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Foe: a domestic science fiction thriller

Foe by Iain Reid

January 11, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea 2 Comments

mood music: big jet plane – Angus and Julia Stone This was my second read of 2024, again I picked up this book becuase it’s been adapted into a film starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. It was much better than my first read of the year, Eileen, although I was left with questions once I was done with it. Foe follows Junior and Hen, a married couple living on an isolated farm in the near future (the film has the story set in 2065). Modern […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #domesticsuspence, iain reid, psychological thriller, scifi thriller

donttrustthe_bea's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #domesticsuspence, iain reid, psychological thriller, scifi thriller ·
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Well it ain’t Gone Girl but it’ll do

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks

August 9, 2019 by Bea Pants Leave a Comment

  WARNING. The review is a bit spoilery.   On its face, The Wife Between Us is the story of a woman obsessed with stopping the wedding of her former husband and his new, much younger bride. The perspective change happens when we learn her true motivation for doing so and learn the story of her journey from blissful new bride potential homewrecker. The explanation for what is supposed to be the central twist is a little bit silly and detracts from the book but […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #domesticsuspence, cbr11

Bea Pants's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #domesticsuspence, cbr11 ·
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