Just interested- would u recommend another book of this style/genre that did wow you? Because I really enjoyed dissection of a murder and I kept thinking about it and couldn’t wait to get back to it to read…so I wouldn’t mind some more similar recommendations and even better if they are even better themselves!! Thanks
Books #44
- Start date
-
- Tags
- Books Threads
New to Tattle Life? Click "Order Thread by Most Liked Posts" button below to get an idea of what the site is about:
I found it compulsive to read but did guess the twist earlier than I would have liked / felt a bit cheated by it. It was definitely right book right time for me (kept my attention during the heatwave).
Has anyone read Into the Blue?
I loved this. Still think about it from time to time. The first chapter is a bit weird, and then it’s sort of split into three sections.
It was not for me. Found the invented TV show stuff grating and the main relationship super toxic
I expected to love it
Grating is definitely the word! I was intrigued until it went too far, I had no interest in what a crale was.
Really expected to love this one, nostalgic timeline, yearning, set over 15?! years.. but I was never really rooting for them.
Wouldn’t it be interesting to figure out the formula of why some books work for us and others don’t?I expected to love it
I loved it - the first third I found really engaging in terms of the set up. The burgeoning romance type stuff. The second part with the tv show I enjoyed a bit less admittedly, but I liked some of the development of the other characters, which felt realistic. The end with the plays…. Jesus Christ. The YEARNING. I felt like I was living it with them.
for instance, I’ll rave forever about how much I loved Good Spirits by BK Borison but her others have felt a bit flat for me. If someone said ‘I guarantee you will love this as much as you loved good spirits’, I’d buy it in a snap - but some books have that magic touch and some don’t!
I was sucked into reading ‘in the unlikely event’ by someone saying they’d liked that after into the blue and I just thought that one was trash. Honestly it’s put me off reading any other Rebecca yarros book.
has anyone read ‘the night we met’ by Abby Jimenez? It’s on the 99p deals and I’m pondering it.
I finished Mayflies this morning, I was determined to finish it as it's been a rough week at work and need to have something lighter to hand going into next week. Beautiful storytelling, I feel sad to have finished.
Apologies if this has been mentioned already, but I've just read WHISTLE by Linwood Barclay and it's a really good little horror novel.
It's very much a Stephen King novel, if he knew how to write women.
It does 'borrow' from King's book Needful Things, but he doesn't seem to mind!
It's very much a Stephen King novel, if he knew how to write women.
It does 'borrow' from King's book Needful Things, but he doesn't seem to mind!
Attachments
Behind a spoiler because that narrative is a twist in itself...
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
My Husband's Wife - Alice Feeny (I didn't love but you might)
I Don't Like Mondays - Maria Farkland
Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeny
The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
The Woman in the Window - AJ Finn
Plus a few from my TBR
Penzance - Eliza Clark
Bunny - Mona Awad
I’d love to know - because I get irritated by ones like this that I expect to love. I do think it lost me in the middle section / was a bit too long.
Yes same here, the reviews were really good and even when I guessed it, I was trying to convince myself maybe it’s actually not that obvious and thats why its got such rave reviews but alas no… another clichè of its genre
Would definitely love to know what makes a book click for some and not for others but i guess it's also part of the magic? You just never know. Same with what will catch the zeitgeist and what won't or books on similar topics were one becomes mega popular and others don't.
I read The Night We Met and enjoyed it, like 3 stars, but I'd say to definitely read the synopsis cause I have a friend who hates anything with even the faintest whiff of emotional cheating and she hated it. Abby Jimenez is one of the authors that make me wonder about what makes something popular. She really has become massively popular and I generally find her a solid 3 star read.
It’s a sequel! I didn’t know that. The first is 5.99 so absolutely not buying that.
she’s an author I like, but don’t love. For me, a safe pair of hands. I’d buy a 99p book of hers because I’m unlikely to hate it. Same as Emily Henry I suppose.
I’ve just gone through my unread kindle books and deleted any that are part of a series. Just never gonna happen.
Apart from one where the synopsis sounded interesting, it’s called rhapsodic.
she’s an author I like, but don’t love. For me, a safe pair of hands. I’d buy a 99p book of hers because I’m unlikely to hate it. Same as Emily Henry I suppose.
I’ve just gone through my unread kindle books and deleted any that are part of a series. Just never gonna happen.
Apart from one where the synopsis sounded interesting, it’s called rhapsodic.
I wouldn't call it a sequel, it's a companion novel. You'd find out that the couple from the previous book got together but like, that's not exactly news considering they're romances and the HEA/HFN is a given
You'd be safe to read, I think, if you wanted. I have a similar relationship to yours with Abby Jimenez, but a much stronger bond with EmHen, have only disliked (Un)Happy Place.
Finally got round to reading this which I bought in May and I have to say I am really enjoying it definitely my favourite read so far this year just the book I needed. @Thatirishone you will have to tell me who your favourite character was.
A weekend at the spa will leave four old friends with a whole lot more than they’d bargained for…
The glossy brochure promised a serene experience of total tranquillity and rejuvenation, but what best friends Bridgette, Emily, Serena and Marjory get is a weekend that upends their lives!
There for a girls’ weekend to celebrate Bridgette’s impending seventieth birthday, the spa soon has these spicy sexagenarians realising that there are unexpected benefits to age and experience, and that over the hill certainly doesn’t mean out of the game…in any respect…
A weekend at the spa will leave four old friends with a whole lot more than they’d bargained for…
The glossy brochure promised a serene experience of total tranquillity and rejuvenation, but what best friends Bridgette, Emily, Serena and Marjory get is a weekend that upends their lives!
There for a girls’ weekend to celebrate Bridgette’s impending seventieth birthday, the spa soon has these spicy sexagenarians realising that there are unexpected benefits to age and experience, and that over the hill certainly doesn’t mean out of the game…in any respect…
Just finished this:
Was an emotional rollercoaster.
My first Janice Hadlow book. She is a brilliant writer in my opinion. Really drags you into the book, so that you feel like the main character and everything she is feeling.
I've moved on to The Sisters of Hope Square by Faith Hogan, but Rules Of The Heart by Janice Hadlow is my next read so I can't wait to whizz through Hope Square to get to it.
Was an emotional rollercoaster.
My first Janice Hadlow book. She is a brilliant writer in my opinion. Really drags you into the book, so that you feel like the main character and everything she is feeling.
I've moved on to The Sisters of Hope Square by Faith Hogan, but Rules Of The Heart by Janice Hadlow is my next read so I can't wait to whizz through Hope Square to get to it.
Did you watch the series ? I loved itJust finished this:
View attachment 4068773
Was an emotional rollercoaster.
My first Janice Hadlow book. She is a brilliant writer in my opinion. Really drags you into the book, so that you feel like the main character and everything she is feeling.
I've moved on to The Sisters of Hope Square by Faith Hogan, but Rules Of The Heart by Janice Hadlow is my next read so I can't wait to whizz through Hope Square to get to it.
i loved this!!! i thought she was so true to the style of the source material too (and i really liked the portrayal of mr collins in it).Just finished this:
View attachment 4068773
Was an emotional rollercoaster.
My first Janice Hadlow book. She is a brilliant writer in my opinion. Really drags you into the book, so that you feel like the main character and everything she is feeling.
I've moved on to The Sisters of Hope Square by Faith Hogan, but Rules Of The Heart by Janice Hadlow is my next read so I can't wait to whizz through Hope Square to get to it.
Yes, but I'll have to rewatch it as it now doesn't feel that it was as emotional as the book.
Family dynamics like that makes me wonder if Mary's mum was a narcissist.
