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Author: Preetham Grandhi
Book: A Circle of Souls
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Julia Rating: 7
Comments: Mr. Grandhi provided me with a review copy of his debut novel, A Circle of Souls.
This book involves several different characters and different points of view. It’s about the investigation of a young girls kidnapping and subsequent murder. An FBI agent is investigating the case [...]
Author: Dean Koontz
Book: The Darkest Evening of the Year
Genre: Horror/Suspense/Thriller
Julia Rating: 9
Comments: I have to make an admission to start out with. I’ve never read Dean Koontz before horror month, so if I am missing some kind of a theme (aside from an affinity for golden retrievers) that is obvious to his long-time readers, please [...]
Author: Tana French
Book: In The Woods
Genre: Suspense/Thriller/Detective
Julia Rating: 7 (for writing skill)
Comments: Sorry, this book isn’t really horror. I thought it was, but it turned out to be a psychological thriller.
In the Woods is a book that showed great promise in the beginning, throughout the middle and failed (in my opinion) at the end. Tana [...]
Book: Invisible Prey
Author: John Sandford
Genre: Thriller/Suspense/Detective
Julia Rating: 6 out of 10
Comments: John Sandford writes the Prey series, which I just discovered. I liked the book, it was interesting. However, I found that the format it was written in is sometimes confusing and it really didn’t have to be written that way. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m [...]
The Book: The Mist
The Author: Stephen King
Julia Rating: 6 out of 10
My Comments:
This was a decent novelette. It did get a little boring and sometimes I find Mr. King’s need to put a sex scene or something about sex in almost every one of his books annoying, especially when it’s not really applicable to the [...]
The Book: The Shining
The Author: Stephen King
Julia Rating: 10 out of 10
My Comments:
This book is incredible. It has it all, suspense, fantasy, action and horror. I’m sure most everyone has seen the movie. Compared to the book, the movies suck. Even the one with Jack Nicholson. And – despite my boyfriend’s insistence otherwise – the [...]
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