pickAnother winner from John Boyne. This one is made up of 4 novellas very loosely related to one another, but the way they subtly interweave is genius, and in the end it all comes full circle.
pickThis book speaks to sexual abuse and rape in such a powerful way through four novellas representing water (enabler), earth (accomplice), fire (perpetrator), and air (victim). Characters weave subtly from one element to the next while time always moves forward. The ending is beautiful, which is an accomplishment since these elements are brutal in their destruction.
so-soThis one is not as good as the first one if for no other reason than the MC was not drunk or in the throes of a mental health crisis and thud there is no excuse for how much of an idiot she is. The whole why she is there also made 0 sense for Marcus to do, it‘s explained, it doesn‘t make sense.
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bailedWhat even is reality, anyway? A bit of that too-clever-by-half feel. Some of it an enchantment, some paranoid, some annoying. Like the COVID fever dreams she describes? Fun callbacks and wordplay. Grief, but surface? Feels like she feels like she‘s being daring, but never quite goes all the way. Sucks being sick—sorry she went through long COVID. But I bailed. 2025
18 “She walked through the world; the exchange rate stood. Everyone must pay.”
so-soPatricia Lockwood can do no wrong…or can she?? The publisher‘s description of this book includes the term “brain-shredding” which is accurate but I found rather unpleasant, lol. A woman (seems semi-autobiographical like her fabulous No One Is Talking About This) can no longer trust her own thoughts, the result of Covid, I think? I found it too difficult to slog through the stream of consciousness strangeness. A let down. But that COVER!!
pickIf you enjoyed The Woman in Cabin 10 you will enjoy this. Characters from Cabin 10 are in Suite 11. Ruth Ware is a wonderful story teller.
panWhoa. Ok. I‘m a Patricia Lockwood fan. I loved No One is Talking About this. I love how she thinks. But I found this stream of consciousness work barely readable, too self-indulgent, too needlessly difficult, too difficult. There were parts i got and parts i liked, but mostly I forced my way through what was nearly incoherent to me. (Probably the cat understands).
so-soAfter watching TV adaptation of The Woman in Cabin 10 I read a sequel to the first book.
Not too tense, entertaining and twisty. But the story felt dragged-out and Lo Blacklock was so annoying. And this obsession with iPhone adoration... 😕
bailedI bailed on this one. I have read a lot of her books, and this is the first one I have bailed on. I couldn't get into it.
