Hanna Delaney
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"Once you start this one, you really can't put it down.
John Bryant, having climbed the social ladder and made a small fortune in Australia, returns to move his wife, Frances, and their young daughter, Elsie, into the recently acquired 5 Percy Street." Read more of this review » |
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The Shade In The Sands And Other Stories. : Egyptian Gothic Horror.:
"4.5 rounded up
Reading this collection reminded me of all the best parts of The Mummy, but without the campyness (don't get me wrong, I do love a good campy movie but the effect is less fun in books). I thought all the stories were good, but Emerald E" Read more of this review » |
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"Well done and rare, The Lamb sinks its teeth into you slowly, then tears right through to the bone. 🥩 At first, I felt like I was chewing on the same bite over and over, the first half of the novel repeats its rhythm: Margot, Mama, strays, dinner. Wa"
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"extremely overwritten in a way that pleads for a emotional response from the reader but fails in every way. the ending kind of just made me annoyed too, as the overwrittenness and forced tension puttered out to an absolute nothing of a ending. bleak "
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Such a mix of thoughts on this one. The stitching together of Angela Carter-esque prose and Shirley Jackson eeriness just didn't work for me, especially as this is more a metaphorical folk horror/fairytale horror story. Also, Margot said she wasn't f ...more |
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“So, now I’m apologising like Hugh Grant and picking these filthy coins up off the wretched pavement.”
― Midnight In Footscray
― Midnight In Footscray
“I’m the fucking circus today — hungover Nick the freak show with his green panties and hairy cock and bite mark on his arm and the croutons in his hair.”
― Midnight In Footscray
― Midnight In Footscray
“You get so lost in your anarchy sometimes that you think people are being arseholes. You don’t realise that you’re the arsehole, and they’re displaying courage by stepping out of line and confronting you.”
― Midnight In Footscray
― Midnight In Footscray
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
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“Our doubts are traitors,
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.”
― Measure for Measure
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.”
― Measure for Measure
















































