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“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

June 27, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Megan Goldin, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the night swim, thrillers

narfna's CBR14 Review No:90 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Megan Goldin, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the night swim, thrillers ·
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My first Grady Hendrix book, won’t be my last!

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

May 26, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 13/30 I was discombobulated for most of listening to this book. But I was interested the whole way through, and nothing about it felt lazy or half-done, like a certain other author’s work did for me. I should probably state up front that I am not at all a fan of slasher movies. In fact, I quite dislike them in general because I find them incredibly stressful and not cathartic in any way (although I have seen […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: Adrienne King, audiobooks, grady hendrix, horror, narfna, slashers, Suspense, the final girl support group, thrillers

narfna's CBR14 Review No:81 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror, Suspense · Tags: Adrienne King, audiobooks, grady hendrix, horror, narfna, slashers, Suspense, the final girl support group, thrillers ·
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A Very Thriller Retelling of Jane Eyre. Recommended for haters of Mr. Rochester. Fans of Bertha Mason might be disappointed.

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

April 6, 2021 by narfna 4 Comments

So many 3.5 star books lately, and so hard to decide whether to round up or down. In the end, it was down for this one, because I don’t think, had I not read Jane Eyre, that I would have been very interested in it at all. I think it would have read like just another thriller. But, it was well done, I think. I just have thriller fatigue. And I love Jane Eyre, and while this book shares characters, the characters don’t share motivations, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: jane eyre, mystery, narfna, Rachel Hawkins, retellings, the wife upstairs, thrillers

narfna's CBR13 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: jane eyre, mystery, narfna, Rachel Hawkins, retellings, the wife upstairs, thrillers ·
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Big, stinky dog living under porch with a suitcase full of $400k and explosives.

The Drifter (Peter Ash, #1) by Nicholas Petrie

October 29, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This book was a gift I got from the CBR Book Exchange a couple years ago (thanks again, Jenny S!), and I just never got around to reading it because crime thrillers with hyper-masculine main characters and lots of shoot-’em up violence aren’t really my thing. I’m glad I gave it a shot, because although this book fits comfortably in that genre, I found the lead character Peter Ash, a veteran of the US Marine Corps, to be sensitively portrayed, and the plot itself had […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Cannonball Book Exchange, crime, narfna, Nicholas Petrie, Peter Ash, Suspense, The Drifter, thrillers

narfna's CBR12 Review No:158 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Cannonball Book Exchange, crime, narfna, Nicholas Petrie, Peter Ash, Suspense, The Drifter, thrillers ·
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Two murders decades apart, and I’m sorry, your character did what now??

What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin

September 1, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

Settling on 3.5 stars for this one, rounded down. The second half of the book was more engaging/enjoyable for me, as by that point I had started to feel more than irritation for the characters, and the plot unraveling was sort of cool. But it also lost me a little at the end, because one of the main twists/reveals does not make sense! The book follows Kelly Lund, who in 1980 at the age of seventeen was convicted of the murder of famous film director […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Alison Gaylin, murder, narfna, Suspense, thrillers, what remains of me

narfna's CBR12 Review No:112 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Alison Gaylin, murder, narfna, Suspense, thrillers, what remains of me ·
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A jury that made the wrong call. OR DID THEY.

The Holdout by Graham Moore

July 7, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

I must have read this entire book in about four or five hours. I was expecting to spend about three days with it, because my reading has slowed down ever since lockdown/quarantine/whatever started. I can still read, but for less stretches of time, and at a slower pace than normal. Several books I’ve just absolutely crawled through. But not this one! This one broke through for some reason, and I did not want to put it down. (ETA: This was written back in late April […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: graham moore, legal thriller, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the holdout, thrillers

narfna's CBR12 Review No:68 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: graham moore, legal thriller, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the holdout, thrillers ·
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