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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies in Books

Aug 15, 2024  
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Catherine Mack | 2024 | Mystery
3
3.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Don’t Bother Booking This Vacation
Eleanor Dash’s first book was an instant best seller. It was inspired by a trip she took to Rome, and she fictionalized parts of it. She just didn’t change the hero’s name, and ever since, her ex, Connor Smith, has been worming his way into her life. Ten years later, Eleanor is planning to kill him off – at least in her next book. However, someone seems determined to do it in real life on a trip they are both on to celebrate ten years of her series. Can she figure out what is going on?

The premise of this one sounded fun, and I was intrigued when I heard that there are footnotes in the book. Sadly, the footnotes didn’t add anything; in fact, they came across as self-indulgent at times and lazy at others, like when the author put character descriptions in them. And I’ll call out the foul language, which was especially excessive at the beginning. (See your footnote complaining about calling out foul language didn’t work.) The characters were shallow, and some of their relationships and issues seems like issues that could have been resolved quickly. Eleanor herself doesn’t seem to fit her backstory. Yes, the characters grew, but it wasn’t quite enough for me. The pacing in the book was off as well, although there were some good twists. I did enjoy the virtual trip to Italy. In the end, this book wasn’t nearly as clever as it thought it was, so the result wasn’t as entertaining as I hoped it would be.
  
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ClareR (5879 KP) rated Uncommon Type: Some Stories in Books

Dec 31, 2017  
Uncommon Type: Some Stories
Uncommon Type: Some Stories
Tom Hanks | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.6 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
Where to next?
To play it safe, I borrowed this book from the library - who knows what to expect from an actor who has decided that he wants to write? To say that I'm surprised by this collection of short stories would be an understatement. They have an old fashioned feel to them: the use of language reminds me of movies set in the 20s - 30s. Perhaps it's because he typed them all up on one of his old-fashioned typewriters? Some interesting stories: a bit of time travel, a couple of immigrant stories and much more (it's a big book!). The newspaper-column type stories didn't do it for me, I'm afraid, and I skipped them.
I'm interested to see where he goes with this next!!
  
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Hag 12 Down (6 KP) Dec 31, 2017

Thanks for this I'm going to add it to my list to read in 2018.
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Monica (3 KP) Jan 6, 2018

Interested in reading this book now
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murphydave (35 KP) rated The Witch (2015) in Movies

Aug 3, 2017  
The Witch (2015)
The Witch (2015)
2015 | History, Horror
7
6.3 (28 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Some genuinely chilling moments (2 more)
Authentic historical setting
Excellent acting
Period language can be a little hard to follow occasionally (0 more)
The most chilling thing about this film is knowing that it is based on historical records - that many of the things that happened were things that people of the time genuinely believed to have happened. Whether or not the witches or satanism was genuine is kind of irrelevant, as the true horror came from the consequences of believing in this stuff. The story follows a family who are torn apart by their own internal struggles of morality. It's an interesting piece that I don't think will appeal to everyone, but horror fans with an interest in history, or the occult may enjoys this.