Cannonball Read 18

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A Thriller with Real Weight

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

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CBR Bingo: Question I chose Clare Mackintosh’s I Let You Go for the Question square because I was interested in who the “you” was in the title. The question was answered on several levels in this excellent novel I never want to read again. I Let You Go opens with the tragic death of five-year-old Jacob, who is killed in front of his mother in a hit and run. The narrative alternates between the detectives trying to track down the killer and Jenna, who has […]

Various Reviews During My Vacation, Some Were Brilliant, Some Were Good, Some Were Awful.

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Once More Upon a Time: An Enchanting Romantic Fairy Tale by Roshani Chokshi

Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chien

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

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The Kaiju Preservation Society-5 stars I don’t even know what to say except this was pitch perfect. It reminded me in a good way of “Old Man’s War” and I cheered through the whole book. I loved everyone. I am so sad this is a standalone so we don’t get to follow Jamie and his friends he meets in the Kaiju Preservation Society (KPS). “The Kaiju Preservation Society” begins with Jamie Gray getting fired. Jamie lives in New York and doesn’t know how he will […]

Another lukewarm thriller

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

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It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a thriller. It used to be my favourite genre, but lately I’ve had a hard time finding ones that really excited me. Unfortunately, this one was no exception. I chose to read this because one of my favourite booktubers listed it on her top 5 thrillers, so I went in with high hopes. I’d read Clare Mackintosh’s sophomore novel a couple of years ago and I remember thinking it was okay (also a 3-star, though), so I thought […]

Wow! What A Fantastic Thriller

Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

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Since I had to get this back to the library this week, I moved this up and am wrapping up my “Watchers” read as well. I have to say that I could not put this book down last night! It was insanely good and the twists I didn’t see coming well expertly done. I also like how Mackintosh plays with POVs via some of the narrative choices she chose. I thought this worked from beginning to end and I have to go back and read […]

Great Book, It’s Just Not a Thriller or Suspense Book as Marketed

After the End by Clare Mackintosh

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So this is weird to me. This book definitely meets somewhat being slightly classified as a mystery novel based on how the author tells the story and the question that is left open in the end. But it’s not really a mystery novel. So I wondered at it being more a women’s fiction book. And then a friend and I got into that a bit. So instead of The Book Gods post, you get Blue’s comments with a friend while out drinking prosecco last night […]

Murder, intrigue and the London tube

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I was very happy when the first pick of my bookclub for 2018 was a mystery novel, which tends to be a genre of fiction I quite enjoy. I haven’t read Clare Mackintosh’s first novel, which was apparently very successful, so I didn’t approach this novel with too many expectations. This books folows 2 main characters: Firstly, we have Zoey, a 40-year-old mother of 2 who one day sees her picture in the newspaper advertising unspecified services amongst ads of the phone-sex variety, and subsequently […]



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