The biggest issue I have with reading so much is that I’m starting to recognize twists before they come… I’ve read a number of twisty/tense books this year (The Plot comes to mind as a recent example, as does All the Light We Cannot See since I’ve only just written the reviews) and there’s a number of tricks/techniques that an author can use to heighten the tension and keep it going. In The Plot, our narrator is the one in possession of the titular plot but not of the […]
I was pretty excited for this one but ultimately felt like it fell a bit flat
My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa