This book was perfectly atmospheric & twisted, I love how Jason crafts his characters - it’s almost like you can reach out and touch them, they’re so This book was perfectly atmospheric & twisted, I love how Jason crafts his characters - it’s almost like you can reach out and touch them, they’re so real.
Only 4, not 5 stars, because I called the ending about 150 pages in, but I still loved every second of this book. ...more
**spoiler alert** As always with Frieda the second I start reading I’m so hooked, it’s like she puts superglue on her book covers.
The ending was crin**spoiler alert** As always with Frieda the second I start reading I’m so hooked, it’s like she puts superglue on her book covers.
The ending was cringe to me, but I did really enjoy the last page. I wanted�
**spoilers**
� Slug to have killed Tom in high school and take over his identity. I wanted that Slug-Tom to dye his hair black to match the descriptions between past and present chapters and be a full psycho. Like, Slug-Tom could’ve paid Kevin to creep on Sydney so she needed him to rescue her.
I just wanted to be like WHAT. THE. F. at the plot twist instead of like�. Okayyyy that’s far fetched asf. ...more
Except the dark romance girlie in me was like LILY AND ETHAN.
Again, Peter Swanson knocks me back into remembering why I love to Henry + Lily forever
Except the dark romance girlie in me was like LILY AND ETHAN.
Again, Peter Swanson knocks me back into remembering why I love to read. If I can tell any reader anything - if you like crime and you’re in a slump. Read Peter Swanson. ...more
For the first 60% of this book I was longing for more grit, more horror, more psychotic behaviour and well�. I guess it was a case of be careful what For the first 60% of this book I was longing for more grit, more horror, more psychotic behaviour and well�. I guess it was a case of be careful what you wish for because that remaining 40% gave me all that and more.
Murder. Psychopaths. Revenge. Money. I mean. If the author condensed the first half of this book to a third of the size, this easily would’ve been 5 stars. ...more
This was the slowest of burns� not exactly the best read to try pull myself out of my reading slump BUT
I lovedddd the atmospheric tone of this book -This was the slowest of burns� not exactly the best read to try pull myself out of my reading slump BUT
I lovedddd the atmospheric tone of this book - moody, dark, emotional, traumatic, cabins, serial killers (even if the killer is incredibly obvious) this book was like reading the feeling of drinking of hot cocoa infront of a fire while it snows outside. ...more
DNF at halfway. This is insanely unbelievable. I mean, obviously it is - two serial killers falling for each other - but it was the Insta romance for DNF at halfway. This is insanely unbelievable. I mean, obviously it is - two serial killers falling for each other - but it was the Insta romance for me. The good looking descriptions of both of them. The sex scenes that made me feel awkward reading this when my kids were awake.
Imagine if they were average looking people with ACTUAL psychopathic tendencies like masking emotions, devoid of attachment, a hate for humanity, etc etc
But instead these are two extremely good looking people that kill for sport and� what in the far fetched is going on. And the sex scenes weren’t even like� surprising. “I didn’t orgasm, I detonated”�.ok babe.
This book is the “American psycho� for the girl that rewatches hallmark romance for comfort but she can fuck with black coffee. Edgy, but no cliff face. ...more
I couldn’t for the life of me get into this one - it synopsis sounds amazing “psychology students doing a study on lying and someone ends up dead� butI couldn’t for the life of me get into this one - it synopsis sounds amazing “psychology students doing a study on lying and someone ends up dead� but it was� so boring, the characters were flat, the writing was telling you what happened instead of describing it in a way that you feel you’re part of the book, ugh, I just wanted it to be over. And is the plot twist even a twist if you don’t care? I know heaps of people loved this and if you liked “if we were villains� you’ll probably like this too. But *Simon Cowell voice* it’s a no from me ...more
This was completely and utterly terrifying. And the fact it was an audiobook, ugh, it was perfect to listening to doing housework on a moody, foggy SoThis was completely and utterly terrifying. And the fact it was an audiobook, ugh, it was perfect to listening to doing housework on a moody, foggy Southland afternoon. You know what freaked me out the most? HG Wells studied biology at uni, was part of occultic secret societies AND is rumoured to be the author of the article in issue 2047 of the Saturday review titled “the limits of individual plasticity� which� basically is this book but as a REAL scientific study.
Like UGH that gives me the heebie jeebies, was this book just like a low key confession? Maybe not, but� what if it is. Makes it all the more terrifying.
I’ll always have this book in my mind under the “non fiction?� genre...more
This book gave me the creepiest sense of morbid dread reading the first couple chapters about the murders in the sorority house, because I read this iThis book gave me the creepiest sense of morbid dread reading the first couple chapters about the murders in the sorority house, because I read this in the wake of the Idaho 4 massacre and all I saw was Brian Kohlburger’s face every time she described the killer.
Jessica Knoll is such a brilliant author, this was equal parts drama and crime, heart warming and disturbing, and that takes true skill. I loved how she pulled from Ted Bundy’s serial murders and pulled it into modernity, making it feel as if I lived through them myself. It was brilliant! ...more
Have you seen that Netflix show “the haunting of Hill House� ???? This book reminds me soooo much of that - atmospheric and so eerie that I feel like Have you seen that Netflix show “the haunting of Hill House� ???? This book reminds me soooo much of that - atmospheric and so eerie that I feel like I lived this book instead of read it. I swear the pages just turned without my hands even touching them I couldn’t get enough. It’s been years since I read a book that I felt a loss after it was over but got that glorious feeling after this one finished - ALL OF THE STARS!! ...more
I mean, of course it wasn’t Liam. 3/4 of the book builds to it being Liam and I couldn’t help the entire time but think**spoiler alert** **spoilers**
I mean, of course it wasn’t Liam. 3/4 of the book builds to it being Liam and I couldn’t help the entire time but think.. “if the book ends and it was him the whole time then� this book could’ve been a short story�
And Frieda is known for her plot twists. I just hate that lately, I can already see the twists.
Still additive as anything, her work is literary drugs. ...more
I really enjoyed the voice in this narration - it felt like I was just having a conversation over a cup of tea with Mr Kellerman. The first chapter haI really enjoyed the voice in this narration - it felt like I was just having a conversation over a cup of tea with Mr Kellerman. The first chapter had me addicted but my attention waned drastically after that. ...more
You know how there’s a massive difference between a good regular film and a good horror film? Thats a similar difference between a great novel prize wYou know how there’s a massive difference between a good regular film and a good horror film? Thats a similar difference between a great novel prize winner and the good that this book is.
This isnt going to win any huge literary awards but is an EPIC slasher thriller. There’s blood, twists and turns, psychos, and no fear of killing people off. But like all good horror films, you kind of don’t get too attached to any characters and you expect blood and shocks, so nothings too much of a plot twist.
I read this in one sitting, by a fire, with a pack of caramel tim tams and I highly recommend you do the same.
Imagine if sally Rooney wrote about medical interns, that’s this book. I worked in a hospital for a few years and can confirm, this is literally to a Imagine if sally Rooney wrote about medical interns, that’s this book. I worked in a hospital for a few years and can confirm, this is literally to a T what it’s like for the interns. As much as I enjoy a good existential crisis, I didn’t soften to any of the characters because� as everyone knows. A good doctor is emotionless. And these characters were just that. ...more
2 stars for the premise of this book - a group of psychopaths getting free tuition if they agree to be monitored at college? Um yes!!!
But every singl2 stars for the premise of this book - a group of psychopaths getting free tuition if they agree to be monitored at college? Um yes!!!
But every single thing fell short, it was a total let down. And the subtle “anti-conservative� content really got me down, I’m reading to escape politics thanks. ...more
I’m really at a loss at how to rate this because at the exact same moment I feel severely contrasting emotions, like this is one of the best books eveI’m really at a loss at how to rate this because at the exact same moment I feel severely contrasting emotions, like this is one of the best books ever and also one of the slowest, most painful books I’ve ever read.
Best way to summarise I guess is.. this is a fever dream of obsession, homo-erotica, philosophy and I know this has “best thriller� reviews written all over its title but it’s ONE MURDER. Come on, people. From the first chapter I thought, Omgsh yessss serial killer lovers!!! But no. It’s more� intensely descriptive of friends becoming lovers and then becoming more than that and even though I loved almost every chapter because of the lyrical prose (the underlining i put into my copy is unhinged) it felt� drawn out? A little bit insufferable? UGH I DONT KNOW did I love this book with the intensity one loves a butter chicken curry when hungover or did I find it irritatingly negative like a sandfly on a beach day that won’t leave you alone? I can’t decide.
I guess that’s the beauty of this book though, it’s neither and both. One thing it ISNT though, is a crime novel. It has elements of crime, yes, but it’s more� The Secret History with gay lovers and less.. less something. I feel like a star crossed lover, forever searching for the one that got away (TSH) in every book that I read but I feel like heaps of people read TSH and think “I can write a version of this� and nobody ever can. Sigh. ...more
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