Of course, Reconstructing Amelia gets compared to Gone Girl on the cover (what hasn’t, at this point?). It definitely will appeal to people who like the twists and turns of Gone Girl, although it’s not as well written and, despite being about a teenager’s death, not nearly as dark, in my opinion. “…[E]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time…As far as I can tell, it’s that last five percent that keeps the human race from dying out. Four parts blinding terror, […]
Zailer & Waterhouse #8
There are two aspects to Sophie Hannah’s Spilling CID series. First, the murder (or whatever crime, but mostly it’s a murder) that occurs in each novel. These crimes are intricately plotted (I have literally never figured one out 100% ahead of time, and I read a lot of books like this), usually with cases of mistaken identities and lots of secrecy. Each book is narrated in first person by someone close to the plot. The second aspect to these series is the relationship between Charlie Zailer […]
Study of a Sociopath
One of my favorite authors of creepy, well-plotted books (Sophie Hannah, I love you & your twisted mind) reviewed this book on Goodreads, prompting me to download a copy. While it’s not quite as good as a Sophie Hannah book (I’m in the middle of the 8th Spilling CID book right now and losing my mind over it), Remember Me This Way definitely does the genre justice. “If I could have drilled into her head and rummaged in her brains with my hands I would have done so.” […]
I’m surprised that this one hasn’t broken out yet
I’ve had this one on hold at my library for a couple of months, and when I finally got a copy I devoured it in a couple of nights. Then I check CBR to see who else had reviewed it, since I assumed one of y’all’s recommendations led to my placing a library hold. Surprisingly, no one else here has reviewed it — I guess because it actually just got released a few weeks ago. I’m thinking I must have grabbed it off a “books coming […]