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Over the River, Into the Woods…

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

August 26, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read this as part of CBR14Bingo: adapt. This book was adapted into a movie that will be released later this year. It also features a character who has to adapt to a new situation after living in captivity the first part of her life.  Books about the outdoors and/or survivalism are not my thing. Neither are complicated family dramas where abuse has to be parsed and unpacked. Yet this one really worked for me and became one of my favorite crime novels of the year, even […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: abuse, cbr14bingo, Karen Dionne, Michigan, survivalism, The Marsh King's Daughter, thriller

Jake's CBR14 Review No:150 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: abuse, cbr14bingo, Karen Dionne, Michigan, survivalism, The Marsh King's Daughter, thriller ·
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Would You Know if You Lived in Captivity?

August 10, 2017 by Melina 1 Comment

Trigger warning: Rape/captivity Helena Pelletier is just about as happy and at peace in her life as she can be.  She has a loving husband, two daughters whom she loves, a jam making business and strong connection to nature and the world around her.  In the first chapter or two, I was seriously envious, then the other shoe drops and we learn that Helena has been keeping secrets about her past.  Now, due to her father escaping from prison (after fashioning a shiv out of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: abduction, Karen Dionne, Melina, murder, Suspense, The Marsh King's Daughter

Melina's CBR9 Review No:22 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: abduction, Karen Dionne, Melina, murder, Suspense, The Marsh King's Daughter ·
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