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Brought this one due to @Reggie and I see @Lindy enjoyed too! Psychological thriller or sci-fi or horror....could be any of those. Good read, similar vibe to Under the Dome.

What an awesome thing to wake up to! Thank you @JoScho ! I hope you have a lovely holiday season as well 🎄🎉 #kindlitsy

This was totally a New Zealand Under the Dome and Stinger. And one might think that one would get tired of such a story but Knox makes the story her own. 14 survivors manage to survive a moment of craziness that leaves 500 dead in an area that no one can leave. Knox wrote a few psychological surprises in here that had me turning pages. She also writes about humans. Not so much scary as it was suspenseful, and at times, just lovely. Pick!!!👇🏼

@ReadingEnvy I had a jacaranda sighting and thought of you, in a book given to me by @Centique . Poor Adele, she died choking on coins force fed to her by a crazy person. I listened to your show yesterday and I really enjoyed the author. Ya‘ll made me laugh. I used to work in a restaurant where all the cooks worshipped Scarface. I had never seen the movie but when I did all I could think was ‘do they know how it ends?‘ Lol.

The opening scene is grim: a collective insanity causes the residents of a small New Zealand town to suddenly kill themselves & each other in unusual ways. The actions of the 14 survivors, trapped in this place, trying to figure out what happened, is what makes this a fascinating book. Psychological horror is not my thing but I trusted Knox based on previous novels & so I pushed through the gruesome start. Loved it. Original & thought-provoking.

“The first person they buried was Adele Haines. Jacob and Bub dug a grave for her under the big jacaranda on the lawn below the spa‘s terrace.”

(Jacaranda spotting for @ReadingEnvy 🌸😁)

I went to a wonderful used bookstore in Auckland: Hard to Find Bookshop. Lots of little rooms; books stacked everywhere. Reminded me of Shakespeare and Company in Paris. https://www.hardtofind.co.nz