Tag: adult fiction
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Book Review #28: The Shining by Stephen King
Having read an ungodly amount of Stephen King novels, it seems odd that I should only now be reading The Shining. I think what’s kept me away from it this long is that I’ve seen the movie countless times, and it’s a very good movie. For me, it’s always more difficult to watch the movie…
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Book Review #27: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
The Love, Actually of dark mystery novels. Gillian Flynn’s debut novel, Dark Objects, follows protagonist Libby Day as she tries to find her family’s murderer. During the Satanic Panic of the 1980s (which I discussed with extreme incredulity in my Unmask Alice post), Libby’s mother and two sisters are murdered in their farmhouse in the…
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Book Review #26: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I want to begin this review by saying that it will be extremely spoiler heavy. This book came out OVER a decade ago (2012), and the movie came out NEARLY a decade ago (2016). If you’ve managed to avoid the spoilers and big reveals so far, I’m assuming it’s because you really don’t care about…
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Book Review #23: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Today I’m reviewing a recent book! It’s quite rare that I stumble upon a recently published book because my TBR list is SO backed-up, but I managed to snag this 2022 release from the library last week. One Dark Window is about a young woman with a secret. Taking place in a mystical Victorian setting,…
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Book Review #21: Ninth House & Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
By now, I think it’s safe to say that you all know I’m a pretty big Leigh Bardugo fan. The Six of Crows duology is one of my favorite YA book series (that feels more “adult” than YA anyway), and I am always excited to read anything Bardugo puts out. Because of this, I was…
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Book Review #20: Misery by Stephen King
What. A. Ride. Before I delve into this review, I feel I should mention that I am a big Stephen King fan, so I’m generally biased when it comes to his novels. There are some that I have felt just weren’t for me, but for the most part I know that when I pick up…
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Book Review #16: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
A sci-fi/horror novel with mermaids as the main antagonist? Count me in. The novel, Into the Drowning Deep, follows the main protagonist, Tory, as she searches for answers about the Atargatis ship attack and her sister’s subsequent death. After the Atargatis is found floating above the Mariana Trench with no one left aboard, a video…
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Book Review #15: The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
To start, I wish this book was rated as poorly on Goodreads as the movie was on Rotten Tomatoes. It would have saved me some time. The Woman in the Window is a psychological thriller about a woman suffering from severe agoraphobia. The protagonist, Dr. Anna Fox, is a child psychologist who has been stuck…
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T. Kingfisher: For Fans of Soft Romance and Fantasy
Recently I’ve read Nettle & Bone, Swordheart and The Clocktaur Wars by T. Kingfisher, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I really enjoyed her novels. I didn’t think I would dislike them, but I also didn’t think I would find myself hoping the day passed by quickly so I could return home and…
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Book Review #11: The Stand by Stephen King
As promised, my book review of The Stand is here! Right off the bat, I will say I genuinely enjoyed reading this book. Though it took me an incredibly long time (I did move my entire house during this time, to be fair), and there were a few hiccups along the way with the book…