![]() This might be one of the most difficult reviews I’ve had to write in the entire time I’ve been writing reviews. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong, but Louise can’t guess how wrong―and how far a person might go to protect their marriage’s secrets. David and Adele look like the picture-perfect husband and wife, but then why is David so controlling, and why is Adele so scared of him?Īs Louise is drawn into David and Adele’s orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The very married man from the bar…who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise.Īnd then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend, but she also just happens to be married to David. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone. ![]() On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. ![]() Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. Why is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes? ![]()
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![]() It sold movie rights too, which is pretty common in book deals but added to the hype, and Aster also was pretty big on bragging about this fact. But still, it went viral, and soon she had a six-figure (aka 100,000 or more) publishing deal for two books of LightLark. ![]() It’s a pretty fine pitch for a book, but to me isn’t exactly gripping. You can view the original ‘pitch’ here– a fifteen-second slapshot of some basic images, her scrolling through a word doc, and a hair flip by the author. It was sold on and by that mysterious place. The Hype and Hate of LightLark onlineīut Lightlark is more than that. It would fit in on the dregs of an amateur writing site with eerie perfection. This is a book written by an author who is not a writer. Lightlark is joyless, a husk beyond parody, a checklist of every Island of Blood and Bone and Glass and Hearts that has come out in the last five years, built and sold on tropes and aesthetic boards. Even in quite bad books there’s a joy to them, in things that they get right, or have potential, or even the silliness. ![]() I’m not a ‘hater’: I go into any bad book with a very open mind, knowing bad is subjective, and I’ve been surprised before. I don’t really shy away from it in real life, online I tend to cloak it so I don’t get mauled in real-time. ![]() Or find it on podcast apps as audio only. You can listen/watch this review in a 4 hour video form if you’d prefer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for The Animals in That Country- 'This is a game-changing, life-changing novel, the kind that comes along right when you need it, and compels you to listen to its terrifying poetry. The stories in Gunflower explode and bloom in mesmerising ways, showing the world both as it is and as it could be. With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay offers hallucinogenic glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans behave like animals and animals talk like humans. support group finds solace in a world without men. ![]() A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. Clarke Award-winning author of The Animals in That Country. ![]() The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. ![]() |