Sign up
Search
Advanced search settings

Search only in certain items:

Search results
All (1256)
Content
People
Apps
Books
Orbs
Movies
Music
Podcasts
Shows
Tabletop Games
Tech
TV
Video Games
YouTube Channels
Videos
    Boy 21

    Boy 21

    Matthew Quick

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    Book

    Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in gray, broken Bellmont, a town ruled by...

40x40

ClareR (6106 KP) rated Death of a Bookseller in Books

May 23, 2023  
Death of a Bookseller
Death of a Bookseller
Alice Slater | 2023 | Contemporary, Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
🐌🐌🐌

I loved this book about two booksellers: Brogan (or Roach to her work colleagues) who has a fascination with all things true crime, and Laura, the object of Roach’s obsession.

To say Roach is obsessed with Laura would actually be an understatement, and she becomes increasingly creepy as the book goes on. To be fair, neither Roach or Laura are particularly likeable characters, but Roach and her rather questionable personal hygiene practices may just clinch it for me. Although she does have a pet giant land snail, so that may be her one redeeming feature 🐌

This is a really unsettling book, and I couldn’t find anything to like about either character (err, the snail was nice!) - even though I did try to feel sorry for Laura. She goes through a lot, and her background is traumatic.

I can see this being very popular and for good reason - it’s a great read!

🐌🐌🐌
  
40x40

ClareR (6106 KP) rated And He Shall Appear in Books

Oct 1, 2025  
And He Shall Appear
And He Shall Appear
Kate van der Borgh | 2025 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Mystery
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
And He Shall Appear is a dark, fascinating read. This is a story of obsession and an overwhelming need to belong at all costs.

The unnamed main character is a northern, state-educated boy, who gets a place to study Music at Cambridge University - and he’s determined to reinvent himself. He falls in with the cool crowd, and becomes obsessed with the wealthy Bryn Cavendish.

This is a really haunting novel. I was never quite sure if a ghost or someone from his university past was going to pop up when the narrator returns years later for a function.

The narrator comes across as lost, completely out of his depth, living and acting on the periphery of his new group of ‘friends’. He’s so determined to fit in, that he pushes nicer people away. His new friends really are NOT nice - there’s even the suspicion that Bryns skills as a magician are something more sinister.

This book really gave me the chills. Recommended.