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The Forgotten Girl
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Rio Youers (Goodreads Author)
Harvey Anderson is a twenty-six-year-old street performer from New Jersey. He likes his peaceful life, but everything he knows is turned upside down when he is abducted and beaten by a group of nondescript thugs. Working for a sinister man known as "The Spider," these goons have spent the last nine years searching for Harvey’s girlfriend, Sally Starling. Now they think the
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One of the best books I have ever read. Seriously.
An astounding book. As a reader who devours horror, supernatural thrillers, literary novels and hard-boiled detective and crime books, FORGOTTEN GIRL was like a perfect amalgam of all things awesome for my personal palate. This book moves and breathes, it's got so much heart that when it bleeds with violence and horror you feel the warm sticky smear from the page and into your brain, satisfyingly so.
If you're a fan of books from Dennis Lehane or Stephen King or Chuck Wendig or even folks like B ...more
If you're a fan of books from Dennis Lehane or Stephen King or Chuck Wendig or even folks like B ...more
"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."
Harvey Anderson has a pretty simple life. He is a street performer in New Jersey, lives in a modest apartment with his girlfriend, and is a mostly upright citizen. One day, out of the blue, Harvey is kidnapped, beaten to a pulp by a group of goons, and has his mind practically assaulted by a man known simply as 'The Spider'. But it isn't Harvey they are truly after, it's his girlfriend: ...more
Harvey Anderson has a pretty simple life. He is a street performer in New Jersey, lives in a modest apartment with his girlfriend, and is a mostly upright citizen. One day, out of the blue, Harvey is kidnapped, beaten to a pulp by a group of goons, and has his mind practically assaulted by a man known simply as 'The Spider'. But it isn't Harvey they are truly after, it's his girlfriend: ...more
I liked this, shades of early Stephen King (Firestarter, The Dead Zone), but a pretty original premise.
I saw a Joe Hill tweet touting Youers 'The Forgotten Girl', and that was pretty much all I needed to take a chance on it. A zippy mix of supernatural/thriller/serial killer/love story genres, bound together by Youers fast-paced action and wry dark humor. Merciless thugs. Psychic powers. Nasty villain. Unprepared hero. Plus - two wildly memorable sidekicks during the book's final balls out segment.
If 'The Dead Zone' and 'Firestarter' had an illegitimate child, it would sort of be like 'The Forgot ...more
If 'The Dead Zone' and 'Firestarter' had an illegitimate child, it would sort of be like 'The Forgot ...more
Fascinating premise. Going into the book, I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy it, as it toyed with a lot of clichés and cringeworthy moments. Especially those awful dreads and the manic pixie dreamgirl qualities of the forgotten love interest. And even though my general dislike of those things remained, I was able to suspend that dislike because of how damn good the story is (plus, he gets rid of the dreads, thank goodness).
The supporting characters are really what made the book convincing, fun, and grip ...more
The supporting characters are really what made the book convincing, fun, and grip ...more
This book was my first immersion into the world of a Rio Youers novel but it will not be my last.
THE FORGOTTEN GIRL is not only just one hell of a page-turner, but there is poetry, too—the poetry of moments and of connection. It uncurls from the book and wraps around the mind of the reader, making that final and ultimate connection all authors strive for.
Youers is clearly a master of the craft and it shows in everything from the precision and inspiration with which the plot is laid out to the r ...more
THE FORGOTTEN GIRL is not only just one hell of a page-turner, but there is poetry, too—the poetry of moments and of connection. It uncurls from the book and wraps around the mind of the reader, making that final and ultimate connection all authors strive for.
Youers is clearly a master of the craft and it shows in everything from the precision and inspiration with which the plot is laid out to the r ...more
The Forgotten Girl is the kind of book that lingers with you, the kind of book you want to read again as soon as you've finished because you don't want it to be over.
There was so much I liked about this book: the language, the vividly drawn settings, the main character's arc. Hands down, my favorite part of the book was the relationship between main character Harvey and his father.
Ideal for fans of Stephen King and Joe Hill.
There was so much I liked about this book: the language, the vividly drawn settings, the main character's arc. Hands down, my favorite part of the book was the relationship between main character Harvey and his father.
Ideal for fans of Stephen King and Joe Hill.
I'm not a coward. A case of mistaken identity....
Salt of the earth, quinoa eating, busker, Harvey is thrown into a world he never would have imagined. Gigantic thugs, mind manipulations, and a vague memory of the girl in the blue dress...Harvey has his eyes opened to so many different aspects of his life as he fights to regain the love that was stolen from him.
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Rio Youers has an amazing suspenseful, riveting novel about two main characters, Harvey and Sally/M ...more
Salt of the earth, quinoa eating, busker, Harvey is thrown into a world he never would have imagined. Gigantic thugs, mind manipulations, and a vague memory of the girl in the blue dress...Harvey has his eyes opened to so many different aspects of his life as he fights to regain the love that was stolen from him.
@stmartinspress @rioyouers @macmillan
Rio Youers has an amazing suspenseful, riveting novel about two main characters, Harvey and Sally/M ...more
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A good thriller that was a little sleepy at times, but was intense and exciting overall. The audiobook was excellent.
One of those strange books. Really disturbing with the way today's politics run. I started the book, read a few chapters and put it aside for another lighter read. I returned to it and got caught up in the story. Lots of violence, strange but appealing as well as terrifying characters.
"Oh, this looks cool," I said to himself. "Like a vaguely sci-fi/horror mystery."
I looked at the preview on Amazon for 7.5 seconds before one-clicking it home.
Three days later, I read the first 20 pages and learned that the hero is a white guy with dreadlocks who busks FOR A LIVING and prides himself on his quinoa breakfasts. The hero's girlfriend (the forgotten girl in question) rides a blue bicycle exclusively, wears wigs and works for someone named Marzipan. The bad guys say shit like, "I fin ...more
I looked at the preview on Amazon for 7.5 seconds before one-clicking it home.
Three days later, I read the first 20 pages and learned that the hero is a white guy with dreadlocks who busks FOR A LIVING and prides himself on his quinoa breakfasts. The hero's girlfriend (the forgotten girl in question) rides a blue bicycle exclusively, wears wigs and works for someone named Marzipan. The bad guys say shit like, "I fin ...more
Jul 17, 2017
Alexis Stankewitz
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Did not finish. just can't concentrate well enough to read it.
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Rio Youers is the British Fantasy Award–nominated author of End Times and Point Hollow. His short fiction has been published in many notable anthologies, and his novel, Westlake Soul, was nominated for Canada’s prestigious Sunburst Award. Rio has been favorably reviewed in such venues as Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and The National Post. His new novel, The Forgotten Girl, will be released by Mac
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