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Mean: A Psychological Thriller Novelette
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Renata F. Barcelos (Goodreads Author)
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I'm very picky about my short stories, but I really, really liked this. It's such a clever concept. Girl goes to therapy...because she wants to kill someone, and she wants her therapist to help her decide whether to do it. I mean, come on? Aren't you already curious!? I think part of the reason I liked it so much was that Barcelos legitimately did her homework. I thought, well, this would never work. As soon as she names a person, her therapist...more
I'm very picky about my short stories, but I really, really liked this. It's such a clever concept. Girl goes to therapy...because she wants to kill someone, and she wants her therapist to help her decide whether to do it. I mean, come on? Aren't you already curious!? I think part of the reason I liked it so much was that Barcelos legitimately did her homework. I thought, well, this would never work. As soon as she names a person, her therapist...more
This is the first story I have read by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mean is a novelette which is packed with story. The story is set around a lady who seeks therapy because she feels she has a mean streak inside her. She seeks therapy not for help but to make her decision on whether to act on dark thoughts she has been experiencing.
The story unfolds in a Psychiatrist's Therapy Room, it is set around numerous therapy sessions where the patient tells her whole life story and has to mak...more
The story unfolds in a Psychiatrist's Therapy Room, it is set around numerous therapy sessions where the patient tells her whole life story and has to mak...more
I was lucky enough to win a copy of Mean in a Librarything Giveaway.
An intriguing little novellette, featuring the monologue of one person fighting what they perceive to be'evil' inside of them; it feels like an exploration of morality, revenge and human nature.
At first, as the whole story is written in first person, I found it difficult to tell if the author isn't so great with grammar, or if she is just writing in a way that is reflective of the grammatically incorrect way that people tend to...more
An intriguing little novellette, featuring the monologue of one person fighting what they perceive to be'evil' inside of them; it feels like an exploration of morality, revenge and human nature.
At first, as the whole story is written in first person, I found it difficult to tell if the author isn't so great with grammar, or if she is just writing in a way that is reflective of the grammatically incorrect way that people tend to...more
I really wanted to like this book. When I read the synopsis and saw an overall 4 1/2 star rating I figured it would be right up my alley but sadly I was a little underwhelmed.
I will say that the premise of the book was solid. The character portrayal of Cassandra was intriguing in that she is so damaged. My main complaint is the book was so one sided, as it was spoken in the first person even though the "conversation" taking place was between two people, who incidentally were the primary characte...more
I will say that the premise of the book was solid. The character portrayal of Cassandra was intriguing in that she is so damaged. My main complaint is the book was so one sided, as it was spoken in the first person even though the "conversation" taking place was between two people, who incidentally were the primary characte...more
‘Mean’ totally blew me away. This novelette was so filled with entertainment. It’s the story of a young woman who is turning to the help of a psychiatrist because she thinks this meanness inside of her is going to take over. The story is told in her point of view and the doctor never speaks in the book. It is simply Cassandra’s twisted mind speaking, a one sided book. From the very first doctor’s session the story was crazy. It just took off and was filled with such a crazy story, with twists an...more
WOW! What an unusual story this is! I must say I have never read anything even remotely like it. Each chapter is a therapy session, and during these sessions Cassandra reveals why she is filled with such a deep, festering rage. I read this quickly mainly because I was curious if she would be helped in the end.
This is a dark story and, frankly, I had a difficult time relating to Cassandra’s woes – though I accept she does have valid reasons for her skewed mentality. I have thought about this stor...more
This is a dark story and, frankly, I had a difficult time relating to Cassandra’s woes – though I accept she does have valid reasons for her skewed mentality. I have thought about this stor...more
Despite being a novelette, Mean by Renata F. Barcelos is captivating from the very first sentence. It starts off with the reader being let into the chilling mind of Cassandra Connelly, hinting at the deep but downright scary thoughts to come.
The unique style of writing makes this thriller even more exciting, as Cassandra could well be talking to the reader themselves. We soon find out that the whole story is her side of the conversation with her therapist and because the reader is seeing the who...more
The unique style of writing makes this thriller even more exciting, as Cassandra could well be talking to the reader themselves. We soon find out that the whole story is her side of the conversation with her therapist and because the reader is seeing the who...more
"In this contemporary piece of fiction, we'll find out how badly child abuse and a dysfunctional family can transform a life for worse, much worse."
The first thing I have to say about MEAN is that it held quite true to the Goodreads synopsis. Over the course of nine different therapy sessions I was introduced to the main character Cassandra and learned of her past and what she refers to as "the meanness."
The second thing I sadly have to say is that I really didn't enjoy MEAN all that much. The...more
The first thing I have to say about MEAN is that it held quite true to the Goodreads synopsis. Over the course of nine different therapy sessions I was introduced to the main character Cassandra and learned of her past and what she refers to as "the meanness."
The second thing I sadly have to say is that I really didn't enjoy MEAN all that much. The...more
I read this book very quickly, which means that I really was hooked on it, so I have given it 5 stars. I tend to carefully pick my books to suit me and always read around 20 or so pages and if I am not hooked, I will put it down and never pick it back up.
It is hard to review it without giving anything away in the story, but the mixture of the main character's current story and the weaving in of her past experiences, written in the first person, created the tense atmosphere every thriller needs...more
It is hard to review it without giving anything away in the story, but the mixture of the main character's current story and the weaving in of her past experiences, written in the first person, created the tense atmosphere every thriller needs...more
A young girl approaches a psychiatrist to help decide if she should kill someone or not, what will the outcome be?
This is a very intriguing novelette that makes you want to keep reading to find out what the outcome will be, and very cleverly written, its like the main character, Cassie is speaking to you, as well as the psychiatrist. I thought I guessed the ending part way through, but I was very wrong!!
Very interesting style, and will be interested to read more by Renata.
This is a very intriguing novelette that makes you want to keep reading to find out what the outcome will be, and very cleverly written, its like the main character, Cassie is speaking to you, as well as the psychiatrist. I thought I guessed the ending part way through, but I was very wrong!!
Very interesting style, and will be interested to read more by Renata.
A young woman seeks psychological counseling and, bit by bit, she tells us (and her psychologist) her story. That she feels meanness inside her and that that meanness has always been there, but lately it has been harder for her to resist it.
She recounts how she grew up in a dysfunctional family with a depressed and abusive mother and a permissive and absent father and how it all ended very, very badly.
She also tells the need she feels to kill the only person who could have avoided everything tha...more
She recounts how she grew up in a dysfunctional family with a depressed and abusive mother and a permissive and absent father and how it all ended very, very badly.
She also tells the need she feels to kill the only person who could have avoided everything tha...more
That was so unexpected.I never expected it would turn out the way it did.This book just goes to show you how upbringing and environment can affect how children turn up.I could so relate to what Cassandra was going through,even if I haven't gone through what she did.But we all have some feelings within us that makes us so dark sometimes.All part of life.I loved this short novel,Amazing.
Mean is a great little novelette. A young woman starts to see a psychologist because she is worried that her meanness is going to drive her to commit murder, a murder that she hopes the psychologist can guide her to avoid committing. The murder that the young woman feels compelled to commit, however is not random but specific to a person who she feels is responsible for having ruined her life. As the story unfolds, more details of the young woman's horrific past are revealed, building to a caref...more
My sister is into the thriller books. When she told me about this book, and its plot line. I wanted to read it. I have never read a thriller before, so this one being my first, It was really good.
This was okay really. It was not what I expected, it was a bit boring and dragged on and on. Really what I wanted to know the story portion of the book, could have been summed up in about 4 pages. This was a bit disappointing really. I thought it would be so much more.
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Renata F. Barcelos lives in Brazil with her beautiful and creative daughter and teaches English and Spanish as Second Languages.
She loves dark, twisted and flawed characters and stories. She watches way too much TV and reads perhaps too many (almost exclusively) mystery novels, convincing herself it's all work - research for her own stories.
She writes for as long as she can remember, and has three...more
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She loves dark, twisted and flawed characters and stories. She watches way too much TV and reads perhaps too many (almost exclusively) mystery novels, convincing herself it's all work - research for her own stories.
She writes for as long as she can remember, and has three...more
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