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.
The Hungry Ghost was unlike anything else I've read.
Sam is recently divorced and not sure what she's looking for, but decides to go on a date to see aThe Hungry Ghost was unlike anything else I've read.
Sam is recently divorced and not sure what she's looking for, but decides to go on a date to see an old student she kissed and crushed on just to see how it plays out. Madeline, the student, is absolutely smitten with Sam and is annoyed she's had to wait this long to get a date! Madeline is channeling her feelings into a novel she's writing about a hungry ghost. Sam is her hungry ghost and she wants to be gobbled up by her. The date goes well, but then Sam gets a phone call from her ex-husband, Peter, and reluctantly sets off to see if he's okay. This is where the book gets weird as hell! . . .
This book was weird and suspenseful, but also fun. I really enjoyed being in the hungry ghost's thoughts and swirling through its feelings as it adjusted to its new body. My favorite parts were all from the ghost's perspective! I actually wanted more time being the hungry ghost than inside Peter's head or Madeline's thoughts. Jimmy and his Used Cat Emporium were fascinating to read about and very magical feeling. I want to go to there and adopt a cat!
This review feels a bit disjointed and all over the place, but honestly, that's how I found the book. I liked it and enjoyed reading it, but I was confused about what was what and why things happened the way they did and were never fully explained. Or maybe they were and I just missed it? By the time I read the last page I was fully like, "wtf just happened?! It's over?!" and I do think that's a sign of good writing because I'm intrigued still, even though I'm confused....more
I read this in one sitting because I couldn't stop reading it! . Suspenseful, weird, sad and freaky. Black Mirror mixed with Alissa Nutting's Tampa and EI read this in one sitting because I couldn't stop reading it! . Suspenseful, weird, sad and freaky. Black Mirror mixed with Alissa Nutting's Tampa and Elon Musk's life and wives. . Abbie doesn't know if she's human or robot or both. She also doesn't know how she died, but she knows she's married to a tech billionaire who spent five years trying to bring her back because he's so in love with her. She's told she is the perfect wife and mother, but what does that mean? And what's going on with her son?! . I really enjoyed this clever book and I can't wait to see what others think of it. I'm particularly interested in to know what someone who has experience with autistic kids thinks about the portrayal of Danny. I know the author's son has autism, so I took the book as a twist on their experiences, but I want others thoughts as well....more
I loved this book! It's a love story for the ages and was the perfect Valentine's Day read! The world has been taken over by Necro Rabies and hordes ofI loved this book! It's a love story for the ages and was the perfect Valentine's Day read! The world has been taken over by Necro Rabies and hordes of zombies (or "Cujos" as they call them after a nod to some guy who writes from Maine😉 roam the streets! People who aren't zombies are eating other people to survive the food scarcity! It's madness! Our heroine, Rhonda finds her fiancé turned into a Cujo, but can't bring herself to kill him. Scared that her military father will kill Cujo Brad she sticks a ball gag in Brad's mouth and embarks on a road trip into the unknown to save the love of her life--while putting her own life at risk. 💗 . Part Shane of the Dead mixed with iZombie realness, this book is a rollicking good time....more
I received a copy of this book for free in return for an unbiased review.
Queen of No Tomorrows by Matt Maxwell promised itself as a weird magic crimeI received a copy of this book for free in return for an unbiased review.
Queen of No Tomorrows by Matt Maxwell promised itself as a weird magic crime novel and it definitely delivered on that promise!
Taking place in the 80's in gritty Los Angeles featuring a strong female protagonist who doesn't give a fuck. Cait MacReady works as a librarian who restores old books by day and by night she makes forgeries of antique books to sell, while also working on her special secret project; a magical codex she's invented and intends to pass off as an ancient occult text. She starts a quiet campaign to draw interest in her book only to quickly draw the interest of an odd gang that calls themselves No Tomorrows. No Tomorrow's is part creepy cult, and part Spanish speaking crime organization that fears no one and kills anyone that gets in the way of what they want...and they want Cait's book the Smoking Codex. Cait is then thrown into a murder investigation with cops that cover occult crimes and also the seedy punk and goth underbelly of LA. I enjoyed reading about all these too-cool-to care characters and I liked the crime with a touch of "is it magic or is it drugs".
I liked the music that accompanies the story and the Lovecraftian twists. I want all the outfits described in this book and by the time I finished it I felt I had a wild night out and my inner introvert was exhausted.
My only complaint is it ended too soon! I wanted more about Cait and her book deals and more about the dealing of No Tomorrows and the mysterious inner crime family that runs it. Some of my favorite characters were hardly in the story; hullo, occult crimes/ Open Door division cops/ I want a whole series about Detective Trager and his cases!
If you want to escape from the humdrum of today and think fiction is better the weirder it gets you should check out this novella!
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