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If We Were Villains: A Novel by M.L. Rio

April 14, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

“If We Were Villains” tells the story of Oliver Marks, finishing his ten-year sentence in prison for murder, met at the gate by Joseph Colborne, the detective on the case. Never believing Oliver was guilty, Colburne wants to know what actually happened all those years ago, back when Oliver was a lower-income student on scholarship at the Dellecher Classical Conservatory, an exclusive and cliquish art school. In on an acting scholarship, Oliver joined the acting set and their obsession with all things Shakespeare, where he […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #bad fiction, #suspensenovel, dark academia, M.L. Rio

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #bad fiction, #suspensenovel, dark academia, M.L. Rio ·
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I Have Seen the Nipple on Your Soul

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

February 5, 2022 by Ellesfena 16 Comments

You know those workdays where you get a lot done in the morning, and you think to yourself, “I’ve done enough, I think I can take it easy this afternoon”? Well, consider that my attitude for the rest of 2022, as my greatest achievement of the year is behind me: I finished this damn book. I’ve wanted to read Haruki Murakami for a long time, and I was so intrigued by the premise of this book: A woman, Aomame, begins to discover subtle differences between […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #bad fiction, 1Q84, breasting boobily, don't read this, haruki murakami

Ellesfena's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #bad fiction, 1Q84, breasting boobily, don't read this, haruki murakami ·
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When Darkness Yawns

February 1, 2017 by sarah_jwh 4 Comments

It’s been a stressful few weeks (months?) and I’ve been trying to escape into audiobooks. This time there was no escape. It was a slog. Why did I finish it? I’m not really sure. Probably I didn’t feel like looking for something else to listen to. This is a garbage-y vampire novel and lives up to all its stereotypes. There’s a woman, small and so beautiful it hurts. There’s a vampire, manly and muscly and so beautiful it hurts. There’s a curse, a spirit of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #bad fiction

sarah_jwh's CBR9 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #bad fiction ·
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A Wicked Mess (or Harlan Coben, I apologize!)

May 25, 2015 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

A couple months ago I read the latest Harlan Coben standalone and though I enjoyed it, I felt like Coben was phoning it in and that his suspense novels had started to blur in my head. Then, I read this novel, plucked off the e-shelf at my local library, and I want to issue an apology. I’m not sure I fully appreciated the skill with which Coben constructs his narratives until I read this schlocky mess. I almost stopped halfway through this book, because it […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #bad fiction

Jenny S's CBR7 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #bad fiction ·
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Secrets Are Bad,Yo

March 7, 2015 by Melina 3 Comments

Well, Liane Moriarty finally burned me. Of the three books that I’ve read by her, this one had me saying, “No, no human being would make those decisions!” And then I’d growl at my screen and worry my husband who was trying to sleep because I just wasn’t happy that I was stuck reading this book.  There’s very little that can actually be said about the book’s plot that wouldn’t give it all away so I’ll be vague. A woman finds out that her husband […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #bad fiction, Liane Moriarty, Melina, not worth your time, predictable, the husbands secret

Melina's CBR7 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #bad fiction, Liane Moriarty, Melina, not worth your time, predictable, the husbands secret ·
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Please do not enter

March 24, 2014 by Walking Widdershins Leave a Comment

I’ve read a few other Matthew Pearl books before. They’re decent historical mysteries, for what they are. Pearl’s writing is fine, for what it is. But then there comes a point where one has to say “enough.” I pretty much always read every book to the end, no matter how bad it is. Not this time. Observe: Hammie’s jet-black hair was parted smartly, impervious to the breeze, but his bulbous forehead and gourdlike chin, inexpertly shaved, overshadowed his otherwise bland facial features, which seemed to have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: #bad fiction, #CBR6, #death by adverb, #please do not read this

Walking Widdershins's CBR6 Review No:4.5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: #bad fiction, #CBR6, #death by adverb, #please do not read this ·
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