The Turn of the Key | 
pickThis was a page turner and I was fully invested in the story but the ending was unsatisfying. A soft pick for #TravelingThrills @Jerdencon and @TheAromaofBooks
I'll be starting our next book in a few days and will get both of them to you soon, Denise.
Chilly but sunny 🌞, a nice cuppa, starting the next book on my list, watching a very lopsided game 🐏 v 🐆....ahhh Sunday. 😊
pickThis one landed as a soft pick. It kept me glued to the pages while I was reading it, but I felt a little let down by the ending. This seems to be a common theme for me with this author.
This one is on its way to you @bookandbedandtea !! And @Jerdencon - I received Her Every Fear this week!! #TravelingThrills
These will be on their way to you @TheAromaofBooks
Getting a jump on them because I go back to school next week. I liked the tagged book 📕 @bookandbedandtea #travellingthrills
so-soI had high hopes for this one , it was interesting and had creepy vibes , I like her writing I am just not a fan of the drawn out stories with unsatisfying endings
#ReadAway2024 book 41
I've completed all of them. They're all gripping—you're compelled to stay until the end. I have a strong preference for Mystery and Thriller genres, ."The Turn of the Key" is my absolute favorite from all . ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
pickReally good! I didn't have a clue what could have been going on. I changed my mind every chapter 🤣 the last page sent me sideways!
pickWay better than I was expecting. A little thriller a little gothic.
I haven‘t been all that enamored with any of her books; hopefully it changes with this one.
so-soRead for my local library's new book group. Oh dear, I found this contemporary re-write of "The Turn of the Screw" a bit meh. ? I liked /was unsettled by the Smart house idea, but it became a pile-up of implausibilities and the letter format doesn't work: why is she telling the lawyer how she does her hair? And I'm meant to believe she recalled all that reported speech?! As for the ending, don't start me. Could I put it down, though? I could not.
pickHeard lots of good things about this book, but agreed with the negative things I read. The ending seemed rushed and mashed together without much satisfaction.
Lots of spooky scenes and characters that make you shake your head.
pickAfter reading the Woman in Cabin 10 and In a Dark, Dark Wood, I thought I was done with Ruth Ware - not because I don't like her. I just think other authors do it better. But this surprised me. I really fell in love with Ellie! There were quite a few twists that I absolutely did not see coming. Also, I'd love a book with Jack as the main character. There's more there and I want answers.
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08.20.2023
so-soThis book was delightfully creepy at times with a twist I didn't see coming but took wayyy too long to get there and get to the point. It was a written series of letters, but that seemed to only make how long it was make less sense. ⭐️⭐️/5
First line Friday:
"I know you don't know me but please, please, please you have to help me"
pickI enjoyed this book so much, but was SO disappointed at the end! I feel like I didn‘t get a proper ending and a resolve. Ugh. Why did you have to do that to me Ruth Ware?!
This had been in my TBR pile for a long time so I'm thankful for #AuthorAMonth and @soubhiville for giving me the push I needed to pick it up. In the end it wasn't for me (didn't like the MC at all) and I probably won't read any more Ruth Ware, but I'm glad to have an informed opinion now!
Y‘all. Everything hurts and I‘m dying. I rode 51 miles on my peloton today and have 49 to do tomorrow, so it‘s time for a bath and a book. The hubs is making me a pina colada, and it‘s relaxation time! #myfannyhurts #howwillievergetdownthestairs #imayhavetoscootdownonmysorefanny #sendhelp
so-soOk, so now three Ware novels under my belt, I can firmly say her brand of mystery isn‘t for me. This had a fun set up that took *ages* to get cooking. The turn (of the screw) wasn‘t much of a leap or a surprise. The dangling of a carrot isn‘t good suspense to me because all things being true, Rowan isn‘t a character you want to root for throughout. I probably liked this best but wish it was more…*more*. #AuthorAMonth
pick#AuthoraMonth @Soubvihille A modern rewrite of Henry James's THE TURN OF THE SCREW, this book takes us to the highlands of Scotland where a nanny in charge of three girls is in jail for a murder that she writes (to an attorney) she didn't commit. Fast-paced, slow in the middle, weird noises, a Happy house app that terrifies, a perhaps haunted house, this book has it all. After laying out a well-plotted story, though, the ending felt a bit rushed.
pickA difficult book to review. It was set up well initially, but was then so slow paced that at times I could only read in small sections. The ending was much better but I feel it had more potential than it achieved. Overall a soft pick.
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
7th book finished for #AwesomeApril
pickThis was the last Ruth ware book I‘ve read, and it‘s not as good as some of her others but it‘s still an above average read
so-soI am working on my ridiculous TBR this year. So you will see many older books being posted. I promise im going to make a huge dent in my shelves. 😁. This one..eh.. It was a slow start.. picked up and got me interested in the middle.. fell flat after the twist.. which i did not guess ahead of time.. then was figureoutable. Lots of unreliable characters. I give it 🗝🗝🗝
pickThis was an entertaining twisty thriller about a nanny accused of murder and a possibly haunted house. Lots of secrets are uncovered so I suggest going in blind if possible. The audiobook is a solid production as well. I‘m not sure how I feel about the ending though, still thinking about it. 4⭐️
#bookspinbingo - 1st bingo of the month!
pickThis was a really solid modern gothic tale of secrets, lies, and murder. I loved the overall formatting - our main character writing to a lawyer asking for help and telling her story after a devastating occurrence - and trying to figure out exactly what did happened. Great narrator too! 🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 #scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter #boomspinbingo #outstandingoctober #bookishbingo #octoberbookbingo (coffee shop) continued in comments…
so-soA gothic atmosphere with a clever suspension of tension, I enjoyed this, but it fell a bit flat with it‘s rushed ending. The high tech home management system was a fun addition, and Rowan made for a believable narrator. But I started to feel some of the tropes of the genre got repetitive. Unsettling noise here…unexplained doors/windows opening there…creepy kids, unfriendly housekeeper etc. A fun read, but not particularly memorable or unique.
pickTBR since March 12, 2019
Undoubtedly my favorite Ruth Ware book so far. It checked all the boxes: eerie, dark, haunting and creepy to the last page.
When she stumbles across the ad, she‘s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten. Until …
pickI wasn‘t for sure at first how I was going to like this book. It came through with its twist and turns and had suspense. It kept me curious waiting for the end.
pickThis is my first Ruth Ware. And it won‘t be my last. It was great. I read it in one day! A creepy yet compulsive read
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A fantastic thriller. I was hooked from the very beginning.
No better place to start a #RuthWare book than in the hospital. 😒
pickWhoa. This was eerily good. Think Bly Manor, with Turn of the Screw, with a bit of crime feel in there… to me it ended a bit abruptly, and even when there was 20 min left on my audio I kept thinking “HOWS THIS GONNA END SO SOON”?! But it‘s prob for the best, quit while you‘re ahead, right? Recommend it for fans of mild horror and suspense 🤘🏽
pickI loved this #NewYearWhoDis pick! Ware takes the reader fully inside her protagonist‘s world, and it‘s a creepy, tense, relatable ride. (Freaking out over footsteps in the nonexistent room above your head is a universal experience, yes?) I figured out what was going on, but I was so immersed in the atmosphere that that didn‘t hurt my enjoyment even a little bit.
I did some #audioknitting yesterday in company with this creepy #NewYearWhoDis book. The fox has a second eye!
The blurbs don‘t tout THE TURN OF THE KEY as a retelling of THE TURN OF THE SCREW, but that‘s what it is, right? I haven‘t read the original book, but I did watch THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR and this seems to have a lot of similarities with that. (No lesbians yet, alas. I always hope there‘ll be lesbians and/or bi women in a cast.)
so-soStarted off slowly building the suspense and made me quite invested in the main character's story, but the ending just ruined it completely. I found it quite predictable and anticlimactic, as well as rushed for whatever reason. Still tension building and character building remain the strongest points of this book for me.
Back after so long!! Finally getting back into reading after months without 😅 Crazy since you'd think lockdown would've had me reading more but nope! So much going on - I graduated college!!! 🥳 Starting grad school in the Spring and made a promise to myself to read more and retrain my brain away from my phone and back to my books!! So excited to be back hopefully 2022 will be better weather for us all.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I don‘t often read books like this, but this one makes me want to! Finishing it at work was hilarious as multiple coworkers asked me if I was ok as the story wrapped up 😂 Ware crafts a lot of twists - some I guessed & some I did not - and I enjoyed the ride for sure! This is a book club book, and I‘m glad, as always, for the push to read different genres.Also, the audiobook was incredible. Highly recommend experiencing the book that way.
