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Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings — book review
While Kathleen Jennings is an undeniably wonderful illustrator, I’m afraid that I wasn’t particularly impressed by her novella. What first struck me as somewhat discordant in Flyaway was the prose itself. At times the writing was clunky and there were passages that seemed as if they were trying to echo someone else’s style. The way…
1st pov, 2 STARS, arc, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR, Booklr, creepy setting, FAIRY TALES, female authors, Flyaway, FOLKLORE, GOTHIC, Kathleen Jennings, MAGICAL REALISM, missing fathers, missing persons, mothers & daughters, netgalley, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, read in 2020, SMALL TOWN, toxic relationships, unreliable narrators, YOUNG ADULT -
The Missing Years : Book Review
The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott ★★★✰✰ 3 stars The story had some potential, which is why I was very frustrated by the way the storyline developed. To begin with, I was absorbed by the setting of the novel: a creepy manor in Scotlandwhere the main character, Ailsa, lived as child. After her father’s mysterious…
1st pov, 3 STARS, BOOK REVIEW, creepy setting, domestic thriller, drama, family, female authors, GOTHIC, Lexie Elliott, manor/big house, missing fathers, missing men, missing persons, modern gothic, MYSTERY, psychological, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, REVIEW, scotland, scottish author, SISTERS, summer reads, SUSPENSE, The Missing Years, THRILLER, village -
Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
“This is how sudden things happened that haunted forever.” Equal parts poetic and stark, Winter’s Bone is a short and compelling read. It follows sixteen-year old Ree Dolly who, after her father skips his bail, risks losing her home. “Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall.”…
3rd pov, 4 STARS, addiction, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Contemporary, CRIME, DANIEL WOODRELL, grit lit, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, missing fathers, missing persons, missouri, Noir, Ozarks, Poverty, read in 2017, rural setting, small town crime, Southern America, survival, winter reads, WINTER’S BONE
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