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Aggressively Meh

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

December 31, 2023 by thegirlwhogotoverit Leave a Comment

This book took me a bunch of tries to get through.  It started out on the train during the Australian Open (Jan) and didn’t end up being finished until 24th May.  I attempted this everywhere I expected to be bored – in a Dr’s waiting room, on a plane – and struggled everywhere.  But in the end, finished it was.  And it was aggressively meh. I’m spoiling this, to save you the trouble of reading it, ok? Maya is a drunk, having replaced her Klonopin […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Ana Reyes

thegirlwhogotoverit's CBR15 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Ana Reyes ·
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Did Something Bad Actually Happen or Is She Just An Addict? *Sigh* I Hate These Books

The House in the Pines: A Novel by Ana Reyes

February 10, 2023 by Melina Leave a Comment

Maya is haunted by the death of her best friend years earlier when they were on the cusp of high school graduation and planning their futures.  This is brought to the forefront of her memories when she sees a video on youtube of a woman dying on camera despite not being touched.  Maya knows though, that the man in the video, Frank, (someone she dated for a few weeks at 18)  is responsible for the stranger’s death, just as she knows he was responsible for […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: addicts, alcoholism, Ana Reyes, CBR15, Melina, mystery, psychological thriller, The House in the Pines, thriller

Melina's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: addicts, alcoholism, Ana Reyes, CBR15, Melina, mystery, psychological thriller, The House in the Pines, thriller ·
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