The tone was both trancelike and otherworldly, almost like being in a dream. It drew me in immediately. The weirdness of the plot added to the surreality of the story, and like a dream, the inevitability of the characters' fates prolonged the impression of being in a dream--or a life--you can't escape from. The author's style created the impression of being in a world both outside and inside the main characters' consciousness. A challenging but beautiful book.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her.
She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled.
As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over the course…
The psychological depth of the characters is remarkable. French creates an inner live so vivid and strong that the reader becomes not just involved with, but embedded in her characters. The main character Toby is suffering from a brain trauma and his memory is, at best, spotty. When suspicion falls on him, he cannot be sure what he's done or who he is. The mystery in this novel is not so much of a whodunit but is more of a whoisit. A very entertaining book.
Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018 and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle, Vox, and Electric Literature
“Tana French’s best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.” —The New York Times
An “extraordinary” (Stephen King) and “mesmerizing” (LA Times) new standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense and author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher.
From the writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen King, “absolutely mesmerizing” by Gillian Flynn, and…
The breakneck speed of the narrative and the elements of a supernatural being hunting down four friends guilty of a horrible crime was great. The setting and culture milieu--and particular demons--of the inhabitants of a Native American reservation was fascinating. Sort of a cross between Steven King, Peter Straub, and Louise Erdrich. A great read.
"Thrilling, literate, scary, immersive." -Stephen King
The Stoker, Mark Twain American Voice in Literature, Bradbury, Locus and Alex Award-winning, NYT-bestselling gothic horror about cultural identity, the price of tradition and revenge for fans of Adam Nevill's The Ritual.
Ricky, Gabe, Lewis and Cassidy are men bound to their heritage, bound by society, and trapped in the endless expanses of the landscape. Now, ten years after a fateful elk hunt, which remains a closely guarded secret between them, these men - and their children - must face a ferocious spirit that is coming for them, one at a time. A spirit…
Nelson West, a former Chicago homicide detective, is hired by wealthy heir Lionel Bing to discreetly help “fix” scandals and legal problems for his father’s wealthy friends. Bing, a brilliant but troubled investigator, suffers from PTSD symptoms as a result of being kidnapped and witnessing the murder of his mother as a child. West, himself haunted by a murder case he was unable to solve, joins forces with Lionel to investigate the case of a five-million-dollar loan fraud from a local bank. The case takes them and forensic specialist Mia Wentworth from elite financial boardrooms to the jungles of Mexico where they uncover an unlikely link between a gold mine, the Catholic Church, and the ruthless chief of a drug cartel.
