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The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Welcome to No.12 Rue des Amants A beautiful old apartment block, far from the glittering lights...

Suspense Psychological thriller Paris France

How to Think Like Muhammad Ali: The Paradox of Greatness and the Power of Mental Toughness

Kevin Mitchell

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Muhammad Ali is the most famous boxer in the history of the sport. Three-times World Champion and...

Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated the PlayStation version of Silent Hill in Video Games

Jun 26, 2020

Silent Hill

Action/Adventure

8.5

(8 Ratings)

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Psychological horror (2 more)

Twisted

Multiple endings

What Dreams Are Made Of

Silent Hill- is one of my all time favorite games of all time. Its also one of my all time favorite psychological horror games. Its twisted, suspenseful, insane and very very foggy. So much fog in this game, you dont even know were your going. Its a plus cause it adds to the atmosphere to the game. The downfall, you probley get lost. Other than that, its a excellent game.

The Game: you play as Harry Mason as he searches for his missing adopted daughter in the eponymous fictional American town of Silent Hill; stumbling upon a cult conducting a ritual to revive a deity it worships, he discovers her true origin. Five game endings are possible, depending on actions taken by the player, including one joke ending.

The objective: The player is to guide main protagonist and player character Harry Mason through a monster-filled town as he searches for his lost daughter, Cheryl. Silent Hill's gameplay consists of combat, exploration, and puzzle-solving.

The Gameplay: The game uses a third-person view, with the camera occasionally switching to other angles for dramatic effect, in pre-scripted areas. This is a change from older survival horror games, which constantly shifted through a variety of camera angles. Because Silent Hill has no heads-up display, the player must consult a separate menu to check Harry's "health".

If you play the PS3 verison, the DualShock controller is used a heart beat rhythm can be felt signifying that the player is at low health.

Visibility is mostly low due to fog and darkness; the latter is prevalent in the "Otherworld".

Navigating through Silent Hill requires the player to find keys and solve puzzles.

Its a excellent game, that pefectly represents the psychological horror genre.

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Becs (244 KP) rated Cross Her Heart in Books

Oct 22, 2018

Cross Her Heart

Sarah Pinborough | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller

6.8

(4 Ratings)

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Was a little confusing at first, but got better right away. (0 more)

Page turning psychological read

OH MY GOD. This book had me flipping through pages like the Black Plague was coming for me and the only cure was to finish Cross Her Heart. I have never read anything by Sarah Pinborough until I picked this for my September Book of the Month box. I will say that Pinborough will be getting the rest of her novels added to my bookshelf as this is an author that needs to be watched, very closely.

I love how the different POV's worked within this little but punchy novel. It never caused any confusion with the other main character's stories and actually added a wonderful quality to the overall story. Cross Her Heart was such a psychological ride that I now don't know if I'll be able to read anything else that can even compare to this novel. Seriously, everyone needs to watch this author and read her books. This is what thrillers are supposed to be like!

You can find the full review on my blog at: bookingwayreads.wordpress.com