I thought it'd be funny, but it was boring as heck and I didn't care for the characters.
Pretty Albanian maid escapesWhy did I attempt to read this?!
I thought it'd be funny, but it was boring as heck and I didn't care for the characters.
Pretty Albanian maid escapes sex trafficking without being touched (so she's still a pure Virgin) only to be creeped on by her Mister who she cleans for and is a crappy dude. YAWNNNNN...more
I was gifted a free copy of this book by the author in return a review.
Osgood As Gone sounds like a book I would be into; ghosts, unreliable narratorI was gifted a free copy of this book by the author in return a review.
Osgood As Gone sounds like a book I would be into; ghosts, unreliable narrator down on their luck, drama between friends and a mystery that rivals a Scooby-Doo episode! Fun stuff! However, I couldn't get into the story. The writing was confusing and messy and Pru was all over the place like the author was trying to combine a bunch of characters together to please everyone all in one person! That's a long sentence just to say I didn't like them, or the other characters. I liked Zach, the tech nerd, but he felt like a facsimile of every nerdy foil anywhere. Pru was the too-cool-for-school alcoholic too, BUT don't forget she's also queer and maybe trans?!IDK, it was nice to see nonstraight folk represented in a book, but can they be good people ?! I was also turned off at the repeated mentions of dildos. Like, I get it Pru likes to fuck and use dildos; cool, whatever, but the constant mentioning of them just chilling around felt like a bad sitcom playing a laugh track. This was in the first two chapters and I want you to know because I had to know. Also, WTF is up with the em dash use?! It's cool and all, but does almost every paragraph have to end with one?! Let these people finish their damn thoughts!
I got 45% through this story because I hate to be that bitch who writes a review for a book without reading it, and I want my time back.
I wanted to like The Woman in the Dark. A new women author writing gothic horror with a psychological thriller twist? That sounds like everything I loI wanted to like The Woman in the Dark. A new women author writing gothic horror with a psychological thriller twist? That sounds like everything I love. Unfortunately, I was let down somewhere in the middle of the novel when I realized they were really going to play out two of my least favorite tropes; the manipulative bastard trope and the mysterious dead baby. I don't mind when the husband/boyfriend/lover is a manipulative bastard as long as the main character dealing with the bullshit grows into a strong badass, but that didn't really happen here. Instead, Sarah remained a "woman in the dark" up until the almost very end. And I hate hate hate hate when books drag out a dead child (real or fake) for no real reason other than to shock., but that's probably just me with my complicated feelings about dead kids because I have one.🤷🤷🤷 Anyways, the writing was very descriptive and the setting was atmospheric and spooky, but it never really came fully around to be scary or creepy or thrilling. It was like a watered down daytime soap opera on the disney channel (because there's no gore or sex or excitement). "It's not me, it's you. Oh wait maybe it is me, but it might be you too" 🙄
For a debut, I thought the writing was expressive and there was a good idea there. I will read the author's next book because I'm a sucker for books with the gothic feel and I think she's only going to get better....more
I almost DNF this book, but I was bored on a plane so I kept reading and honestly, I should have just stopped. Evie wakes up groggy and can't rememberI almost DNF this book, but I was bored on a plane so I kept reading and honestly, I should have just stopped. Evie wakes up groggy and can't remember what happened and is told by Jim (who says he's her Uncle, but she's not sure about that) that she did something really bad and the police are after her, so they are in hiding. He makes her take pills and gets angry if she asks too many questions and calls her Kate, but refers to her as Evie in public. Sounds interesting--right? Unfortunately, I was so fucking bored and annoyed by everyone in the book. They dance around what Evie may have done so much and then it's revealed and I thought, "that's it?!" I didn't like any of the characters because they all felt flat and not put together well. The author seemed to want to write like other popular thrillers (A Woman in the Window, comes to mind) but didn't do it as well and everything felt half-formed. This book might work better for young teenagers (14-15) because it was too childlike and eye-rolling for me. The end was so uneventful after all the lead up and I got a wisp of what the author was trying to do, but this felt like a first draft.
This was the most disappointing book. 🐾 🐾 . It started to feel familiar halfway through and I realized I had attempted to read this book five years ago anThis was the most disappointing book. 🐾 🐾 . It started to feel familiar halfway through and I realized I had attempted to read this book five years ago and DNF'd it. I pushed this time and finished it and I'm mad I bothered and wasted time on it! The writing was so strange; the book is co-authored by two women and the writing reflected that-- it didn't flow. Almost every paragraph started with, "I (verb) and then I" which was tedious. Random paragraphs went on describing past events that didn't relate to the story at all. All of the characters were not developed! Even the dogs felt flat! Also, one of the authors helps run two dog rescues and yet chose to depict bully breeds in a bad light. SHAME ON YOU AMY HEMPEL! Sure, there's some light talk of it being learned behavior and the breed not being bad, but then the book ends... * *SPOILER ALERT* * * * * * * ...with two Dogo Argentinos viciously killing someone. They were trained attacked dogs and the main character just got a bad feeling off them. My Bubs is a Pit Dogo mix and I resented the portrayal of both breeds so much! Books like this are why I want to start my own rescue and why I snuggly my Bubs so close at night (he was on the kill list at a shelter before we got him). 💕🐾💕 . I should have listened to my past self and thrown this book across the room and never looked back at the pretty cover.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ . ⭐🌠1.5 /5 . Anyone else read this? Am I being too severe? I get vicious when it comes to dogs, especially pitties....more
I was excited to read this book, but I found it over hyped!
I've read a few Peter Swanson books and honestly, if you've read one you've read them all.🤷I was excited to read this book, but I found it over hyped!
I've read a few Peter Swanson books and honestly, if you've read one you've read them all.🤷🏼♀️
Before She Knew Him started out promising with Hen seeing an object in her new neighbors home that ties him to a murder, but then it fizzled out into a mess. The twists were predictable and also confusing because there were parts that never matched up to anything or were ever explained.🤔 Overall, I was let down and I'm mad I spent a day pushing through this! It dragged a bit in the beginning And I kept reading because I thought it had to improve, but alas, sloppy writing and plot.
**spoiler alert** This book. ☹🤬😵 I didn't like it. . I have so many problems with The Last Mrs. Parrish I don't even know where to begin 🤔 Despite the mar**spoiler alert** This book. ☹️🤬😵 I didn't like it. . I have so many problems with The Last Mrs. Parrish I don't even know where to begin 🤔 Despite the marketing of it as a thriller I didn't find it thrilling at all. It read like a daytime soap opera/ women's fiction. 🎭 None of the characters were likeable, save for maybe Tallulah, but she's barely in the book and she is the stereotypical 'smart nerdy plain kid' 🙄 The whole book was misogynistic as fuck. 😠 Like, Amber thinks she totally deserves to be Mrs. Parrish because The current Mrs. Parrish doesn't appear to appreciate her wealth. Amber has a psychotic plan to seduce Daphne Parrish's husband to become the next Mrs. Parrish through many visits to the the fancy Parrish mansion. Meanwhile, Daphne is being abused by Mr. Parrish and has a plan of her own to get out. Who is manipulating who?! Is expensive lace underwear worth all this babble? 😶 I was so bored and annoyed this whole book and I kept waiting for somebody to wake the fuck up and become a strong independent woman who doesn't need a man/ bash other women to get what she wants, but alas. 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ ⭐🌠/5 from me, but maybe I took it too seriously?...more
I went into Looker not knowing what to expect (I had forgotten about it and then got a notification my hold was in at the library for it) and I thinkI went into Looker not knowing what to expect (I had forgotten about it and then got a notification my hold was in at the library for it) and I think that was the best way to read it! Looker is like a short slowly burning fire that suddenly gets out of hand and burns down a house! A quick dark parable of envy that made me glad I live in the woods. If you do want to know a little about the book before going into know this: . . . . . The unnamed narrator in Looker isolates herself and becomes obsessed with her neighbor, who happens to be a famous actress. Reading Looker was like spying into someone's life as they spy on someone else's life...you know it's going to escalate dramatically, but you don't know how or when. ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ...more
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