Alright, I am going to take some time to catch up on the last few books I have read. Everyone in my family has taken turns being incredibly ill - myself included - so I haven't had time to review the books I've read. Also, while none of these books are bad - I've enjoyed them all actually - I can just feel that itch of a book slump coming on. Probably because I am worn out and all of my reading has become very slow. So I may switch it up with a Stephen King here shortly. But before I veer off of my ARC TBR, I better knock these reviews up. So here it is: quick and scrappy.
GoodReads Description: From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge.
Lesson #1: Trust no one.
Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.
Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says.
But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet…
The Teacher is a hard book to review ... I really should have read the synopsis, but I didn't - so excited was I to hop on the Freida McFadden train. If I had read it, I probably would not have read the book. I am a teacher and this subject matter was particularly upsetting for me considering my profession. I probably should have expected it either way, however up until the epilogue, the abuse was treated as such and the offender was not defended. But the epilogue really through a wrench in it for me. I will say that I will definitely read more books by Freida McFadden. The writing really drew me in and kept me hooked.
GoodReads Description: Solve the murder to save what's left of the world.
Outside the island there is the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.
Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.
If the murder isn't solved within 92 hours, the fog will smother the island – and everyone on it.
But the security system has also wiped everyone's memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer – and they don't even know it…
SPOILER: I usually don't do spoilers in reviews - ever. But I don't even know how to talk about this book without a little spoiler. Not necessarily to the heart of the mystery, but definitely something that is not revealed until much later on. So here it is, don't read on if you don't want it spoiled for you... I just didn't get it. If the people on the island are AI, then they should not have had complex feelings and the ability to love? I was so lost by that. And maybe I'm wrong and don't know enough about AI? But when it was like the elders were heartless for believing they were "things." Well, they are right? I mean, they didn't seem like things because of the aforementioned feelings, etc. But they don't have souls? I don't know it just left me feeling very conflicted. Aside from that whole issue the book moved very slowly at times for a book that is set over the course of a couple days where the world is ending. So I definitely had ups and downs with this book. Toward the end it picked up more and the mystery was solved and I appreciated how all the loose ends came together.
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
GoodReads Description: If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go?
In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It's a book - an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at the very front there is a handwritten message to Cassie, telling her that this is the Book of Doors, and that any door is every door .
What Cassie is about to discover is that the Book of Doors is a special book that bestows an extraordinary powers on whoever possesses it, and soon she and her best friend Izzy are exploring all that the Book of Doors can do, swept away from their quiet lives by the possibilities of travelling to anywhere they want.
But the Book of Doors is not the only magical book in the world. There are other books that can do wondrous and dreadful things when wielded by dangerous and ruthless individuals - individuals who crave what Cassie now possesses.
Suddenly Cassie and Izzy are confronted by violence and danger, and the only person who can help them is, it seems, Drummond Fox. He is a man fleeing his own demons - a man with his own secret library of magical books that he has hidden away in the shadows for safekeeping. Because there is a nameless evil out there that is hunting them all . . .
Because some doors should never be opened.
The Book of Doors was a fun, bookish fantasy. It would make a great Marvel-esque movie. The villains, etc. really reminded me of that throughout. I wish that Cassie would have had more chance to explore the world before it all went south. I loved exploring her relationship with Mr. Webber and her grandfather. It was a great story, full of magic.
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