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Probably one of my top ten favorite Kings?

The Dark Half by Stephen King

August 22, 2022 by narfna 1 Comment

Okay, now that I’ve slept on this a couple of days, I think my final thoughts are that this is a nearly perfect horror novel (hence the 4.5 stars, rounded up). I say nearly because there were a couple of moments that really didn’t age well. But most of it still holds up unbelievably well. The more SK books I’ve read, the more my (obvious) theory—that he is often at his best when he’s writing about writers—holds true. The Dark Half was notably written after Uncle […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: horror, narfna, pseudonyms, Stephen King, the dark half

narfna's CBR14 Review No:138 · Genres: Horror · Tags: horror, narfna, pseudonyms, Stephen King, the dark half ·
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“Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman’s best friend.”

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

August 22, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I’ve been sitting here trying to think about how to write about this book, and it’s sort of defeating me. I keep thinking of sentences to start the review, and then dismissing them because I hate them. Okay, so here we go again, let’s see if this sticks: This is one of King’s rare experimentally playful books. It feels weird to say that a book that is what this book is about (abuse, husband murder, caretaking) and features what this book features (old ladies who […]

Filed Under: Horror, Suspense Tagged With: dolores claiborne, horror, murder, Stephen King, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR14 Review No:136 · Genres: Horror, Suspense · Tags: dolores claiborne, horror, murder, Stephen King, Suspense, thrillers ·
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Neverland will never let go…

Hooked by A.C. Wise

August 22, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

He remembers drowning. That single sentence, recurring often in Hooked, A.C. Wise’s sequel to Wendy, Darling, is the cornerstone of the existential dread that permeates the story. Described as dark fantasy I think this book edges deeper into horror, more even than the first book, which had moments of horror. This is a mean tale and a reinvention of Neverland and the Peter Pan mythos into something modern and terrifying at its core. What set Wendy, Darling apart from the pack of other modern takes on Peter […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: 2022 novel, A.C. Wise, Captain James Hook, Dark Fantasy, hooked, horror, LGBTQ romance, Neverland, Peter Pan, wendy darling

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: 2022 novel, A.C. Wise, Captain James Hook, Dark Fantasy, hooked, horror, LGBTQ romance, Neverland, Peter Pan, wendy darling ·
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You’ll never look at mushrooms the same way…

The Unfamiliar Garden by Benjamin Percy

August 19, 2022 by RaRaGabor Leave a Comment

I broke one of my personal reading rules with this book – always read a series in order. The Unfamiliar Garden is book two in The Comet Cycle…which, in my defense, I didn’t realize when I started reading it. But luckily for me, the stories in the Comet Cycle seem to be more interrelated than sequential. In this world, there was a comet. It came close enough to Earth to be amazing, but not close enough to hit. A year goes by, and the Earth’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: Benjamin Percy

RaRaGabor's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: Benjamin Percy ·
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This lean and mean mashup of Alien, The Shining, and Event Horizon is great fun for horror fans!

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

August 18, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Spooky season is almost upon us and my house is getting into the mood quickly! Sure it’s the middle of August, 102 F in the shade, and Lake Mead is drier than a Mormon wedding, but it’s time for ghouls and ghosts dammit! A few choice decorations have been added to the collection by my like-minded wife, and we are ready to go into the season in style. This brings me to Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes. First off, I love the cover and would […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Dead Silence, ghost ship, horror, S.A. Barnes, thriller, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #Science Fiction, Dead Silence, ghost ship, horror, S.A. Barnes, thriller, TylerDFC ·
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“People bury the parts of history they don’t like, pave it over like African cemeteries beneath Manhattan skyscrapers.”

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

August 17, 2022 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Thrillers aren’t usually my genre. Is that why When No One Is Watching is good but not great for me? Possibly. But we read out of our comfort zones on purpose so that maybe the next one is better, or that we’re more ready for it. This is another book that hopped to the front of the to read line based on this year’s Read Harder Challenge which has a task specifically for reading a political thriller by a marginalized author and this fits the […]

Filed Under: Horror, Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, cbr14bingo, political thriller, read harder challenge, shadow, thriller, we need diverse books, When No One is Watching

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Horror, Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, cbr14bingo, political thriller, read harder challenge, shadow, thriller, we need diverse books, When No One is Watching ·
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