missing women
And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall — book review
“Boyfriends and husbands, baby daddies and one-night stands were always madly, deeply, truly in love. Bloody love. Crazy love. Love-you-to-death kind of love.” Last year I read the first book in Rachel Howzell Hall’s ‘Detective Elouise Norton’ series. It had a great sense of place and a brilliant main character. And Now She’s Gone shares […]
MoreWays to Disappear by Idra Novey — book review
Ways to Disappear tries hard to evoke the absurd and surreal atmosphere that is often associated with Latin American magical realism, the end result makes for a rather dismal homage. The lack of quotations marks and the inclusion of word definitions hardly make Ways to Disappear innovative. A nondescript American translator flies to Brazil after […]
MorePlease See Us by Caitlin Mullen — book review
“There is something bad in the air and in the water now, something rotten and wrong. A moral disease.” While Please See Us gives its readers a slightly more innovative “missing women” type-of-story. Providing us with a panoramic of Atlantic City Caitlin Mullen’s novel follows Clara, a young psychic, and Lily who has only recently […]
MoreLock Every Door : Book Review
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager ★★★✰✰ 3 stars This is the book equivalent of popcorn. If you are looking for a gripping plot-driven story, look no further. I think that the best thing about Lock Every Door is that it is an entertaining read. The action takes place over the course of a few days which […]
MoreRESTORATION HEIGHTS: BOOK REVIEW
Restoration Heights by Wil Medearis ★★★✰✰ 3 stars of 5 stars Restoration Heights is a difficult book to review. On the one hand, I didn’t dislike it, yet, I didn’t make me feel much of anything. The narration is rather cold, which creates a distance between the reader and the characters, and the mystery itself…well […]
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