A prime example how a otherwise decent three star book gets ruined by a ridiculous ending. I was intrigued by the twisted murder mystery. A body, half boy, half deer, is found and I expected a compelling thriller. But the story turns into a weird horror-mystery-thriller-mix with a central message ...
Whoever wrote the jacket cover blurb for this book sure knew how to attract readers to it. A gruesome murder of a boy that is found with the upper body sewn onto a deer in a “genre-bending novel of suspense” gave me high hopes, especially factoring in aspects like the exploration of the human condit...
I received a free kindle copy of Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes published by Mulholland Books from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. There were too many points of view in this suspense-filled thriller. Even though the chapters were clearly marked as to who was currently speaking, it was s...
This is the second book by Lauren Beukes that I’ve read, the first being The Shining Girls, which was a genre crossover about a time-travelling serial killer. I wasn’t hugely impressed with The Shining Girls and it reaffirmed my belief that, as much as I’d love them too, genre crossovers rarely work...
I received a free copy in exchange or an honest reviewThis book is not from a genre I normally read so it took me a while but I'm sure people who are fans of dark murder mysteries will enjoy it.
So maybe I should have looked at what Stephen King wrote about this before I actually read it. “Scary as hell and hypnotic. I couldn’t put it down… I’d grab it if I were you.” So, if Stephen King thinks it’s scary what exactly does that mean? It means some truly crazy-ass nightmares; that’s what it ...
I'd read The shining girls but the book didn't blow me away. I liked the writing well enough, but was left with too many questions about the time travel to really care. The lack of any likeable character probably didn't help either. But, I wanted to give it another go and see if reading this book ...
Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Book Reaction (not a full review) I’ve been a fan of Lauren Beukes since I first read Zoo City. She has a gift for building interesting worlds, and her characters tend to walk the fascinating and narrow line between flawed and dysfunctional. I love the way she w...
So I read an earlier book by this author, The Shining Girls, which was superficially quite similar to this one (gross thriller with paranormal overtones peppered with Britishisms that somebody should have edited out). I liked The Shining Girls a little more because it was more suspenseful and the ...
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