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"”For a moment he thought of banging on the door, of saying: Please. Help. But the thought of the darkness that might be behind those lit windows kept him from asking. The night was filled with monsters now.”
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"I'd give 3.5 but Goodreads doesn't really do half stars for individual reviews.
Generally speaking, I prefer subtle meta discussions and clear plots. The Power is part of a trend/subgenre of slightly dystopian spec fic that likes to have those things" Read more of this review » |
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"Okay The Power won the Women’s Baileys prize for fiction in 2017 so I recommended we read this in my bookclub which we will be discussing this week. A good bookclub read? Yes, plenty to talk about.
The world turns around when teenage girls develop a " Read more of this review » |
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"2.5, well I hyped this up in my head way more than I should have stars!!
Full review featured on my blog Recipe & a Read! Across the globe, young girls are waking up with unimaginable, unexplained power. With the touch of their hand they’re able to inf" Read more of this review » |
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This is one of those very rare instances in which the movie is better for a variety of reasons, but mainly because it's more coherent and more 'zoomed out'. Annihilation was long on spooky vibes but short on actual horror due to vague descriptions a ...more |
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January is told mostly through the POV of January herself and uses her story as a framing device to tell the backstories of her parents and other major characters, such as Mr. Locke. Because of the often non-linear structure, ...more |
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Dutiful Korede has always cared for, protected, and cleaned up after her little sister. And why wouldn't she? Everyone else seems to worship Ayoola for her beauty, but Korede knows that a lovely exterior can hide a deadly secret. After Ayoola kills ye ...more |
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“Never do what you can’t undo until you’ve considered well what you can’t do once you’ve done it.”
― Assassin's Fate
― Assassin's Fate
“The knowledge that he had left me with no intent ever to return had come over me in tiny droplets of realization spread over the years. And each droplet of comprehension brought its own small measure of hurt...He had wished me well in finding my own fate to follow, and I never doubted his sincerity. But it had taken me years to accept that his absence in my life was a deliberate finality, an act he had chosen, a thing completed even as some part of my soul still dangled, waiting for his return.”
― Fool's Assassin
― Fool's Assassin
“His cracked lips moved.
Beloved.
He couldn't say the word, but I knew it.
And so did his Fool.”
― Assassin's Fate
Beloved.
He couldn't say the word, but I knew it.
And so did his Fool.”
― Assassin's Fate
“There's something stalking us. Off to the side of the road, moving through the forest.'
Kettricken smiled.”
― Assassin's Fate
Kettricken smiled.”
― Assassin's Fate
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