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Sarah (126 KP) rated Shallow Graves (The Haunted #1) in Books

Feb 16, 2019 (Updated Feb 16, 2019)  
Shallow Graves (The Haunted #1)
Shallow Graves (The Haunted #1)
Patrick Logan | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Paranormal
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8.0 (2 Ratings)
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Some genuinely creepy moments (0 more)
Some plotlines were rather predictable (1 more)
Writing was a little lacklustre in parts
Genuinely creepy, if a little predictable
I read this book with my Kindle Unlimited subscription, and it is the first part in a six book series (although, at the time of writing this review, the sixth book does state there is a seventh to come - which has not materialised some 15 months later, despite the author being quite a prolific writer).

I enjoyed this book more than I expected to; there were some moments of real trepidation, wondering what was coming, but I did feel that the writing lacked a little urgency or ability to induce real fear.

That said, even though there were elements of the storyline that were incredibly predictable from the outset, it did grip me enough to make me continue with the series.
  
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Britt Daniel recommended track Welcome To the Terrordome by Public Enemy in Icon by Public Enemy in Music (curated)

 
Icon by Public Enemy
Icon by Public Enemy
2014 | Rhythm And Blues
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Welcome To the Terrordome by Public Enemy

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"I can't say this about every song on this list, but with this one I was quite aware of what the band were doing when it came out. I wouldn't say Public Enemy are my favourite band, but it's pretty close, and when this record was released, they were the most important group in the world as far as I was concerned. ""They were the most interesting, the most intelligent, and at the time, nobody was more controversial than Chuck D. They were so original; they were breaking new ground with every recording. Before It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, there just wan't music like this. ""That record came out six months before Fear of a Black Planet, and it still felt so sharply of its time because Chuck was talking about everything he'd gone through in the months leading up to it - the controversy with Professor Griff, and everything else. Later on, he said something like, ""Public Enemy is CNN for black people,"" and you get that with this song. It's totally brutal, totally brilliant, and totally of the moment. In the winter of 1990, they just meant everything. ""I've put this one on plenty of mixtapes. Plus, is that a Frankie Goes to Hollywood reference in the title? It's got to be, right?"

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