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Broken Monsters
Broken Monsters
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February 6, 2015

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Astrid Lim
Feb 28, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: thriller-mystery, america, crime-action, contemporary
Not as brilliant as Shining Girls, but Broken Monsters is still an engaging read. I love how Lauren Beukes always tried to blend many genres into her books. The mystery here is not that compelling, but I like the main characters enough (especially mother-daughter Gabi and Layla) to enjoy the book decently. The ending left you with questions - I'm ok with it though. Only in some parts there are holes here and there, but the pace is still fast for a mystery/thriller/crime book. ...more
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Nadine in NY Jones
Feb 10, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: all-time-favorites, suspense-thriller, audio, detective-mystery, psych-psych-psych, fantasy-and-sci-fi, mystery, horror, genre-blender, f-ed-up
This book is brutal and intense. Brutally intense. Intensely brutal. This is so fucked up. This is also a mind-blowing work of art.

Beukes is a master of dialogue and clever metaphors, including gems like:

He chews on the words like tobacco, something he has to spit out.


and

They're all wired into the same circuit board of tension.


and

... she yanks her shirt out of her pants and uses it to wipe her face. "Fuck's fucking sake !"

"You done?" Boyd asks.

"Swearing? No. I still got some left ...
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Jess
Jun 16, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, friendship, novel, family, horror, love, art, death, madness, metafiction
Terrific. Extended meditations on making art, urban decay, and social media wrapped up in a horror story + police procedural of the finest order.
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Jess
Jan 01, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2015
It's like the first season of True Detective and Stephen King had a really creepy baby. ...more
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Nicole Adrienne
Nov 16, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audiobooks, fiction, read-in-2016, thriller
woah. this audiobook has a whole cast of amazing narrators. do this one on audio.
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taeli
Sep 06, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kathryn
Sep 13, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
David Abrams
Sep 17, 2014 marked it as to-read
Sarah
Sep 17, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Molly
Sep 30, 2014 marked it as to-read
Debbie Jo
Nov 01, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: riot-read
Claire Jefferies
Nov 07, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: check-it-out
Amy (folkpants)
Nov 21, 2014 rated it it was ok
Julianne Dunn
Dec 03, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jenny
Dec 23, 2014 marked it as to-read
Martha
Dec 30, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Laurie
Feb 07, 2015 marked it as to-read
Sabrina Smallwood
Mar 16, 2015 marked it as to-read
Nicole Adrienne
May 05, 2015 marked it as to-read
Laurel
Jun 03, 2015 rated it really liked it
Jeanne Bufkin
Sep 17, 2015 marked it as to-read
Terri
Nov 14, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read2016
Melanie
Sep 30, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: suspense, horror, fantasy
Laura
Oct 19, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Autumn Skye
Dec 11, 2016 marked it as to-read
Loretta
Apr 01, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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