Rating: 3.4 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2.5/5 -Story: 2.5/5 -Writing: 4/5 Genre: BritLit, LitFic -BritLit: 4/5 -LitFic: 4/5 Type: Ebook Worth?: Depends on tRating: 3.4 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2.5/5 -Story: 2.5/5 -Writing: 4/5 Genre: BritLit, LitFic -BritLit: 4/5 -LitFic: 4/5 Type: Ebook Worth?: Depends on the person
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I don't know what went through my head when I requested this book. I don't normally read these kind of books and for a good reason. Though pretty short I felt like it dragged. I understand that what her father was doing was having a big impact on HER. That didn't extend to me. I didn't feel what she felt and honestly that's okay....more
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This story sits so damn heavy on my chest. Once you get to learn about the ghost that's it. I am left here almost too sad to speak. It kind of gives American Horror Story: Murder House. There were good bits and boring bits. Some people were worth feeling bad about and others are eh. The story in whole was a pretty fast pace, sad, and bittersweet. ...more
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I don't know what I was thinking by picking up this book and reading it. I guess I really wanted to like a cozy frilly autumn book. I am just not cute out for the instant love or cringe of it all. Not saying it is bad cringe just like. If you try eating sweets and they make your teeth hurt, that is how I feel these type of books are.
There is spice, hence the SPICE part in the name, but it wasn't overbearing. The pace was SO FAST. I think at one point I'd have eaten this book up but, sadly, I think my days for this is long gone. (I say as Virgin River is on my Autumn TBR. Oops? Lol)...more
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You know, I thought I had it. I thought I would have the scare of the year with this book but for some odd as hell reason Josh decided to ruin that. The mother was so god awful. I get it, really. I know the part she played but it made the whole damn book so unbearable, which is sad because this could have been a close 5 stars.
The atmosphere and horror were pretty darn good. I am even spooked sometimes to be alone at work. It did give a lot of Mama(2012). I won't lie. That is who I pictured most of the time. I liked the dad. In the audiobook format the girl sounds creepy as well. I honestly felt bad for her.
Other than that the book was a wreck. Train wreck wouldn't even cover that. ...more
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It hurts to rate a DiLouie book so low. He is one of my favorite horror authors and I was so excited for this one.
I love a good cursed film story and this one could have had potential if the readers had more of a connection with the Max or the beginning had pulled us in more. At the point when things started to pick up was when I just had no interest in and even then it was just real bland. I know not every book can be a hit but this one hurt more than others. I know DiLouie can push out a really good book....more
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I am not sure how to start this review. The writing was definitely something new to me. It was poetic writing but with that it explained things to a painful degree. I don't think the story needed all of that and I am not sure if Nour was trying to go that route or just writes like that. It took away from the story and if it was trying to go the horror route it failed. I couldn't focus on the story because of it and if there was horror it was suffocated by the writing style....more
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Even hours after reading this book I am still kind of... not lost just... numb. It is sad, really. When you sit and think about it. Actually the more I think about it the more I am just super sad. ...more
Rating: 1.6 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2/5 -Cover: 3/5 -Story: 1/5 -Writing: 2/5 Genre: Horror -Horror: 0/5 Type: Ebook Worth?: No
Hated|Disliked|Meh|It WasRating: 1.6 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2/5 -Cover: 3/5 -Story: 1/5 -Writing: 2/5 Genre: Horror -Horror: 0/5 Type: Ebook Worth?: No
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I got this recommended to me as a weird horror book. It wasn't. It was a snoozefest. For something so short I should have finished this in a max of 2 days. I don't even think if the writing was good it would have saved this book. There was no horror aspect in this. Nothing was built up. The creature was so flat. I was really excited for an Appalachian horror story and this whole thing did not do it justice....more
Rating: 2.56 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2/5 -Cover: 4/5 -Story: 2/5 -Writing: 5/5 Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Contemporary, LGBT -Fantasy: 2/5 -Horror: 0/5 -CoRating: 2.56 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2/5 -Cover: 4/5 -Story: 2/5 -Writing: 5/5 Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Contemporary, LGBT -Fantasy: 2/5 -Horror: 0/5 -Contemporary: 2.5/5 -LGBT: 3/5 Type: Audiobook Worth?: Eh
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If you are looking for a horror book turn away from this book. It is far from horror. Ren is a girl who loves water to a mentally ill degree and the story is what comes with said mental illness. I get the underlying concept of the story but it is one of those books that are filled with "all men are monsters." I get it in the concept of Ren's POV but doesn't mean that the constant wasn't repetitive. I think I would have rounded up to a 3 if the ending had been done a bit better. Nothing scares me more than (view spoiler)[ mentally ill people killing other mentally ill people in the sake of helping. (hide spoiler)] like we all know damn well (view spoiler)[ she wasn't a mermaid and the last line of the book was her swimming away... which meant she drowned (hide spoiler)] but it was done so poorly.
And I couldn't bring myself to fully care about Ren when she was (view spoiler)[treating Cathy like crap. (hide spoiler)] but I guess you see that toxic pairing in movies and books. Iunno this book just wasn't it for me. A majority of the book was just sad and the horror part was an oh no but not an OH NO.
The one good thing that was shown in this book was the process of the mind when trauma happens over and over again, especially when it is intense. That part I am sad and angry with Ren and Cathy. ...more
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This books, in my opinion, was better than the first. The first one was based on The Fall of the House of Usher and the story isn't my fav to begin with and has been done SO MANY TIMES but this one was nice. I hadn't heard about the lores and myths before so I was more attentive. That being said thought the story was fine it wasn't great and Alex is just... a pain 60% of the time....more
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If you like the show From or the movies Blair Witch, As Above So Below, or Grave Encounters I believe you'd enjoy this book. It gave the same foundation as what I listed but with rock climbing and all that. It read very much like that show and movies; it was gory and a bit spooky. Would I like to see this as a top notch B-Rated horror movie? Hell yeah and I hope one day it is!...more
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I will start off with saying that Esther wrote a story about a mentally ill woman who becomes obsessed with a guy from a K-Pop group. I think we all have seen many when it comes to these poor guys. Given that she wrote a good story about the mental state of these kind of people, it is the reason why this book isn't a 1 star.
Now did I like it? Not really. I already don't like these psycho extremest fans. They are dangerous and clearly need professional help. This book isn't about regular fans, lets get that straight. It about the ones who cross the very CLEAR line. With that the story was very well written and I did like the poeticness of it....more
Rating: 2.00 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 1.5/5 -Cover: 3.75/5 -Story: 1.5/5 -Writing: 4/5 Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Erotica -Contemporary: 5/5 -RomanceRating: 2.00 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 1.5/5 -Cover: 3.75/5 -Story: 1.5/5 -Writing: 4/5 Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Erotica -Contemporary: 5/5 -Romance: 3/5 -Erotica: 5/5 Type: Ebook Worth?: I mean.. maybe if you are into readable porn.
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Needed to read this for Buzzword and won't be reading anymore from her. I am not the biggest fan of her writing. I like story with my porn. This was just basic. If you put it in a crowd from the same genre I couldn't pick it out. It reads like a lot of different stories.
The whole book read like 50 Shades of Gray. ...more
Rating: 2.30 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 1.5/5 -Cover: 5/5 -Story: 2/5 -Writing: 2/5 Genre: Dinosaurs, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal -Dinosaurs: 5Rating: 2.30 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 1.5/5 -Cover: 5/5 -Story: 2/5 -Writing: 2/5 Genre: Dinosaurs, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal -Dinosaurs: 5/5 -Mystery: 2/5 -Thriller: 0/5 -Horror: 0/5 -Paranormal: 3/5 Type: Book Worth?: No
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This book could have been considered a "weird" book, which isn't bad. I LOVE weird and odd books if done right. The writing was long and boring. There were things that didn't need to be in the book and reasons for bringing up race when it didn't need to be brought up? It felt so much like he was trying to include EVERYONE, which is fine if done right.
This is the second fucking book I read where someone was writing this whack ass story and then trying to shove a "lesson" into it. I don't mind a book that talks about injustice and the things that go on in the world but for the love of all things good stop trying to do that in books like this and doing it so fucking poorly. It is a slap in the face. It is half assed and so minimally done. It is like saying I am not racist because I have a ____ friend. BITCH SAY WHAT? Why are you using something so serious for your dino spirit mysteries? I wanted to scream at this book.
Then the whole calling HUMAN BABIES a pet? Like bitch what?
Luke is a joke.
This book was ALL OVER THE PLACE. Simon was so... LACKING for something he shouldn't have been lacking in. He was written as if by an angsty teen. Luke was trying to make FETCH happen when in all honesty it wasn't going to.
I will say the only thing good about this book was the Dino spirits and the kinda twist at the end. I won't lie, I was a bit confused. I like the idea of being haunted by dinos but this book isn't going to be the thing that puts them in their own sub genre....more
This book was... something. Honestly it could have been cut about 100 pages. I liked Oliver's part the most. It was an odd book for sure but, wasn't all bad. ...more
Rating: 2.69 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2.5/5 -Cover: 5/5 -Story: 2/5 -Writing: 3/5 Genre: Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Thriller -Horror: 2/5 -Mystery: 1.Rating: 2.69 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2.5/5 -Cover: 5/5 -Story: 2/5 -Writing: 3/5 Genre: Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Thriller -Horror: 2/5 -Mystery: 1.5/5 -Paranormal: 5/5 -Thriller: .5/5 Type: Book Worth?: Eh, not really
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Booktok is getting to be the worst place for recommendations. I think people of the Bandwagon Syndrome on there and I am not about that life.
I had such high hopes for The September House. What I got was a wanna be Amityville House mixed in with daddy issues. Carissa needs to pick a damn problem and stick with just that one.
This book could have been 100-150 pages shorter. She repeated so much shit over and over and over again. It was like some kid trying to hit the word count for an essay. Carissa threw so much shit into the pot and nothing blended together. From this family issue to the house. I was give so little for majority of the book and not in a good way. A good mystery would want me to WANT more but also savor what I am reading. I just wanted to get the book over with.
Another this is how things didn't make sense AND it was never fucking answered. (view spoiler)[ Why did Katherine give a shit about her not talking to her father for a while when in the book it was clear she didn't like him. They hadn't talked for a while beforehand too. (hide spoiler)] Why even put that there? Answer, it wasn't needed. Carissa needed a damn excuse for (view spoiler)[ Katherine to come back home. (hide spoiler)]
Also what the fuck was that ending?
I get reading is for fun... but that doesn't excuse the shitty writing. The plot holes. The mostly shitty characters. At this point there needs to be reading levels stamped in these books because I am so over the shitty books being pumped so hard....more
Rating: 3.58 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2.75/5 -Cover: 2/5 -Story: 2.75/5 -Writing: 4/5 Genre: Contemporary, JapLit -Contemporary: 5/5 -JapLit: 5/5 Type: AuRating: 3.58 leaves out of 5 -Characters: 2.75/5 -Cover: 2/5 -Story: 2.75/5 -Writing: 4/5 Genre: Contemporary, JapLit -Contemporary: 5/5 -JapLit: 5/5 Type: Audiobook Worth?: Eh, it was so/so
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This was a very strange read, though I am not surprise coming from Japan. Uhm... there were some moments when my jaw dropped, I wasn't expecting that. Besides that it was an odd story with how for a good chunk it was like a boring car ride but then there were times when it was pretty darn good.
Japan does a lot of TABOO things and this had a pretty fucked up one, rhymes with broom, and another that wasn't so bad. I think society forgets how to think for its damn self so in the midst of it all THEY look like a damn fools. Once you read, you'd see....more
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Mister Lullaby is a creepy and atmospheric story. I wasn't all out scared but it did give me the heebie jeebies, that's for sure. I wasn't a big fan of Gideon's family or Beth. All of them were pretty damn shitty and which took away from the story for me. Simon, though, is my big favorite out of all the people in this book. And for the ending, I don't know how I feel. It was left open so there could be book 2....more
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