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I’m looking for mystery thrillers that are like any of Gillian Flynn’s books (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, and Dark Places). Super dark, twisty, well written, twists you don’t see coming, wholly and utterly consuming. I’ve read some other thrillers lately that just haven’t done it for me (Verity, The Silent Patient, a few by Kristen Lepionka). I’ve read the Girl on the Train and the Couple Next Door and felt pretty meh about them. I think I’ve read one or two by Ruth Ware that didn’t really do much for me. I thought A Flicker in the Dark and The Girls Are All So Nice Here were pretty bad. I liked I Have Some Questions For You (new by Rebecca Makkai) but thought it was kinda slow in the middle. Dunno if it was the time of my life that I read the Gillian Flynns but I’ve been searching for that feeling again to no avail. Any suggestions? edit: felt this way about The Push recently too even though it's not really a mystery thriller in the same way, but I tore through it and it hosed me up afterwards, so something like that works too boquiabierta fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Apr 21, 2023 |
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Looking for historical fiction about healthcare providers, preferably nurses and even more preferably nurse-midwives or other repro health providers. One that I loved was The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue.
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Jun 13, 2023 16:41
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Not sure if it was on the recommendation of this thread or the “I just finished” thread but I picked up House of Leaves and am about 100 pages in… and… like… when does it get scary? Am I reading it wrong?
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Jul 11, 2023 20:08
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100 pages into House of Leaves and I think I'm throwing in the towel. I'm not into it at all and not finding it at all scary. Kinda disappointed I didn't even make it as far as any of the weird formatting stuff (unless you count the constant footnotes/endnotes and font changes). Does anyone want to advocate for me trying a little bit more
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Jul 13, 2023 16:26
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Any recommendations for where to start with Stephen King? My recent failure to read House of Leaves made me realize I do want to read some horror and who better to start with? Any other beginner horror recommendations welcome — I’m just looking for accessible and page turners as criteria.
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Jul 17, 2023 14:59
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Memoirs of life in Gaza, anyone? Or the West Bank but preferably Gazan writers.
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Oct 11, 2023 15:51
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My husband is a history buff (and current international events buff). One of his recent faves is Vincent Bevins "Jakarta Method" and he's currently reading "The 100 Year War on Palestine". He doesn't read a ton of fiction but has really enjoyed China Mieville and the Shadow of the Wind series. He's very CSPAM-brained. I'm trying to come up with ideas for his birthday, any suggestions?
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Dec 9, 2023 17:47
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Eric Hobsbawm’s Ages tetralogy is an amazing history of the modern era written from a Marxist perspective. I recommend it heartily. Just thick tones chock full of economic and historical analysis, if that is his thing. Thank you; these all sound great but this series especially seems right up his alley. Appreciate it!
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Dec 9, 2023 18:46
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tuyop posted:For fiction: Thank you, these all sound great! I bought him Radicalized and am noting the others to tell him to put on his list.
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Dec 10, 2023 13:12
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regulargonzalez posted:Are there any first hand accounts of the experience of dementia? Still Alice? It’s fiction, and I don’t remember if all of it is from her POV, but I remember some really moving passages and descriptions of her experience.
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FPyat posted:Other than the Bartimaeus books, what's the best YA fiction from around 2000 to 2007? I was obsessively reading Artemis Fowl, Alex Rider, Scott Westerfeld's Uglies, and Mortal Engines back in the day. How’s Uglies? I had it on my list ages ago but forgot about it.
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