panThe book starts with a lot of info dumping. It takes about 200 pages before anything happens. I kept going because I've heard how amazing it was.
For me, it did not improve. There was too much narration, hardly any dialogue, and I was bored.
#HauntedShelf #Flerken #Trappedinaspookyhouse @Catsandbooks
Okay read but I'm just not into this sort of book. Not a horror fan. I also kept thinking it copied a movie I'd seen about Skull and Bones (which I also didn't really enjoy very much).
#HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew
pickSeveral trigger warnings apply to this one.
It is DARK. As much from magic-less men wielding societal power & privilege to prey on others, as it is from supernatural monsters or the nefarious rites & spells.
But Alex Stern comes out swinging, against the world‘s darkness & her own, & that‘s one of my favorite kind of protagonists. The ones that aren‘t sure they can win, but plan to put up a helluva fight all the same.
pickMore #audiostitching while listening to Ruby's wild story. She stands accused of murdering the husband she adored which is ironic given that she's gotten away with three actual murders. I was so conflicted! I wanted her to be exonerated, as she was innocent of the murder she was accused of. But but but, there were those other murders. 😏 This was fun.
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I don‘t even know where to begin to review this book. It was dark - at times, very - and gritty, nothing like Bardugo‘s other work I‘ve read, and I loved it.
The audiobook narrators were very good, and I am so interested to see where this story goes next.
“By the time Alex managed to get the blood out of her good wool coat, it was too warm to wear it.”
Such a good first line!
#FirstLineFridays
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pickThis was a reread for me before I read the sequel, so I tried the audiobook version and it was fantastic! An added bonus was the interview with Leigh Bardugo afterwards.
pickThis was a thrilling but tough read. The subject matter ended up much heavier and darker than I anticipated😅 Alex is pulled from her drug hazed life in LA and becomes the Dante of Lethe one of the secret societies of Yale due to her ability to see the dead. Afier the disappearance of her mentor and a sudden homicide, Alex finds herself investigating occurances than the other houses want to keep covered up and will do anything to keep it that way
Week one and two points! #scarathlon #batbrigade
