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Love Lies Bleeding

Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash

June 26, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

What kind of book is Rainbow Black supposed to be? I speculate here because I finished it three days ago and still don’t know the answer or how I fully feel about it beyond, “I really liked it, loved it in some parts, wish I was moved by others.” It’s such a rigidly unsentimental book from beginning-to-end and I’m not sure if that’s what made me dock it or not because the writing here is so good. The book starts off with a bang. I was enthralled […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: 1990's, Canada, crime, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Maggie Thrash, montreal, mystery, New Hampshire, Rainbow Black, Satan Panic, Vermont

Genres: Suspense · Tags: 1990's, Canada, crime, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Maggie Thrash, montreal, mystery, New Hampshire, Rainbow Black, Satan Panic, Vermont ·
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“There is a pay phone by a truck stop near the town of Leonard, Arizona. Sometimes at night it starts to ring.”

Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

November 23, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

I was first drawn into Emily St. John Mandel’s world back in 2015, when Station Eleven caught my eye after popping up in a few “best of” lists.  It became an immediate favorite, and I know that love is shared here within our CBR community! I’ve read it twice since first picking it up, most recently in March, right as the world started to dip further and further into pandemic horror. I wrote in a previous review that I would not have picked up The Glass Hotel […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Brooklyn, Canada, child abduction, Emily St. John Mandel, family, identity, language, last night in montreal, loss, memory, montreal, quebec, unreliable narrator

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:122 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Brooklyn, Canada, child abduction, Emily St. John Mandel, family, identity, language, last night in montreal, loss, memory, montreal, quebec, unreliable narrator ·
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