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A dark topic, but ultimately not as depressing as you might expect

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

May 2, 2021 by caragwapa Leave a Comment

*WARNING, THERE MIGHT BE SPOILERS.  NOT REALLY MAJOR ONE BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BEFORE READING THE BOOK, SKIP THE REVIEW I read three Lisa Jewell books in succession more than ten years ago.  They just seemed to pop up a lot in my  favourite second hand book store.  From what I remember, they were more or less “chick lit”, some twists but mostly focused on romance.  They were light, fast reads, and I liked them but was not totally wowed by […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Lisa Jewell, Missing children/girls, mystery, psychological thriller

caragwapa's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Lisa Jewell, Missing children/girls, mystery, psychological thriller ·
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Manga and Me

Asadora! V01 by Naoki Urasawa

March 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started the book Asadora! V01 thinking there was going to be some big excitement on every page (meaning our main character would be a Pippi Longstocking type of gal getting in and out of mischief with their friends). Instead, Naoki Urasawa gives us one very large, devastating moment, and the rest of the book is what we do to survive. We try and survive every day (Asa is one of 12 children), what we do to save face (a side story of a boy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: 1950s, Japan, kidnapping, Missing children/girls, Naoki Urasawa, Storms, typhoon

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:102 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: 1950s, Japan, kidnapping, Missing children/girls, Naoki Urasawa, Storms, typhoon ·
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