DNF at around 100 pages. It was an interesting premise but I lost interest in it almost instantly. This is definitely a YA book, I like some of them but this is what I dread whenever I pick one up. Very shallow characterisation, a love triangle, instant bonds among people who have barely met. I …
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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
About half way through this book I wasn’t sure I was liking it much. It started ok but there still didn’t seem like much was happening and considering this is such a short book that is not a good thing. However things started picking up and I really enjoyed the rest of it. We only …
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Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
This is the first horror novel I’ve read apart from some Stephen King quite a long time ago. I’m not totally sure what to make of it. It wasn’t scary but there was a kind of stifling tone throughout. It’s all set in some suburbs in Sweden and we have plenty of POV’s. The main …
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