Cannonball Read 18

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“There’s an old rule of thumb in prisons. Actually, it’s more of a life lesson. Always know what you’re walking into. Dark corners can be danger points.”

Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2) by Megan Goldin

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This is probably a three, three and a half star read, objectively (if there even is such a thing). It’s a little rushed, a little flawed, a little incomplete-feeling. But it hit me at the exact right time and mindset, so I had a great time and I read it super fast. The second book to feature Goldin’s podcasting reporter, Rachel Krall, Dark Corners kicks off when she is summoned to Florida by the FBI to meet with Terence Bailey, who is 48 hours away from being […]

“The air crackled with a permanent sense of distrust. In the firm’s toxic worldview, conflict was good. Conflict made people work harder and smarter. It made them ruthless.”

The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

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This little book does exactly what thrillers are supposed to do. It kept me frantically turning pages wanting to know what would happen next, it was a fast read, and it has an extremely interesting premise: Four co-workers who don’t really like each other are stuck in an “escape room” elevator that isn’t what it seems, and there were well-paced reveals of dark secrets lurking around the corners of the story. If I hadn’t disliked the four characters in the elevator so much, I might […]

Not the surefire hit I thought it would be.

Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

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Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. I’m as surprised as anyone that I didn’t really like this. It wasn’t a bad read, and there were parts I really liked, but a large part of this book just felt extremely frustrating to me, rather than the intriguing and unsettling the author was going for (I think). Stay Awake kicks off with our MC, Liv, waking up in a taxi with no memory of how she got there, and […]

“I guess that’s the world we live in today. A world where accusations sway opinion. A world where evidence doesn’t matter.”

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 22/30 This was really good, but I was able to connect the dots easier than I think the author wanted me to. If twists were all this book had going for it, I wouldn’t have liked it, but other elements were just as important if not more. In fact, I’d rather have a thriller/mystery with substance than twists that surprised me, although it’s fun when you can have both (I have one of those waiting to be […]

A perfect suspense novel.

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WOW!!  This, for me, is pretty much a perfect book. The suspense and mystery were perfectly formed, maintained and amplified throughout this book. The style lent itself to the drama perfectly as well. This book has been written with the alternating chapters of the present with the past. With the present focusing on the group trapped in the elevator and the past focusing on one of the workers at the company. This book is based around a group of four high power stock traders (think […]



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