pickWhat a book. You should know nothing about it, just dive in, and get lost in a story that mixes horror, suspense, confession, epistolary and noir in a fantastic way. And the final twist is a great one. Such an original debut and highly recommended!
(Pic: Folegandros, Greece. The sky colored by fires on the mainland 🥲)
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen You should def read it! It‘s great. You want my copy? 3y
TrishB I loved this one too 👍🏻 3y
Cinfhen That‘s so sweet!!!! Yes, please!!!! Thanks 😍also sky is GORGEOUS so sad it‘s due to fires 💔💔 3y
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Cathythoughts Lovely pic. Books sounds good … Im looking for something like this 👍🏻 3y
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen It‘ll be on it‘s way once I‘m home again 💜 3y
Megabooks So glad you liked it! 3y
Megabooks Which story was your favorite? Personally mine was To Us - the one with Quinn. So wonderfully dark! My least favorite part was when Nick was cutting hit hand off. Long story, but I‘m not a fan of amputations. It‘s a little different when your a vet and have a clearer picture! I positively love the ending. The only clue you have, if you caught it/look back is a line from when she‘s in Barcelona at the beginning and says ⬇️ (edited) 3y
Megabooks Something like “this is my story and how I choose to tell it.” I definitely didn‘t notice it the first time, but very much the second! It‘s interesting that she writes Richard more as the monster from her memory than the more…meek?…guy he was in real life. Anyway, what are your thoughts?? 3y
squirrelbrain I loved this one too! 3y
Cinfhen I‘m happy to send you the back after I read it @Cathythoughts 3y
Cinfhen And thanks SO MUCH, Barbara xx 3y
BarbaraBB That is cool @Cinfhen another travelling book! @Cathythoughts 3y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks I loved the part about Q too, so creepy, as well as the college application. But I did like the Nick-in-the-cabin part as well. I was completely surprised by Nick being invented by Alice! And I did miss the ‘this is my story‘ part. I was surprised by the monster Richard turned out to be but it made sense when I realized it was Alice‘s story. Such a great plot!! 3y
Cinfhen Why not??? It‘s nice to spread #BookishJoy 3y
Cathythoughts @Cinfhen That‘s so good of you Cindy , Thankyou so much X … but I had an afternoon off & got it on kindle … its hard to put down … but Thankyou 😘 3y
Cathythoughts And for anyone reading these comments , this book is only 2.25 on kindle in this part of the world 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 3y
Megabooks I always forget about the application part. That is a good one. And I liked how she started the book with Nick, as if were too painful to tell her own story. And how she incorporated the good and bad parts of Haley. (Not sure if that‘s how they spelled it. There are about a million ways - Hayley, Hailey, Haleigh, etc.) 3y
Cinfhen Oh wow @Cathythoughts that‘s a bargain!!! I‘ll check the US kindle price 3y
Cinfhen It‘s $11.99 on US Kindle @Cathythoughts so you really grabbed a deal ♥️ 3y
Cathythoughts @Cinfhen I did ! I was delighted … still reading it … it‘s a good read. Thanks again for your kind offer X 3y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks I didn‘t really understand Haley‘s role. Was she indeed one of the guys at the time of the assault? I didn‘t get that part. 3y
Megabooks I thought Haley was the character embodiment of the friend who keeps trying to tell her story. The girl who reconnects with her after the assault. The one she met in NYC before she ran back to Spain and wrote the book. Haley was always trying to tell Alice‘s story in the novel and irl. 3y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks Yes but did she feel guilty? Did she feel she betrayed Alice because she was with the boys that night? At first she seems to be there incidentally (being Nick‘s date), later Richard says she was always with them (“one of the guys”), which makes sense since Nick is Alice‘s invention. 3y
Megabooks Excellent point. Was she a double agent? Trying to play both sides? She definitely had an agenda and seemed to need to use Alice for her own gain. (Like get your own ideas, bitch! Document your own life struggles!) I really liked the way Alice handled her interactions with Haley after meeting with Richard. I think I‘d be pissed if a friend tried to tell of my struggle with pain, even the friend had been with me through all of it. (edited) 3y
Megabooks I‘m so seeing this from Alice‘s point of view that it‘s hard for me to sympathize with Hayley. Maybe her wanting to tell Alice‘s story was a way to atone for her guilt at being so close to the boys, but she wasn‘t hearing Alice at all. And if she really only got in touch after the “assault” what does that say? Was she being a friend then or just as you say, atoning for her guilt. Good question! Not sure if I even answered what you asked! 3y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks I think you did. I think you‘re right about her having an agenda. And it might very well have been a kind of atonement. Great idea! 3y
BarbaraBB Ooh I forgot. I‘m going to use this book for #pop21: A book from your TBR you meant to read last year @KarenUK @4thhouseontheleft @Kalalalatja @Megabooks @Cinfhen (edited) 3y
KarenUK Loved this one too….. such a unique way to tell a story….💕📚 3y
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