Welcome to Litsy!

That was just silly. But the kind of ridiculousness where I'm not even mad at it. If you like the cheesy slasher meets self-critique meets final girl vibes of the Scream films, I think you'll like this too. Do not go looking for a well-plotted, keeps-you-guessing, taut thriller - as we know, I hate those, and I actually ended up not hating this!

#28 of 2023! #BOTM May 2023 Very interesting premise. Don‘t think I‘ll ever give another 1 ⭐️ review. 😜
Started: 8/27/23
Finished: 9/3/23
8 Days

#booked2023 #describewiththewordtwist
I need to stop reading these thrillers. I just thought they were so many implausible twists in this, a so-so because I kept going until the end.
Do Americans really not have kettles? Is this real?

#quicklunchtimeread
This is one of those thrillers that incites a lot of eye rolls!

Unpopular opinion-I didn‘t like this one as much as I wanted. Too many coincidences in those twists, so convenient with a dramatic ending and almost happy ending😳
Love the premise but you see from the beginning that something is off🙄 3⭐️

#Summerween Readathon prompt-thriller @Gabyreads book pick for @Gabyreads on May
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I can quite easily suspend my disbelief with thrillers but this was utterly ridiculous! I didn‘t like anything about this and ironically giving it 1 ⭐️

Definitely a page turner like No Exit. But I figured out everyone of the twists well in advanced. I kept reading to see how or if she would survive. It would be great to read during a dark and stormy night. Trigger warning: suicidal thoughts and animal cruelty.

This was good, fast paced, kept me guessing and hard to put down. It was a stressful and a bit anxiety inducing, really well plotted. I will say, there were a couple of times I nearly gave up because of one of the plot points (which I won‘t giveaway) but I stuck with it and was glad I did. #BookspinBingo #Doublespin #JubilantJuly @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65

Laps in, now reading by the pool. #currentread

This is not the type of book I ever read. A grieving woman is house sitting on a remote beach with only a reclusive neighbor for a friend. She becomes aware that she‘s being stalked and the book turns into a cat-and-mouse story of who can outsmart who. And who exactly is that neighbor? Have to admit I couldn‘t put it down and it felt very satisfying as the truth unfolded. Who will get the last word?

WTF did I just read?! So many thought racing through my head right now. I had a like/dislike relationship with this book for many reasons. The plot had a lot of promise, but parts dragged on a bit for me & while I cheered for the main character, I have no idea why because I didn‘t love her. Overall it was an okay book, but not a book I would reread.

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PS - Taylor Adams if you ever see my review, please don‘t stalk & kill me! Okay. Thanks!

Hot deal!

I got some awesome book mail today! Thank you so much @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I am so excited to read this book! You were so sweet to send me all the cute stickers, bookmark and notebook, I love them. 💙💙💙

#LitsyLove #LitsyLoveReads

This was a wild ride! Living in isolation, a woman leaves a 1-star review on Amazon for the worst horror book she‘s ever read, then the unhinged author comes for her. Yes, it‘s probably over the top - I got 80s slasher flick vibes - but the twists and turns kept on coming!

#bookspinbingo

The Last Word was so, so good. I enjoyed it from the very beginning. Buttt given the nature of the story, I wouldn‘t say anything else because this guy wrote a whole thriller centered around someone giving an author a bad review. I‘m just kidding though I absolutely loved this one.

The atmosphere was oppressive and creepy. And there were twists and turns around every corner that kept me hooked until the end.

I loved the premise of this book- deranged author goes after lone woman who gave him a one star review on Goodreads. However it seemed to take forever for anything to happen. It was entertaining enough to listen over a busy weekend full of chores though so I‘m giving it a low pick.

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Talk about twists and turns! I was truly entertained by this and was genuinely surprised and creeped out at times, but I would be a little nervous to say otherwise! 😂🎧

I‘ll put a minor spoiler in the comment below about the dog - it‘s something I had wanted to know before reading!

Congratulations 🎈🎊📚 Elizabeth!! You are the winner of the #LitsyLove giveaway! I‘m working and won‘t be able to mail it until Thursday!

This book took me way too long to finish, but I think that was more a “me” issue than an issue with the story. From the very beginning the story draws you in and, once the insanity and thrills begin, I felt like I figuratively got whiplash from all the twists and turns. I‘ll say that some of the things characters survived were pretty far fetched but that just reminded me of horror movies (which I love). I also really liked the ending! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This book is quite a ride. Total Popcorn Thriller. I ripped right through it once I started. The reveals & swerves were seemingly endless.
I will warn you that 1 of the viewpoints is so cringey. Just painful. It was quite decisive in the Fable book club that @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks turned me on to. 😂
“Liked” is a strong word here, but I was incredibly entertained.

This review will be ironic as the premise of this book is that a woman writes a poor online review of a book and then gets stalked by the unhappy author.

This book was not good. Extraneous gore, underwhelming writing, unlikable characters. The author tries to throw in every trope and plot twist you can think of related to murder.

100% would not recommend.

This was entertaining and thrilling and perfect for my plane ride home! It‘s an isolation thriller and a bit over the top and sometimes absurd, but it‘s wild in a good way. The narration was interesting and took an unreliable narrator to a new place. I knew there were some twists thrown in and figured out the major one pretty quickly (like before I even started the book quickly) but it didn‘t affect my enjoyment. 4/5⭐️

Idk what to think about this book… that‘s about all I can say 😂😂

My sweet reading buddy!
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This was a crazy ride. So many twists it was comical. Lone woman gets stalked and attacked by a katana wielding incel, I actually really liked this one, it felt like a b flick horror movie.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ I would have rated 4 stars but at the very end something was revealed that really bummed me out so I‘m taking a star away lol #BOTM

Wow!! What a thrill ride this book was! Taylor Adams has this skill of writing a book that only takes place in one setting and it never gets boring. This book took off from page one and I just devoured it. I loved his other books and this one is no exception.

My weekend read. I'm almost 1/2 way through. The scares are piling on.😱

Starting this one today for a buddy read on Fable! If you would like to join us this is the link!

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Check out Killer Thriller Crew on Fable! We‘re reading The Last Word. Join us!
https://fable.co/club/killer-thriller-crew-with-kat-thecandidkatalog-18906254248...

Strayed and finished this book last night. It was a mail biter but I definitely think I mostly blew through it because I was scared for the dog. 2.5⭐️ #botm

My #BookSpinBingo board is all set for June.😁

June #BookSpin list put together. Now I can put my board together.

Oh my goodness this was an edge of your seat thriller. I stayed up super late to finish this last night and enjoyed every minute! #botm May selection

The book *quoted*: Coincidences in books is just bad writing".
The book: Has too many coincidences to count and gives everyone a million lives even after obvious fatal wounds.
This book was very down the middle for me. It was a fun ride but I just couldn't look over the obvious plot holes and coincidences in this book. I wanted to love it, but.
It was just okay. 3/5

A woman writes a one star review of the worst horror novel she‘s ever read, and is stalked by the author who is a serial killer. Well, this is a one star review of THIS novel, and if Taylor Adams comes after me seeking retribution, so be it. I read past the halfway mark to find out what happens to the dog, but finally couldn‘t it take it anymore. Every stalker trope is here, and maybe that‘s the point, but life‘s too short!

This is very fun, bonkers, horror/thriller. A woman who is grieving is house sitting alone with only a shut in older gentleman neighbor for company. She spends most of her day reading indi thrillers, when she reads a truly bad book and gives it one star, the author takes offense…
This was a fast paced thrilling read, even though I guessed the twist, it was still a lot of fun. 4⭐️
Content warnings ⬇️

Low pick. This was a bit ridiculous but felt fresh and fun. Emma puts a 1⭐ review on GR and the author comes to kill her for it. This premise sold me. Especially with all the social media talk about how authors have been reacting to reviews lately, & after reading Yellowface which talks about publishing and reviews.
I liked that the author gave the protagonists dog a voice, at first it threw me off but it really grew on me. I also liked the 👇

Can anyone confirm that nothing happens to the dog? PLEASE 🙏🏼

It's officially summer! ☀️

Okay so...not really! At least not technically? But it's the FIRST day I'm sitting out on my balcony with a beer and a thriller - so I'm totally counting it! 😎📚🍺

Two holds came in. I can‘t decide which to read first.

I began using Goodreads in 2017 and my first review was a poor opinion of a self-help book. My complaint wasn‘t about the content itself so much as my not being the proper audience. I received a quick response from what I still believe to be the author‘s team calling me a twit and some other choice words. So, oh yeah, I had to read this! Btw, I did delete my review! It was before I found Litsy - now I‘d screenshot for an opinion from you!

4¼⭐
What a thrilling edge-of-your-seat thriller this was. This book's title is a clue to ultimately figuring out WTF is going on here. There‘s much moving forward in the story with one narrator and then with the next narrator, you‘ll move back. Which is either going to feel really confusing and/or feel like a unique way of writing. I think it was a little of both. All in all, it was exciting to try to figure out what was going on here.

I didn‘t like No Exit, but this was the only May BOTM that sounded interesting so I figured I would give the author a second chance. Big mistake. I started out liking it. I haven‘t felt this angry finishing a book in forever. I don‘t want to donate it, because someone will end up paying money for it, and if I put it in a little free library someone is still wasting their time. What to do with a book you really disliked?

Don‘t start it if you don‘t have time to finish it. You won‘t want to put it down. That seems to be the way with Taylor Adams. If you can suspend belief a little bit this is a great twisty thriller. I think it‘s better than No Exit. 4/5

This was a soft pick, a pretty good twisty thriller. I will admit I couldn't put this one down and flew through it.

Big stormy night here in Nashville. So I‘m cozied up with a glass of wine and this book. #botm ⛈️🍷📖🩶

I can‘t put it down!

My #botm books got here so quickly this month!

Will it ever stop raining? Oh well 😉