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She of the Mountains: A book review

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  Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Love love love Sorry if I am a bit incoherent, but that is the effect this book has on me. I mean, shit. I think I am crying. Let me cry though. Let me cry and revel in this feeling of pure and unadulterated joy. My heart. Its aching.  But this time it’s because I am so touched. Also, side note absolutely unnecessary, but I think I am in love. In love with the writing style, in love with the storytelling, in love with every word that is written here. The perspective is so beautiful. This is why we are lonely. Hmmmmmmmm…….. Sigh. That’s me utterly satisfied. Her words feel like echoes, you hear them even when they are not there. Sooo, anyways let’s get started. I picked up the book in continuation of my resolve to read all the books in the PopSugar 2020 reading challenge to-read list that I had made waaaay back when it was 2 ° C, and my way of warming myself was making lists. I made lists, I forgot about them. Then quarantine happened. Well i...

Unspeakable Things:A book review

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I picked up this book in an attempt to complete my PopSugar Challenge 2020. This book was in the challenge named ‘A book published in 2020’. I don’t remember whether I read the blurb before picking this book as I made the to-read list so long ago. But better late than never right! This is the review of “ Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey” . I don’t usually read horror or books that are set in the real world beyond romance, I mean why read about horrible things when there’s enough horror in the real world already. The book started on a really high note, struggled in the middle and rushed in the end. It built up an excellent premise, but the suspense was at its all-time high in the first few chapters and then it slowed down. I was really curious about the events of the book when I read the authors note, and the preface definitely pulled me towards reading the book. But as the book progressed, the main plot of the book somehow felt lost in all the details. This book continuously rem...