Darkest Dungeon:Tablet Edition
Games
App
"Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses...
Perception
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Perception is a tense psychological thriller where players must uncover the mysteries of a sinister...
action adventure
Liars’ Paradox
Book
Description A master of international intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Taylor Stevens...
The Cabin at the End of the World
Book
The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts adds an inventive twist to the home...
A Double Life
Book
“A thrilling page-turner.” —Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train “Breathtaking...
The Nowhere Child
Book
Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian...
Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1)
Book
London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat...
If I Die Tonight
Book
Reminiscent of the bestsellers of Laura Lippman and Harlan Coben—with a dose of Big Little Lies or...
suspense fiction thriller
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Life She Wants in Books
Nov 21, 2021
Now, whilst at first this might seem to be a negative, let me reassure you that if you stick with it, everything falls into place very nicely and the confusion was well worth it in the end.
Told from different perspectives over different timelines, this is a complex storyline which deals with various unsavoury but important and contemporary themes; coercive control, domestic abuse and loss. These are hard-hitting subjects but Mel deals with them with respect.
There are a number of characters and all have a part to play but I found I didn't really focus on them that much as I was more interested in the story and how it was going to play out. That's not to say they weren't great characters, far from it, it's just that the story was so engrossing that they felt secondary to me somehow.
Full of secrets, lies and manipulation, this is a book that makes you angry and sympathetic all at the same time. It's definitely one that kept me totally engrossed and I couldn't read fast enough.
With atmosphere, suspense and tension aplenty, this is a book that I would definitely recommend to lovers of psychological thrillers and I have to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.
Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated We're all going to the world's fair (2021) in Movies
Oct 8, 2022
'World's fair' is mostly shot as YouTube videos and Snapchats, most of which are from Cassey's perspective, other 'World's fair' players or the other main character, JBL.
With only two major characters the film is a slow burn, following the effect the game has on Cassey and the help that JBL tries to give her.
The film ends in a certain ambiguity, both with just how serious Cassey is taking the game and with what JBL's intentions really are and I do think that the film may have been better without the final scene as (I feel) it takes away a bit of the final mystery.
'We're all going to the world's fair' is more creepy than scary and doesn't really have any gore or jump scares relying on a more creeping, psychological form of horror as we watch Cassey's deterioration.
'We're all going to the world's fair' is an interesting film that plays on the the phenomenon of creepy pasta and role-play but doesn't offer anything for gore, slasher, body horror fans.