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Favorite of the year

Revisado: 01-13-25

I can’t begin to explain how much I loved this book. It was so funny and poignant but in such a simple, elegant way. It was almost like a meditation, if meditation was meant to entertain and make you laugh and cry and the same time. Bruce Eric Kaplan delivers a soliloquy about his home, his children, old friends, birds flying into windows and Glenn Close all with the same neutral cadence whether it’s based in awe & bewilderment or just sheer annoyance. I continue to pick up this book long after finishing it and just open to a random page for either inspiration to write or to just feel present & grounded. Which all might lead the same thing anyway; perfection in the imperfect.
Which is what perfection actually is.
This book is both about that, and IS that, without ever saying anything remotely close to that whatsoever.

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Peter Swanson Can’t Lose

Revisado: 07-28-24

Never disappointed by this master of mystery. Move over Angela Lansbury. Lolz.
I’m no mystery freak but Swanson never fails to stump.

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Not for the faint ones

Revisado: 07-23-24

One of the scariest books I’ve ever read, hands down. It freakin rules. If you love horror but find supernatural annoying and gross stuff just gross and not necessarily scary, this buds for you.

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Really scary!

Revisado: 07-03-24

Loved it. Couldn’t put it down. The end dragged out a bit but whatever, I was genuinely scared. Narrator was incredible. Nice one!

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Cute but overrated

Revisado: 06-22-24

I don’t know. I liked it. I didn’t love it. I don’t understand why it wasn’t just a movie. A movie about the making of this movie— not that they won’t do it— but I just don’t get why it needed to be a novel first. It’s not super easy or interesting to listen to a
Screenplay being read aloud. It’s just not naturally
Easy on the ears. When he was talking to us in the present day, from actually reading a book on audible, it was much easier to feel immersed. But now that I’ve finished I don’t understand the point of him narrating an audible book. In the written novel
It must also say audible. But an audible book is usually a book first & then produced as an audiobook unless the conceit here is that it went straight to audible? Ok but why?
I really love the story but the format of the whole thing made me not enjoy this book as much as I wanted to.
I guess this review won’t make any sense unless you’ve actually listened to the book. It wasn’t scary. The ideas they had for the movie sound scary so I guess I’ll just look forward to watching the movie adaptation.

Lame
Review but 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Crazy disappointing!

Revisado: 06-20-24

I feel like this novel was totally different before someone gave the author notes. In this case I’m choosing to believe it was a partner and not an editor, or possibly the author second guessing herself? The overall tone was mysterious and creepy and I was SO there for it! Unfortunately in went the way of blue balls. Like she kept setting us up for something major to happen up until the very very end only to bring us to what I feel like has been a 12 hour (or however long this book was) cold shower. I don’t recommend.

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So good

Revisado: 05-14-24

Salacious, sinister, and sad; or as they’re more commonly known— “The Three S’s of Storytelling.”

Just kidding. About the Three S’s thing I mean. The rest is all true. What a great read.

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Incredible writing

Revisado: 05-01-24

I loved this book. So sad & also hilarious. Tanner is such a great writer I wanted to devour her sentences. The readers who didn’t love this book are most likely the ones who found themselves becoming the punchline. Sorry/not sorry. If you find yourself wanting to make out with your own fauxhawked blonde baby then you might want to pass.

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Fantastic

Revisado: 01-30-24

I actually both read and listened to this, it was that good. No words. I’m devastated that it’s over.

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A mediocre filler when you’re between books

Revisado: 01-08-24

It wasn’t awful but kind of fell apart at the end with too much explanation about some job that was confusing and hard to connect with the rest of the story. Felt overly thought out, inconsistent with the storytelling but enough so that it kind of ruined the entire book.

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