September 2023 - Includes Foreshadowing

[Liz]

Foreshadowing is a literary technique that gives a hint at what is to come. Foreshadowing can be directly stated or indirectly hinted at. It can be achieved through almost all aspects of the book from dialogue to setting, character descriptions, or even the book title. Foreshadowing is a way to build tension and suspense and can be found within all genres

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[JennH]

I just finished The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.

[Shonna]

I read Bittersweet by Susan Wittig Albert. Several of the chapters end with foreshadowing statements. One example is chapter two, where the last paragraph says:
"But as it turned out, she would be seeing him sooner than that. And it wouldn't be Mack who couldn't handle an unexpected situation. It would be Derek."
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[Michele]

Just finished The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick. I really enjoyed it, even though it was more foreseeing, because the main character could tell that a person is going to die soon, and of course no one believes she has that ability.

[Haley]

Two Across by Jeff Bartsch

Vera tells her "husband" she has a bad feeling about him getting paid to write essays for Harvard students, and that one of those students possibly likes her. Sure enough, bad things followed. Still reading so they'll possibly get resolved.

[Jeni]

I read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

[Louise]

None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell - and - Dead and Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen

[Anna]

I read The Book Thief. I found it as an example of foreshadowing, but having read it, I am not sure that it is actually foreshadowing. Confession - I am not good at spotting things like that in literature. It if was foreshadowing it was heavy handed and obvious. Either way I read it for the prompt and so I am keeping it here.

[Carol]

I read House Ghost, which I also used for the Caribbean author prompt. Lots of triggers, but still excellent.

[Aquaria]

Dean Koontz, Darkness Under the Sun. Starts with the bad guy telling us that he started as a regular serial killer, then became a family annihilator...but he wasn't one before the book's events started.

[Mary Sue]

I listened to The Accident by Chris Pavone

[Lindsey]

I read Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, 5 Stars