Because boy does she love her plot twists, and throwing plot twists in the middle of her plot twists. I probably would have enjoyed this book more when it came out, or before I had read any of Flynn’s other stories. Or before Gone Girl, and anyone who hadn’t read her books could remain ignorant of this reputation. But I have read some of her other stories, and I know all about her love of plot twists. I wasn’t really on the lookout for the […]
Sometimes the things presented to us as choices aren’t choices at all.
Few writers can gut punch readers with an ending the way Stephen King can. Written in the first person, 11/22/63 is ominous from the start. But why it is so ominous takes over 850 pages to understand. For all his flaws with endings, the final lines are usually cutting. Take another story told in first person, The Green Mile. It’s only at the end, the very end, that the true cost of the story is revealed with that haunting final line “We each owe a […]
This Will Make a Great Lifetime Movie–That’s Not A Slam
On the night of their high school graduation, Kathryn’s best friend Jennifer says that she’ll be right back and never returns to the bonfire. She’s never heard from and no body ever turns up. She simply disappeared from the woods, leaving questions and secrets behind. Ten years later, Kathryn is returning home after a divorce to stay at her childhood home and regroup. Everything that was never dealt with that night will be, as Kathryn is asked to write a follow up article on […]
A mostly good story with a lovely soundtrack
(For maximum review enjoyment, please listen to the video!) One of the benefits of listening to the audiobook for this was the presence of the music. Incendio is the waltz that is central to the book, and in the audiobook you can hear it throughout the narration. It was not until I was finished with the book that I saw that the author had composed Incendio! (So to all the people who claimed that the music “detracted” from the story, you suck. Because here, […]