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One of these days, I’m definitely going to have to learn how to spell Marisha Pessl without looking.

October 9, 2018 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

Its become very clear that Marisha Pessl is now a MUST author for me. I loved her debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics. And while I didn’t have the same immediate feelings for Night Film, that book crept up on me and ended up scaring me more than I thought possible. With Neverworld Wake, Pessl presents her first YA offering, and it offers a combination of the private school privileged world seen in Calamity Physics and a nightmarish view of human nature, similar to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, #dreamvacation, cbr10bingo, Dream Vacation, Marisha Pessl, neverworld wake, Night Film, Scootsa1000, special topics in calamity physics

scootsa1000's CBR10 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, #dreamvacation, cbr10bingo, Dream Vacation, Marisha Pessl, neverworld wake, Night Film, Scootsa1000, special topics in calamity physics ·
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