Flannery’s review of I Hunt Killers (I Hunt Killers, #1) > Likes and Comments
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Yeah, I really felt for him, dealing with his grandma. I think anyone who has had a relative with dementia can probably relate:-/ Once, my grandmother was going on and on to one of my aunts about how my family went to a church where we all got drunk all the time. My aunt was like, "and just WHAT church are YOU going to?" LOL. She must've been thinking of this restaurant in Pittsburgh called Church Brew Works which is a church they've turned into a brewery:) We took my grandma there a few times before she passed. You have to look at memory issues with a bit of humor or it would be just too sad.
P.S. I love the mask in your avatar picture. It makes me happy every time I see it bc it looks like you're having so much fun:)
His grandma was batshit crazy, in a totally entertaining way. That scene towards the end, though... o.O
Which scene? There are several I am thinking of...
I love that student loan debt is scary and gory!
Wait, let me rephrase: I find it accurate that student loan debt is scary and gory, and that, I do not love so much.
Flannery wrote: "Which scene? There are several I am thinking of..."
The one at the climax of the book when (view spoiler) It was such a pivotal moment for Jazz, and it really creeped me out.
Alicia wrote: "I love that student loan debt is scary and gory!
Wait, let me rephrase: I find it accurate that student loan debt is scary and gory, and that, I do not love so much."
It IS a bit gory, isn't it? ;-) I just read a scary article about how many people have student debt into their 60s and beyond now. (Seattle Times, 4/4 if anyone else wants to be scared:))
Thanks Alyssa and Bonnie!
Yes, I was never sure which way it would go either. Frankly, I'm still not sure, hah.
Bonnie is reading it next, yay!
Awesome review, I can't wait to read this.
Flannery wrote: "P.S. I love the mask in your avatar picture. It makes me happy every time I see it bc it looks like you're having so much fun:)"
Thanks! I did have a great time. Too bad they broke or I'd still have them. (c:
Wendy and Flannery, I totally agree -- that scene was masterful, especially as it coincided with his buried memories. Chilling.
elizabeth báthory reminds me of queen ravenna (played by theron) in the upcoming snow white & the huntsman. can't wait!
Your reviews are always so original and inventive, Flannery!
I think the bathing in virgin's blood to stay young part of what Erzabet Bathory did is possibly just made up - what might be the real truth truth behind her perverse lust for torturing young girls seems more dark and complex, but anyway, I do think she probably did much worse to young virgins than bathe in their blood.
I guess we'll never know the full truth, but accounts I had read of her alleged atrocities still haunt me, years after reading them.
Yeah, that's why I added in the "allegedly" part. You're right that what she did was likely far worse. It is insane how wildly different all the accounts of her actions are. The number of victims ranges from the single digits to the hundreds! That's why those articles/books are so fascinating to me. (and you, it would seem:))
I happened to borrow a library book about her in my late-ish teens while we were on holiday at the sea-side. It was one of the more sensationalistic accounts of her probable misdeeds, giving only the blood and gore aspects and less of the political background. ..and for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the book.
Needless to say, it made quite a deep impression on me, and ironically it didn't dawn on me at the time, that I was flat-smack right in the middle of the countess's preferred victim group.. LOL
Even if all the allegations weren't true, just the thought that people made it up is already disturbing enough: - almost as, or perhaps just as disturbing as the allegations about Delphine La Laurie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine...
Scroll down to the "La Laurie in folk-lore" part. Not for the squeamish. *shudder*
Holy crap! Even if she only did a portion of those things, she is disgusting. There is usually at least some element of truth to the embellishments...
Flannery wrote: "Holy crap! Even if she only did a portion of those things, she is disgusting. There is usually at least some element of truth to the embellishments..."
Yes, that is what I've been thinking about both Bathory and La Luarie. It's horrible if they even did only the least of what they were accused of, but I think the embellishments are horrifying whether they were true or emanated from some twisted mind who thought them up.. the stuff of nightmares.
Ohh I love your review ... the chart is pretty amazing!!!!
For Dexter fans you say? Hmm, I don't think I've read ANY horror before but that statement alone will get me to read this.
Alicia wrote: "I love that student loan debt is scary and gory!
Wait, let me rephrase: I find it accurate that student loan debt is scary and gory, and that, I do not love so much."
Have huge student loans from law school and having had 4 kids (including 1 at home) I have to say I think that student loans are more gory than child birth!
Flannery, this graph is brilliant. I wish I could triple like it.
I heart your chart so hard! Although the time I gave birth was on the funny side of the line. I was cracking jokes between contractions, because that's just how I roll. I guess it got scary at the end, though, when my boy was a little blue around the gills, but he soon perked up and we were back to the boffo laffs.
What is funny about The Hellbound Heart?
I thought parts of it were unintentionally funny, particularly the description of the partially formed person in the room (which reminded me of the flailing, seahorse-like Voldemort in the train station scene in the Harry Potter 7 movie) and the gross description of the pathetic man in his underwear. All in all, I didn't find it very scary at all and I laughed more than I grimaced. But of course that chart is all subjective, anyway.
"People who only read bestsellers" cracked me up! Thanks for the chart--convinced me to read the book!
I am also fascinated by serial killers and such. Definitely doesn’t help my anxiety but is........entertaining 😂
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Yeah, I really felt for him, dealing with his grandma. I think anyone who has had a relative with dementia can probably relate:-/ Once, my grandmother was going on and on to one of my aunts about how my family went to a church where we all got drunk all the time. My aunt was like, "and just WHAT church are YOU going to?" LOL. She must've been thinking of this restaurant in Pittsburgh called Church Brew Works which is a church they've turned into a brewery:) We took my grandma there a few times before she passed. You have to look at memory issues with a bit of humor or it would be just too sad.P.S. I love the mask in your avatar picture. It makes me happy every time I see it bc it looks like you're having so much fun:)
His grandma was batshit crazy, in a totally entertaining way. That scene towards the end, though... o.O
Which scene? There are several I am thinking of...
I love that student loan debt is scary and gory!Wait, let me rephrase: I find it accurate that student loan debt is scary and gory, and that, I do not love so much.
Flannery wrote: "Which scene? There are several I am thinking of..."The one at the climax of the book when (view spoiler) It was such a pivotal moment for Jazz, and it really creeped me out.
Alicia wrote: "I love that student loan debt is scary and gory!Wait, let me rephrase: I find it accurate that student loan debt is scary and gory, and that, I do not love so much."
It IS a bit gory, isn't it? ;-) I just read a scary article about how many people have student debt into their 60s and beyond now. (Seattle Times, 4/4 if anyone else wants to be scared:))
Thanks Alyssa and Bonnie!
Yes, I was never sure which way it would go either. Frankly, I'm still not sure, hah. Bonnie is reading it next, yay!
Awesome review, I can't wait to read this.
Flannery wrote: "P.S. I love the mask in your avatar picture. It makes me happy every time I see it bc it looks like you're having so much fun:)"Thanks! I did have a great time. Too bad they broke or I'd still have them. (c:
Wendy and Flannery, I totally agree -- that scene was masterful, especially as it coincided with his buried memories. Chilling.
elizabeth báthory reminds me of queen ravenna (played by theron) in the upcoming snow white & the huntsman. can't wait!
Your reviews are always so original and inventive, Flannery!
I think the bathing in virgin's blood to stay young part of what Erzabet Bathory did is possibly just made up - what might be the real truth truth behind her perverse lust for torturing young girls seems more dark and complex, but anyway, I do think she probably did much worse to young virgins than bathe in their blood. I guess we'll never know the full truth, but accounts I had read of her alleged atrocities still haunt me, years after reading them.
Yeah, that's why I added in the "allegedly" part. You're right that what she did was likely far worse. It is insane how wildly different all the accounts of her actions are. The number of victims ranges from the single digits to the hundreds! That's why those articles/books are so fascinating to me. (and you, it would seem:))
I happened to borrow a library book about her in my late-ish teens while we were on holiday at the sea-side. It was one of the more sensationalistic accounts of her probable misdeeds, giving only the blood and gore aspects and less of the political background. ..and for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the book.Needless to say, it made quite a deep impression on me, and ironically it didn't dawn on me at the time, that I was flat-smack right in the middle of the countess's preferred victim group.. LOL
Even if all the allegations weren't true, just the thought that people made it up is already disturbing enough: - almost as, or perhaps just as disturbing as the allegations about Delphine La Laurie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine...
Scroll down to the "La Laurie in folk-lore" part. Not for the squeamish. *shudder*
Holy crap! Even if she only did a portion of those things, she is disgusting. There is usually at least some element of truth to the embellishments...
Flannery wrote: "Holy crap! Even if she only did a portion of those things, she is disgusting. There is usually at least some element of truth to the embellishments..."Yes, that is what I've been thinking about both Bathory and La Luarie. It's horrible if they even did only the least of what they were accused of, but I think the embellishments are horrifying whether they were true or emanated from some twisted mind who thought them up.. the stuff of nightmares.
Ohh I love your review ... the chart is pretty amazing!!!!
For Dexter fans you say? Hmm, I don't think I've read ANY horror before but that statement alone will get me to read this.
Alicia wrote: "I love that student loan debt is scary and gory!Wait, let me rephrase: I find it accurate that student loan debt is scary and gory, and that, I do not love so much."
Have huge student loans from law school and having had 4 kids (including 1 at home) I have to say I think that student loans are more gory than child birth!
Flannery, this graph is brilliant. I wish I could triple like it.
I heart your chart so hard! Although the time I gave birth was on the funny side of the line. I was cracking jokes between contractions, because that's just how I roll. I guess it got scary at the end, though, when my boy was a little blue around the gills, but he soon perked up and we were back to the boffo laffs.
What is funny about The Hellbound Heart?
I thought parts of it were unintentionally funny, particularly the description of the partially formed person in the room (which reminded me of the flailing, seahorse-like Voldemort in the train station scene in the Harry Potter 7 movie) and the gross description of the pathetic man in his underwear. All in all, I didn't find it very scary at all and I laughed more than I grimaced. But of course that chart is all subjective, anyway.
"People who only read bestsellers" cracked me up! Thanks for the chart--convinced me to read the book!
I am also fascinated by serial killers and such. Definitely doesn’t help my anxiety but is........entertaining 😂
I love the scene where Gramma is waving around a shotgun and Jazz is offering to make mac and cheese, and she's like "I'll shoot your head off. And I don't want no damn elbow noodles either!" (paraphrase).