There are a few differences, but the feel, the obsession, and the stalking are right on par with it. I enjoyed The Obsession quite a bit! It’s not my favorite book in the world and I probably wouldn’t read it more than once (unless the second one knocks my socks off) but I did have a great time reading it! In fact, I was so into it that I ended up reading it in almost one sitting! It’s definitely a young adult version of YOU by Caroline Kepnes. Sutanto is the young adult version of YOU by Caroline Kepnes and I totally agree! If you decide to pick up this one, then you need to be ready for a wild ride! Review Snapshot : Readers have been saying that The Obsession by Jesse Q.
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The overall mystery, setting, and the seamless incorporation of mythology made the perfect trifecta to allow the dark academia ~vibes~ to really shine through, making the book moody and atmospheric. She wasn’t flat, boring, or annoying, which of course is always something I’m looking for when it comes to main characters. Mariana as our main character was written so well, and I really did care whether or not she would be able to solve the mystery behind the killings. One thing Alex Michaelides does so well in his books is pacing-the short chapters in The Maidens really matched the urgency, mystery, and thrill of the story, and it made the book compulsively readable. When I heard Alex Michaelides was doing dark academia, I was immediately on board- The Silent Patient was one of my top 10 books of 2020 and I wanted to witness his take on one of my favorite genres! She’s convinced Fosca is a murderer-but will she get to prove it before she herself falls victim? She is certain that esteemed Cambridge professor Edward Fosca did it, but is covered by a secret society of adoring students who call themselves The Maidens. Therapist Mariana Andros goes back to Cambridge after one of her niece’s friends gets murdered. Scarred by events from his past and a secret that plagues his everyday life, Hush refuses to let anyone else get close. Cowboy welcomes the job of watching over the blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty. But as threats toward the club build, Hush and Cowboy are given a task-protect Elysia Willis at all costs. The notoriously private Cajun twosome have, for now, put aside what chased them from their beloved Louisiana. Valan ‘Hush’ Durand and Aubin ‘Cowboy’ Breaux have finally found a home in the mother chapter of the Hangmen. A devil who wants to possess her once again and take her from the simple life she never wants to lose.Īnd he will stop at nothing to collect what he believes is his: her. A rebellion with dire consequences that now, years later, she still can’t escape.Īs she lives once again in secret, happy on her own at her secluded ranch, a devil from her past comes calling. No one knew she even existed.Īfter the tragic murder of her mother, Sia spiraled into a rebellion against the rules of the Hangmen. Raised in secret by her mother, Sia grew up separated from her brother and distant father. She loves him, but she has absolutely no love for the outlaw MC he belongs to. The only person in it is her big brother, Ky, vice-president of the infamous Hades Hangmen. Ī free spirit intent on saving them both.Įlysia ‘Sia’ Willis lives a solitary life. ONLY BOUNDLESS LOVE CAN SILENCE THE WHISPERS OF THE PAST. His father is a mystery - Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. Prologue - Chapter 1: family history - Chapter 2: life with Leslie - Chapter 3: skipping a generation - Chapter 4: disclosure - Chapter 5: pen to paper - Chapter 6: hard work - Chapter 7: ghosts - Chapter 8: lost and found - Author's note. Grandparents as parents - Cartoons and comics. Teenage boys - United States - Biography - Comic books, strips, etc.Ĭhildren of drug addicts - Cartoons and comics. Grandparents as parents - United States - Case studies - Comic books, strips, etc.įamilies - United States - Case studies - Comic books, strips, etc. Krosoczka, Jarrett - Comic books, strips, etc.ĭysfunctional families - United States - Case studies - Comic books, strips, etc.Ĭhildren of drug addicts - United States - Biography - Comic books, strips, etc.Ībsentee fathers - United States - Biography - Comic books, strips, etc. New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, Ģ94 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations 23 cm Sherman Library Young Adult Graphic 1st Floor “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” is the 2009 American adaptation. Also, a film based on the first three books in the series (first trilogy of “Saga Of Darren Shann” called Vampire Blood) was released in theatres in the US on October 23rd, 2009. According to the latest known statistics of the book, The Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare has been published in over 33 countries, in over 30 different languages. That idea gave him the incentive to start thinking about what it would be like for a boy to meet a vampire and to reluctantly become his assistant, so he wrote the first book of “Saga Of Darren Shann” series called The Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare, which was published in January 2000. The author Darren Shan had based the main character of the series on himself, when one day during his mid-twenties, he was thinking about the consequences of a vampire attacking him and turning him into a vampire while he was thinking about his favorite Stephen King book, Salem’s Lot. This series is written by Darren Shan and it is about a young boy who has inadvertently become involved with vampires. It is a young adult book series, which is composed of four trilogies, with three books per trilogy, hence, the series includes twelve books. The series, “Saga of Darren Shann” is also known as The “Cirque du Freak: Saga of Darren Shann” in the US. You know, the ones that actually include feelings. Reading The Bone Spindle feels, at times, like you’re caught in one of those interminable action sequences in the middle of one of those modern action films. I would have to wait, just like everyone else. And then, afterwards, I kind of paused and thought about how the worst part about getting ARCs to review is that there was no sequel I could just look up. I didn’t sleep, I just kept on reading till I was done. No one’s eating anything on a plane these days, so it’s just sleeping and reading.Įxcept I couldn’t put the book down. I picked up The Bone Spindle to read on a plane, the kind of book you take with you because you think you’ll manage a few chapters, then fall asleep, then hopefully a few more chapters after you get up. Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and All the Stars and Teeth: The Bone Spindle, by Leslie Vedder. This novel takes you on a rollercoaster ride of who is telling the truth and who is lying. When Adele then befriends Louise and Louise becomes further involved with David, the story takes a more sinister turn.Īdele is certainly not all that she seems. He is a psychiatrist, and she is his secretary. To Louise’s horror, the next day when she goes to work, she discovers that David is her boss. Louise meets David in a bar one night, they hit it off and share a kiss outside before he runs off. That of the fragile Adele who is married to David and that of Louise – a single mother who lives in London. The novel is told from two different perspectives. However I’ll go into a little more depth here. I talk about this book in a previous live on my Facebook page, so you can go and watch the video. I came to this book as a result of the Netflix series. Opposition to the plan grows as the time approaches for “depositing” the first citizen in the euthanasia park, and the elderly citizens successfully persuade the British government to send a gunboat armed with a powerful new weapon to reannex the country. Under this plan, the island would be relieved of the burden of an aging population by calling for compulsory euthanasia for citizens reaching the age of 67. The original young settlers, led by their president, adopt a plan called the Fixed Period. The story is narrated by the president of the fictitious Republic of Britannula, an ex-British colony on an imaginary island near New Zealand. The Fixed Period, begun in 1880 when Trollope was 65, is set in the then far-distant year of 1980. At a time when concern over the ethics of euthanasia and the implications of a rapidly aging population are frequent topics of discussion, Trollope’s only science fiction novel strikes a very modern chord. Early in his career he discovered that black magic and Satanism made interesting topics to add to his formula. But like many best-sellers of yesteryear, Wheatley has faded from popular consciousness to the point that he’s now relegated to the domain of pop culture scholars and people like me who watch Hammer Horror movies.įrom the 1930s until his death, Wheatley was primarily an author of espionage thrillers and historical adventures. Who is Dennis Wheatley, you might ask? Funny that anybody has to ask that, since Wheatley was once one of the world’s most popular writers. Since we finally have a North American Blu-ray release of The Devil Rides Out (1968), that’s the first film from their catalogue I want to examine this October.īut since The Devil Rides Out is based on a best-selling and influential novel, I’ll take a literary horror detour first and look at Dennis Wheatley’s 1934 thriller before moving on to the film. For me, October is “Hammer Country”-the season of watching Hammer Films’ Gothic horror classics from the 1950s–1970s. So, in a trivial sense everything is equally physical. Of course, the brain is physical, and its behaviour is completely determined by the laws of physics. Another is about the extent to which depression is psychological vs. So that’s one confusion about depression. This seems like a strawman and I can’t find evidence of it ever being widely believed. Some claim that psychiatrists used to believe in the “chemical imbalance” theory but have since moved on. Also, tianeptine is a common antidepressant in Europe which works by lowering your serotonin. Also, while serotonin is known to have something to do with depression, it’s not a straightforward relationship: if you give a chemical cocktail to normal people which lowers their serotonin, they don’t get depressed. It’s unclear what it would even mean for the brain to be in a state of “chemical imbalance”. One of the things people say about depression is that it’s a “chemical imbalance” – usually, a lack of serotonin. There are parts of the book that I liked, but I have some problems with it. Lost Connections is about how antidepressants are wildly overprescribed, and how Big Pharma has marketed them as a panacea using dodgy science while ignoring the complex social and economic roots of depression and anxiety. If I were to summarise my main takeaway from this book, it would be this: people are mostly depressed because their lives are bad. The actual content of Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hopeby Johann Hari is significantly less self-help-y than the title would suggest. |