Tag: Psychological
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BLOOD RED by Gabriela Ponce translated by Sarah Booker (BOOK REVIEW)
“I wallow on the bathroom tiles, a red dot in this white universe. My solitude is writhing in a pain I never understood. I think about ... -
THE DRIVER’S SEAT by Muriel Spark (BOOK REVIEW)
“’Too much self-control, which arises from fear and timidity, that’s what’s wrong with them. They’re cowards, most of them.’ “’Oh, I always believe that’, says Mrs ... -
THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER by Muriel Spark (BOOK REVIEW)
“There isn’t any war and peace any more, no good and evil, no communism, no capitalism, no fascism. There’s one area of conflict left and that’s ... -
BERG by Ann Quin (BOOK REVIEW)
“A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father…” And with that iconic opening line, ... -
THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREES by Catriona Ward (BOOK REVIEW)
“In the forest, even familiar things were strange. The constant wet patter of the night became the chilly drip of a dungeon. The creak of tree ... -
COME WITH ME by Ronald Malfi (BOOK REVIEW)
“The small secrets are easy to keep hidden—easier, say, than the big secrets, the whoppers, the infidelities, and closet addictions that, like some underwater beastie that ... -
LUCKENBOOTH by Jenni Fagan (BOOK REVIEW)
A Gothic Walk on the Wild Side In the eighteenth century, Edinburgh was home to the Scottish Enlightenment – the rule of reason, humanism, progress – ... -
HOPE ISLAND by Tim Major (BOOK REVIEW)
Nina Scaife is a workaholic TV producer, taking her first holiday in years. She has just arrived on Hope Island with her teenage daughter, Laurie, to ... -
THIRTEEN STOREYS by Jonathan Sims (BOOK REVIEW)
Thirteen Storeys is the debut release by Award-winning The Magnus Archives podcaster, Jonathan Sims. Part horror, part thriller and part paranormal, this is a deliciously dark ... -
13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
“People so often try and make themselves look good when they lie. That, however, should never be the point. The point should be to distract from ...