Bad Karma (Criminally Insane, #1)
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"I'm coming for you. You will never escape me." She's the most dangerous inmate in the hospital for...
The Woman in the Window
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“Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing.” —Gillian Flynn “Unputdownable.” —Stephen King “A...
Thriller
MissCagey (2652 KP) rated Dark Places (2015) in Movies
May 18, 2018
Dark Places (2015)
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Libby (Charlize Theron) and older brother Ben are the only survivors when the rest of their family...
Rogues
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Commissioned by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these twenty-one all-original stories by a...
Shallow Water
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“It’s like reading Gillian Flynn with a romance.” - Berkeley Publishing. It’s been eight...
Dark Hollows
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Jacob Reese enjoys the quiet life, running a coffee shop and renting out his cottage in The Hollows,...
Social Creature
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For readers of Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt, a dark, propulsive and addictive debut thriller,...
Acanthea Grimscythe (300 KP) rated The Grownup in Books
May 16, 2018
I would be doing myself a disservice if I didn't admit that Flynn immediately snared my attention with the opening to her short story: a main character whose job is to... well... to pleasure men, but not by having sex with them (oral or otherwise). Of course, this profession of hers is masqueraded by a front as a psychic. Because of this need to cover up her actual job, the main character meets a troubled woman by the name of Susan Burke and from there, things get a little crazy to say the least.
Plot-wise, Flynn does a great job at sticking to what many horror fans might describe as a classic ghost story, only she doesn't really go too far in depth as to the details of the haunting - or lack thereof. Instead, she introduces several characters, a plausible chain of what might be paranormal events, and then an inconclusive ending where no fault is actually placed.
For a short story, "The Grownup" isn't all that bad, though I must admit that the title doesn't mesh well with its contents. I would much rather have read this as a full length novel, as Flynn undoubtedly has a knack for unexpected twists and turns. Even though I found "The Grownup" to be unsatisfying, Flynn's talent at the element of surprise still shined through brightly in this short work.
Roxanne (13 KP) rated The Girl on the Train in Books
Nov 9, 2018
This was a fairly entertaining book overall but I found it so slow to start. I must admit I did struggle a bit in the beginning as not a lot happened.
I got swept up in the hype when it came to this book so I couldn't resist giving it a go. It has often been compared to [b:Gone Girl|19288043|Gone Girl|Gillian Flynn|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397056917s/19288043.jpg|13306276] however, Gone Girl it is not. It doesn't have the same break-neck speed and the characters are somewhat lacking.
The main character got on my nerves immensely...I got tired of her acting like a wet lettuce all of the time. That aside I found the plot to be ok and the twists ok but that's all this book was to me really...ok.