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My #DoubleSpin for June. I looked through my shelves multiple times, thinking I had the paperback, only to discover that, no silly me, I have the ebook! Despite the darker subject (the MC is dying of cancer & reflecting on his life) while I'm going through some very stressful stuff, I decided to start reading it. I really tried, but OH did I really dislike this guy & how he treated people, particularly women (especially his wife). #HailTheBail

I‘m bailing on this one, it is really not for me. Pregnancy thriller, gaslighting, the main character being dumb. Yeah I‘m done. #hailthebail

#doublespin off the TBR

If id have read this aged 12 same as dizzy or a teen I‘d have loved it , but just sadly not for me , it was over long , magical realism I struggle with as a genre , however it is well written and I can understand the high ratings , the audio is excellent 👌 part read the physical but mostly listened on audio.

Omg 😨 this is one of the worst books iv ever had to pick up for bookclub , the writing was amateurish, it is a quick easy read as in writing style but the plot is just horrendous and awful themes of child murder and abuse I dnf‘ed it and skipped my bookclub night !

I was really intrigued by this, but this story thinks it‘s important to repeat information five or six times in the first few chapters, and that kind of repetition is just irritating.

This premise is just too absurd and I‘m not feeling it. #dnf #hailthebail

Should have liked this one, but not for me!

Young couple Charlie and Eve can‘t believe the killer deal they got on an old house deep in the mountains.

One day, a man knocks on the door. He says he lived there years before and asks if he can show his family around.

But, as soon as they enter, strange things start to happen. Eve is desperate for them to leave and never come back. But they can‘t – or won‘t –

Then, Charlie vanishes, and Eve begins to lose her grip on reality

I think this just isn‘t for me. It‘s probably great if you‘re actively facing a major diagnosis, or a loved one is, but I‘m not finding this terribly helpful. The author is grating on me with comments like the above, because her expertise is absolutely the most useful thing in any situation. She seems like the “friend” who barges in and takes over, regardless of what anyone actually wants.