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Just, no. Don't bother. I'm kind of embarrassed I read it, to be honest. Fortunately it was only a waste of 64 tiny pages worth of road trip time. I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 because the creepy factor in the middle of the book was high and I enjoyed the suspense and mystery (for those whopping 20 or so pages) - the book was touted as an homage to the classic ghost story and if the middle section had been worked more thoroughly and expanded, it would have been a pretty great read. Unfortunatel
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That was intense. As well as a really messed up story. Okay. Okay then.
Dec 27, 2015
Lisa
rated it
really liked it
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thriller-action-mystery,
novellas
What happens when an author known to play with your mind in her novels gets asked to tell a story by George R.R Martin? This... And it's as mind twisting as you might expect.
As usual Gillian Flynn writes characters who grab you from page one. You may not like them, they are usually troubled people, but you find yourself turning the page. Twisted, dark, psychologically scary is what comes to mind as I read this short book. The truth of how easily a mind can be manipulated is the over reaching the ...more
As usual Gillian Flynn writes characters who grab you from page one. You may not like them, they are usually troubled people, but you find yourself turning the page. Twisted, dark, psychologically scary is what comes to mind as I read this short book. The truth of how easily a mind can be manipulated is the over reaching the ...more
This novella is a super twisty psychological thriller with some supernatural elements (or maybe not).
The unnamed narrator is a masseuse/psychic in a shop where where men come for “happy endings” and women come for psychic readings. When a wealthy client shares concerns about her creepy stepson and a house that is possibly haunted by a malevolent spirit, the narrator sees a lucrative opportunity. She offers to cleanse the house, even though she doesn’t actually believe in spirits at all.
So. Man ...more
The unnamed narrator is a masseuse/psychic in a shop where where men come for “happy endings” and women come for psychic readings. When a wealthy client shares concerns about her creepy stepson and a house that is possibly haunted by a malevolent spirit, the narrator sees a lucrative opportunity. She offers to cleanse the house, even though she doesn’t actually believe in spirits at all.
So. Man ...more
You know a book is going to be interesting when the opening lines are "I didn't stop giving hand jobs because I wasn't good at it. I stopped giving hand jobs because I was the best at it"
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This novella/story is short but not sweet. A fantastically disturbing little ghost story.
The ending of this one left my head spinning and pushed this into 5-star territory for me. I could not stop thinking about the ending for days after I finished it. So. Darn. GOOD!
Dec 28, 2015
Sam
marked it as to-read
Jan 25, 2016
Megan
marked it as to-read
Jan 12, 2017
Sarah
marked it as to-read
Feb 01, 2017
Molly
marked it as to-read
Jan 23, 2018
Dana
rated it
really liked it
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short-stories,
teenagers,
fiction,
step-families,
ghosts,
short-works,
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