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Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated The Beauty of Impossible Things in Books

Jul 1, 2021  
The Beauty of Impossible Things
The Beauty of Impossible Things
Rachel Donohue | 2021 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry
8
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I give this book 3.5 stars but rounded up to 4. I was lucky enough to be given a copy of this book by Readers First in return for an honest review.

It was a slow burn, but definitely one that I wanted to keep reading. We travel through this book with Natasha, a teenager who has the gift of foresight, but always sees when something bad happens. Living with her mother, her father having left them when she was young, who she craves love from but always seems embarrassed about her daughter’s gift.

One night Natasha sees lights coming from the trees on a ridge and feels that something bad is going to happen and tries to warn her little town. People don’t believe her apart from another boy Lewis, who had previously had a breakdown and the town thinks he is strange, who tells her he saw them too and also seems distressed by them.

The story follows Natasha trying to warn people of the horrible events she knows will happen to them and people not seeming to believe her, or her not making any difference and it happening anyway.

It was such a lovely read and something different. I would recommend to anyone who wants a slow burner.
  
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Jarvis Cocker recommended Death of a Ladies' Man by Leonard Cohen in Music (curated)

 
Death of a Ladies' Man by Leonard Cohen
Death of a Ladies' Man by Leonard Cohen
1977 | Pop
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"Time gets flattened out, because now we’re into the digital age. Usually, I’m quite a retro person, but my manager was one of the first people to buy an iPod, so I got one. But then I thought, When am I ever going to use that? It took me ages to take it out of the box—maybe four or five years—and then I just couldn’t see the point of carrying it around. The first song that I ever downloaded was Leonard Cohen’s “Death of a Ladies’ Man.” Leonard Cohen and Scott Walker are the two real touchstones in terms of people I’ve listened to consistently throughout my whole life. If you listen to that first Pulp record, it is just a direct rip off of his first album—though I’m not saying it was as good as that. I was very lucky to [meet Cohen] when his album Old Ideas came out. I hosted the playback of that in London, and then I interviewed him about it. I was nervous about doing that, but I’m really glad that I did. I didn’t get to know him so much, but at least I got to meet him, and I was able to tell him how much his work had meant to me."

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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Saboteur (Jude Lyon #2) in Books

Aug 22, 2021  
The Saboteur (Jude Lyon #2)
The Saboteur (Jude Lyon #2)
Simon Conway | 2021 | Crime, Thriller
9
9.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was lucky enough to be invited to read "The Saboteur" having previously read and thoroughly enjoyed the first in the series, "The Stranger". Let me tell you that I was not disappointed in the slightest and I was on the edge of my seat and totally engrossed in this book from the first to the last line. I want to reassure you that you don't have to have read "The Stranger" to enjoy this; this can most definitely be read as a standalone.

This book is absolutely packed to the rafters with action and suspense, thrills and spills, tension and twists. The plot is engrossing, riveting and fast paced - I found myself having to remind myself to breathe!

The cast of characters that Mr Conway has created are just fantastic - I literally cheered when the baddies got their comeuppance and cried when people were lost; not many books do this to me.

The ending was perfect and definitely leaves things open for a third - well I hope so anyway because I will be first in line.

Many, many thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for inviting me to read this and, in return, to provide an honest, unbiased and unedited review.