The Blackhouse: A Novel | 
bailedI really feel this has all the elements I like and I feel I gave it a fair shot- about quarter of the way through. I thought even the narration was good but for some reason I just couldn't get into this story. I found my mind wandering every single time I put it on.
A sad bail.
I'm sure it's not bad 🤔
pickI really enjoyed this eerie, atmospheric mystery novel set in the Outer Hebrides. I'm glad I chose the audiobook format so that I could hear all the cool Gaelic and Old Norse words pronounced properly. The story was also enchanting and held some unforeseen twists.
#mystery #thriller #gothic #scotland
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#audiostitching is my new thing. This will be a housewarming gift 🪡
3 hours left of this amazing book. 👻🎧
#scottish #gothic
“It‘s never too late. Because the end is never the end. There will always, always be time.
“To love, to forgive. To live.”
These are some of the books I‘m planning to read this fall with black on the cover.
I‘m not in any team so these photos are just for fun, specially this one because is a reminder to myself to read these books😂
👻 🎃 🧙🏼♀️🖤🖤🖤 🍂🍁🤎💛🧡
#Scarathlon
so-soThe skeleton of the story is an engaging one, but it went on way too long to keep my interest. Better editing needed IMHO.
pickI love just about any story set in the stormy, dark, and dreary Scottish Outer Hebrides as it‘s the perfect setting for mysteries and murders. This was a twisty mystery dealing with trauma, mental illness, family dynamics, and even a little possible reincarnation thrown in. I‘m usually really good at figuring stories out but this one threw me for a few loops, which I love! Really enjoyed the audiobook narrators as well! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
pickA real good atmospheric thriller/mystery set on a fictional island in the Outer Hebrides.
pickI adored Johnstone‘s debut novel, MIRRORLAND, so I was super excited to dive into one. It opens on 2/15, with Maggie‘s arrival on the isolated Isle of Kilmeray in the Scottish Hebrides. Determined to uncover truths while grieving her mother‘s death & recovering from her own breakdown, Maggie is a sympathetic heroine amongst the tempestuous weather, buried secrets & the edges of myth making it a thin place. Eerie & lovely, I couldn‘t put it down!
pickReview is up! This one is creepy.
https://reecaspieces.com/2023/01/05/the-blackhouse-by-carole-johnstone/
panFull review at: https://southernersreadtoo.com/2022/10/31/high-tide-but-not-my-vibe/
The story moved rather slowly, and there was WAY too much build-up to both Robert and Maggie‘s backstories. The author kept including end-of-chapter cliffhangers, but she didn‘t give the reader any morsels of information that would help them guess what‘s next. It left me feeling frustrated and bored all at the same time. Rating: ⭐️⭐️
pickA soft pick. Decent thriller but I prefer Mirrorland
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My 1st tbr list for the beloved Spooky Season aka Autumn.
This is my #TeamSlaughter list @Clwojick
Not too late to join the fun 🎃👻🎃
https://litsy.com/p/czJGR1pabXBp
