What I have been reading
Feb. 18th, 2016 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scripsiNot much actually as I’m in a sewing mood right now and sew more than I read.
The Dead Lake a horror novel by Darcy Coates. An artist who hasn’t been able to paint since her mother’s death retires to a small isolated cabin to try to get over it. She very quickly realises that there is someone watching her. And suddenly she is painting in her dreams and the painting s are highly disturbing. And then she learns a lot of people have disappeared in these woods in the past years. Not a half bad story, even if there are some logical oddities. Like she’s borrowing the cabin from an uncle who a. has never disappear despite the isolation and the fact the baddie almost constantly (for reasons) come to this cabin. And b. never told his niece that people constantly disappear. And no, the uncle is completely benevolent.
Dark Resurrection a horror novel by F. G. Cottham. This is a sequel to The Colony and not a necessary one. It feels like an excuse to kill off most of those who survive the first book. Also, for some reason a supernatural being who was really nasty in the last book, now is almost benevolent. Very strange. The Colony had some effective moments, this one was mostly boring.
The Woman In Blue a crime novel by Elly Griffiths. I very much enjoy the books about Ruth Galloway, a forensic archeologist who sometimes help the police, even if they are a bit formulaic. You just know there will be a murder which somehow praless an ancient mystery or murder. But I like old murder mysteries and I like the characters. They all feel real, sometimes they shine, sometimes they make less informed decisions. I’m especially fond of Cathbad, Ruth’s druid friend. I also like that time passes, people grow and change as the series progress. This book was no exception; good fun without being great literature.
The Dead Lake a horror novel by Darcy Coates. An artist who hasn’t been able to paint since her mother’s death retires to a small isolated cabin to try to get over it. She very quickly realises that there is someone watching her. And suddenly she is painting in her dreams and the painting s are highly disturbing. And then she learns a lot of people have disappeared in these woods in the past years. Not a half bad story, even if there are some logical oddities. Like she’s borrowing the cabin from an uncle who a. has never disappear despite the isolation and the fact the baddie almost constantly (for reasons) come to this cabin. And b. never told his niece that people constantly disappear. And no, the uncle is completely benevolent.
Dark Resurrection a horror novel by F. G. Cottham. This is a sequel to The Colony and not a necessary one. It feels like an excuse to kill off most of those who survive the first book. Also, for some reason a supernatural being who was really nasty in the last book, now is almost benevolent. Very strange. The Colony had some effective moments, this one was mostly boring.
The Woman In Blue a crime novel by Elly Griffiths. I very much enjoy the books about Ruth Galloway, a forensic archeologist who sometimes help the police, even if they are a bit formulaic. You just know there will be a murder which somehow praless an ancient mystery or murder. But I like old murder mysteries and I like the characters. They all feel real, sometimes they shine, sometimes they make less informed decisions. I’m especially fond of Cathbad, Ruth’s druid friend. I also like that time passes, people grow and change as the series progress. This book was no exception; good fun without being great literature.
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Date: 2016-02-18 09:01 am (UTC)Gabrielle
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Date: 2016-02-18 02:31 pm (UTC)I'd love to hear about your sewing, too. I aspire to sew, but work and life tend to conspire against it.
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Date: 2016-02-18 10:22 pm (UTC)*HUGS*
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