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Jesse Peretz recommended The Child in Time in Books (curated)

 
The Child in Time
The Child in Time
Ian McEwan | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
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"McEwan’s razor-sharp descriptions of human emotion always hit me hard, and I find this to be the most haunting and heartbreaking of his books. A father looks up in the grocery store and realizes his four-year-old missing; the search for her destroys his marriage and his life. I’m a huge fan of McEwan’s—my first feature was based on his short story “First Love, Last Rites,”—but this is the one that stays with me."

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ClareR (5975 KP) rated Why Visit America in Books

Aug 23, 2020  
Why Visit America
Why Visit America
Matthew Baker | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I really do enjoy a good short story, and this book certainly delivers in spades on that count. Quirky, dark, thought provoking, touching on pretty much ALL the genres. All of the stories are about possible versions of the US, some are more positive than others. This is well worth a read, but be warned: it’s bizarre and offbeat, which is a big plus where I’m concerned.

Many thanks to The Pigeonhole who serialised this book.
  
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Roxanne (13 KP) rated Sick Summer Camp (Something Horrific) in Books

Nov 14, 2018  
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Sick Summer Camp (Something Horrific)
Brent Meske | 2013
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
<b>3 Star Rating</b>

This was a gore-fest! 100% gore-fest! And for that...it was fab!

People bleeding here, people bleeding there, blood for fun, blood for no reason...here have some blood! (And maybe an eyeball...I'm feeling generous).

<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/julius1213/blood.gif"; width="300" height="300"/>

I mean seriously, how great was that gore? (Gore-whore right here *waves*)

Then why the 3 stars you ask? Why not 5?

It was too short...waaaaaay too short for any kind of story or character development, too short for any real explanations and it just left me with lots of unanswered questions. Personally, I would love to see this as a full length novel as I want to know what happens next.

That twist was kick-ass by the way!

More character development was definitely needed as there were too many people being introduced and I lost track...sooo who is that person? Oh...but I thought that was her...wait that was him? *confused*

But that gore though...<b>WIN!</b>