Tag Archive for: Thriller

Daisy Darker

Daisy DarkerTitle: Daisy Darker
Author: Alice Feeney
Genre: Thriller
Format: Audio
Pages: 338
Length: 11h 3m
Narrator: Stephanie Racine
Reason Read: Book of the Month
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My Thoughts

What a wonderfully creepy and disturbing tale. I especially loved the nod to Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. I’m so glad I decided to wait to read DAISY DARKER in October. I knew about Daisy’s predicament very early into the story. I just didn’t know the how, the when, or the why, and I wasn’t disappointed when all the questions were finally answered. I did feel like the story was dragged out a bit, and I’m glad it didn’t go on more than it did.

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Hell Bent

Hell BentTitle: Hell Bent
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Series: Alex Stern #2
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Format: Audio
Pages: 481
Length: 16h 17m
Narrator: Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
Reason Read: Book of the Month
Rating:

Also in this series: Ninth House
My Thoughts

I’ve been waiting to read HELL BENT since it came out in 2023; I just never got around to it until now. I’m so glad I finally read it because it was quite the ride! As gritty as NINTH HOUSE (maybe more), HELL BENT had me on the edge of my seat from the very first page. I love the paranormal aspect of the secret societies of Yale and all the historical elements of these books. I also loved delving deeper into the uncanny and learning more of its secrets. I’ll be on pins and needles waiting for the third book and excited to see where the next installment takes its readers.

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The Passengers

The PassengersTitle: The Passengers
Author: John Marrs
Series: Dark Future #2
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Format: Audio
Pages: 337
Length: 11h 40m
Narrator: Clare Corbett, Roy McMillan, Tom Bateman, Shaheen Khan, Kristin Atherton, Patience Tomlinson
Reason Read: Book Club
Rating:

My Thoughts

I liked the premise of THE PASSENGERS and I thought the story was very compelling. It definitely kept me reading to the end despite the fact that I hated most of the characters and found parts of the story hard to get through because of the content. *coughSofiacough* I think THE PASSENGERS is plausible except for Clare’s ability to clothe and move her large, dead husband from their bed to the trunk of their car while she was 7 months pregnant. I also think the story portrays an interesting view of Cancel Culture, social media, online anonymity, mob mentality, bipartisan politics, and the future of A.I.

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When I’m Dead

When I’m DeadTitle: When I'm Dead
Author: Hannah Morrissey
Series: Black Harbor #3
Genre: Thriller
Format: Audio
Pages: 308
Length: 10h 37m
Narrator: Xe Sands, Andrew Eiden, Caitlyn Kelly, Gary Tiedemann
Reason Read: Book of the Month
Rating:

Also in this series: Hello, Transcriber, The Widowmaker
My Thoughts

WHEN I’M DEAD is a very dark thriller that kept me guessing until the end. It’s thought-provoking and deals with subjects like bullying, suicide, and parent / child relationships. I thought the story was captivating, emotional, and suspenseful. I love Morrissey’s prose. It’s so descriptive and beautiful. (Although, if I heard “shadow of a doubt” one more time, I might have screamed.) I really liked that the story’s told from multiple POVs. I loved the different look into what was going on and I thought each POV was unique and made the story better.

I really liked the characters, especially Rowan and Axel. Their anxiety and fear was so palpable. Reading from each of their POVs was thrilling because of need to find their daughter, Chloe, and their self-doubt in wondering whether they were good parents and really knew their daughter. There was so much more emotion in this story than the previous two books, which kept me reading and thinking about the story when I wasn’t.

The Unwedding

The UnweddingTitle: The Unwedding
Author: Ally Condie
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 337
Reason Read: Book Club
Rating:

My Thoughts

I was really excited to read THE UNWEDDING because I know Ally Condie personally. When I found out Ally was writing a murder mystery, I was hoping the story would be more of a thriller. To my disappointment, it wasn’t. While the story’s suspenseful at times, I never had that edge-of-my-seat feeling I crave when reading thrillers.

Despite my disappointment with the mystery, I still found Ally’s writing a joy to read. As always, her writing has a poetic and lyrical feel and paints a clear picture of love, loss, and healing. The emotionality was my favorite part of this story. I especially loved reading the aspects of the story that were inspired in part by her life.