONS. The narrator has clues right in front of her nose, she points them out but she is unable to make 2+2. She made my blood boil.
Not a very nice or articulated review, I am well aware, but I am just too disappointed to focus on what I enjoyed about this book, which I believe says enough.
The Meek One by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.0
ah yes, another story of a man who assumes instead of asking, who feels superior but is actually a coward, and ugly cries when he is alone again
what's not to love about this
4 stars
what's not to love about this
4 stars