Hello friends it’s time for another WWW Wednesday update:
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman
WWW Wednesday
Month: October 2022
5 Quotes from Last 5 Books
These are five of my favourite quotes from the last five books that I have read!!
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
“The greatest good, all that, which is also just a way of saying the least bad,”
Crossroads by Laurel Hightower
“The first time Chris buried a part of herself by her son’s roadside cross, it was an accident.”
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
“I . . .” I’m not your sweetheart, motherfucker.”
Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda
“It was so easy to pretend that everything was normal. We’ve always been great pretenders here.”
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
“For here was the thing that no fairy tale would ever admit, but that she understood in that moment: love was not inherently good.
Night of the Mannequins Review
*A FEW SPOILERS*
This book is a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or both?
Sawyer is very resolute in his thoughts that Manny the mannequin has come to life and is now hell bent on killing them all. I have to say his reasonings behind it was quite weak and the fact that he is so almost eagerly willing to murder the rest of his friends just to spare the rest of their families gives me that hero complex vibe. I don’t know how he gets away with each of them as he doesn’t really think through each little detail of the murders and executes them pretty much out in the open with a lot of witnesses.
I feel like this is basically about Sawyer not willing to grow apart from his friends and how fixated he is on trying to maintain their connection through Manny. They used to be so close and would pull all these pranks and hang out all the time and gradually that has stopped to the point where Manny has been sitting in his garage for years. Even the reoccurring theme of the super hero movie throughout the plot he uses as a way to reinforce the validity of his thought process.
One thing about Stephen Graham Jones’ books is he kind of throws you straight into the story. I just always feel a bit disoriented when I start like I missed an introduction somewhere, it’s quite strange. You definitely have to suspend a bit of belief when reading this book but it was definitely weird yet entertaining.
⭐️3/5 stars this was a wild ride!
Series I’m DNFing
These are 5 book series I’ve started that I am kind of giving up on for the time being. These are all series that I just know I am not going to be continuing on with anytime soon so it’s time to take them off my TBR.
A Song of Wraith and Ruin duology
Into the Crooked Place duology
Heartstopper Series
The Star Touch Queen series
Graceling Realm series
Come Closer Review
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that’s replaced by obscene insults. Amanda—a successful architect in a happy marriage—finds her life going off kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that she’s doing it, she burns her husband with a cigarette. The new voice in Amanda’s head, the one that tells her to steal things and talk to strange men in bars, is strange and frightening, and Amanda struggles to wrest back control of her life. Is she possessed by a demon, or is she simply insane?
I thought this book was highly engaging and very entertaining. Amanda comes across as quite ordinary and bland at the start of the book and then we start to see the gradual descent into acceptance that she is definitely being possessed. I feel like she goes through all the different stages of grief before she is truly taken over and loses all control.
I liked how almost realistic this book was. Amanda tries to come up with all of these excuses and explanations as to why she’s blacking out or how she might just be crazy and there isn’t a demon inside her. Matthew prompting her to get help and her actually trying and seeking a way for her to get better.
I think it was the perfect length to tell this story and the pacing was just right. It started off quite slow and unassuming and then as the plot continues and all these horrific acts occur you really start to feel the panic and overall manic nature of her descent into possession.
⭐️3/5 stars This was intense!
Amy Leigh Reads 