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‘Hi! I’m Your Birthday Twin!’ A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

November 21, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

If this would have been told entirely in mixed media format, I probably would have given it the fifth star. But as is, it was just a really good read. This is going to be one of those annoying reviews where I tell you to go in knowing as little as possible. Generally, it’s about the fallout when two women born on the same day in the same hospital meet again on their 45th birthday and develop a very unique relationship. Alix is a podcast […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Lisa Jewell, murder, mystery, narfna, None of This Is True, Podcasts, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR15 Review No:133 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Lisa Jewell, murder, mystery, narfna, None of This Is True, Podcasts, Suspense, thrillers ·
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“Danger for Black girls was different. It didn’t obey the boundaries of stories. For them, it was always real.”

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

October 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 10/30 I am being cursed with three-star reads. The frustrating thing about this one is that for the most part I can’t really pinpoint why it didn’t work for me. So fair warning, this review will probably read like I’m still trying to work that out, because I am. One thing I can say is that after having finished, if this book failed to cohere as a story for me, at least it failed in interesting ways, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: audiobooks, Erin E. Adams, horror, Jackal, narfna, sff, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR15 Review No:112 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: audiobooks, Erin E. Adams, horror, Jackal, narfna, sff, Suspense, thrillers ·
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A solid mystery/thriller set in Wales.

The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh

October 23, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 4/30 This got better as it went. I’m glad, because up until a key reveal over halfway through the book, I was pretty emotionally uninvested in what was going on. There so many point of view characters! Too many, I think. Made it a lot harder to get invested. Also, I much prefer mysteries where the people solving the crimes discover things, instead of us as readers discovering them via flashback, which is mostly what happens here. […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Clare Mackintosh, mystery, narfna, Suspense, The Last Party, thrillers, wales

narfna's CBR15 Review No:107 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Clare Mackintosh, mystery, narfna, Suspense, The Last Party, thrillers, wales ·
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Ugh, I’m still thinking about the thing with the hamsters.

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

October 23, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 3/30 I figured out about half of what was going on here before it was revealed, but it didn’t matter because this book was really well written. This is only my second book by Lisa Jewell, and she is two for two (both books about teenagers who have disappeared, and they have another similarity as well but that’s spoilers). I read this in a day, staying up two hours past my bedtime to finish it (and my […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Lisa Jewell, mystery, narfna, Suspense, Then She Was Gone, thrillers

narfna's CBR15 Review No:106 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Lisa Jewell, mystery, narfna, Suspense, Then She Was Gone, thrillers ·
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“Our minds do this all the time. They talk us out of things we don’t want to know.”

Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen

October 19, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the unsolicited audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. The blurb makes this one sound really interesting, which is why I accepted the ARC from the publisher. Catherine’s mother Ruth has been newly diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, but some odd incidents lead Catherine to look into her mother’s past—their shared past—and secrets come spilling out not only regarding where her mother came from, but what her mother is doing current day, and even her medical diagnosis. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, Gone Tonight, narfna, Sarah Pekkanen, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR15 Review No:98 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, Gone Tonight, narfna, Sarah Pekkanen, Suspense, thrillers ·
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CBR BINGO – SEX: Never meet your heroes.

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

September 25, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This book was wild, and I actually really enjoyed it! I love books that go down deep into the id, and I love books that talk about writing and the creative process, and this did both of those things very well. I really only have a couple reasons for lowering this book to 3.5 stars, but that’s for later. First, the title is pretty accurate here, it’s a book about a writing retreat. Four (now five for some mysterious reason) young women writers have been […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: books about writers, cbr15bingo, f/f, Julia Bartz, LGBTQIA, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the writing retreat, thrillers, toxic friendships

narfna's CBR15 Review No:88 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: books about writers, cbr15bingo, f/f, Julia Bartz, LGBTQIA, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the writing retreat, thrillers, toxic friendships ·
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