What a clever book! It certainly reminded me a bit of Knives Out, where an unwitting young woman gets dragged into family squabbles after an inheritance isn't doled out quite as everyone expected.
Tag: book
The Mercies
This book was everything I wanted and more. With the beautifully rendered prose, the gorgeous scenery, the captivating plot, it is one of the better books I've read this year. The tale starts slow then grows into a tempest, bewitching in all aspects.
Books set in the Icelandic landscape
Books set in the Icelandic landscape
The Bone Houses
Folkloric and atmospheric, The Bone Houses was one of the better books I've read this year.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: The Phantom Forest
I was in a fantasy reading slump for months - and The Phantom Forest pulled me out of it.
3 Arab (English-translated) Halloween Reads
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright The book features a living corpse, stitched together of different blown-up body parts and made into a what’s-its-name that claims to be on a “grand mission in order to punish, with the help of God and Heaven, all criminals and eventually do justice on Earth.” From the rubble-strewn streets … Continue reading 3 Arab (English-translated) Halloween Reads
31 Days of Spooky Reads: A Mexican Jane Eyre – Mexican Gothic
A dark, foreboding retelling of Jane Eyre and The Haunting of Hill House - a Mexican god-like family, psychedelic mushrooms, and incest.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: ANOtHER – Graphic Novel
A spooky graphic novel with minimalist illustrations that are symbolic of depression.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: A modern “And then there were none:” Ruth Ware’s “One by One”
Unfortunately, the only depth in the story was the deep, deep, snow that blanketed the lodge.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: The Woman in the Window
It did not disappoint.
