By: Freida McFadden *This post contains spoilers for The Witch “But I never expected to be slaughtered in Town Square. And certainly not for being a witch.” The Witch Overview: When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family’s sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts.Continue reading “The Witch”
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The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore “We can do as we please, if we only learn not to care so much about what people think.” The God of the Woods *This post contains spoilers for The God of the Woods Overview: Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, hasContinue reading “The God of the Woods”
The Only One Left
By: Riley Sager “She’s capable of so little yet accused of so much, and I remain torn between wanting to protect her and the urge to suspect her.” The Only One Left *This post contains spoilers for The Only One Left Overview: Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the MaineContinue reading “The Only One Left”
Beautiful Ugly
By: Alice Feeney “Marriage is made of a million beautiful and ugly moments stitched together into a shared tapestry of memories, all of which are viewed and remembered slightly differently, like two people staring at the same painting from opposite ends of a room.” Beautiful Ugly *This post contains spoilers for Beautiful Ugly Overview: AuthorContinue reading “Beautiful Ugly”
The Housemaid’s Secret
By: Freida McFadden “She wants me to stay out of it. Mind my own business. Unfortunately, I’ve never been very good at that.” The Housemaid’s Secret *This post contains spoilers for The Housemaid’s Secret Overview: It’s hard to find an employer who doesn’t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my luckyContinue reading “The Housemaid’s Secret”
The Night Singer
By: Johanna Mo “So many people who just can’t handle the truth, tying themselves in knots to deny the obvious. ” The Night Singer *This post contains spoilers for The Night Singer Overview: Police detective Hannah Duncker didn’t expect to return to her native land. She fled after her father’s murder conviction and returns toContinue reading “The Night Singer”
The Family Game
By: Catherine Steadman “Games take us as close as is acceptable to the strategies we use in life. Games reveal our most base instinct: the instinct to survive. Under the mask of enjoyment, we reveal ourselves, we reveal how we play at life, our methods, how we navigate others’ strengths and weaknesses.” The Family GameContinue reading “The Family Game”
Rock Paper Scissors
By: Alice Feeney “The only good thing about losing everything, is the freedom that comes from having nothing left to lose.” Rock Paper Scissors *This post contains spoilers for Rock Paper Scissors Overview: Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away toContinue reading “Rock Paper Scissors”
Lock Every Door
By: Riley Sager “Never take anything you haven’t earned, my father used to say. You always end up paying for it one way or another.” Lock Every Door *This post contains spoilers for Lock Every Door. Overview: No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom areContinue reading “Lock Every Door”
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The End
By: Lemony Snicket “Sooner or later, everyone’s story has an unfortunate event or two…The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.” Lemony Snicket, The End *This post contains spoilers for The End and A Series of Unfortunate Events This is it… TheContinue reading “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The End”
