In an attempt to be better about reading female authors this year, I decided to try another Shirley Jackson novel. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a personal favorite and her short stories are wonderfully creepy. Given that The Haunting of Hill House is always checked out of both my university and public libraries (and probably will be until the day I die), I picked up The Sundial, which I had never heard of before. The story deals with the wealthy Halloran family […]
“Alice remembered who she was before. She just couldn’t recall what had happened to that girl to make her this girl.”
(Trigger warning for all sorts of extreme violence.) Violent and disturbing but strangely compelling and beautiful in its own twisted way. If you are looking for a dark retelling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this book is for you. It should not have been an easy read but for reasons that I don’t completely understand, I found it oddly calming. I have been very anxious and stressed out recently and this book is so dark and violent that it allowed me to completely forget about […]
Titles, shmitels. He’s rich.
Stephen King is the undisputed master of horror. He’s written about everything from rabid dogs to aliens, to plagues that wipe out most of humanity; he’s covered ghosts, vampires, serial killers, and the visceral terror of evil manifested as a clown. Hell, he’s even covered machines coming to life with murderous intent. He’s done it all. But it took until 2006 for him to cover zombies? Weird. Especially considering that the real villain here doesn’t seem to be the zombified denizens of New England, but […]
Iyamisu. That’s all you need to know.
According to Wikipedia, one critic called this novel the “Gone Girl of Japan”, which is interesting because it was originally punished in 2008, four years before Gillian Flynn’ s most popular novel. At any rate, they both fall into the iyamisu category of fiction, which is Japanese for “eww mystery”, and is reserved for the deliberately shocking form of storytelling familiar to anyone who has read Gone Girl (which is most of us). If you take nothing else from this review – please incorporate that […]
Does The Dog Die? YES.
Hey, you know what’s a good idea? Read a disturbing, scary piece of fiction right after reading a disturbing piece of realistic fiction. Because why not make yourself feel creeped out in a different way? I have no idea why I added Bird Box to my TBR list. A few friends reviewed it over on Goodreads and they all said it was creepy and for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to add it. And having a new Kindle Paperwhite means instant downloads. […]
Don’t expect a happy ending to this one
Spoiler warning! I found it impossible to review this book without revealing plot details that would probably be considered spoilery, so if you like to start a book without knowing much, probably skip this review. Also, this book is a PREQUEL, best read after you finish the full thirteen book series by Kim Harrison. As of me writing this, the first book is on sale for $2.99. In a world where humans are the dominant species, they are fully unaware that there are a number […]
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