Portable Magic
Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.
Currently reading
The Girl With All the Gifts ★★★★★
This was pretty close to a perfect horror/thriller book for me. I especially loved how the author dribbles out the information so that at first, the reader is aware that something is not quite right, then comes the dawning realization that it’s much worse than “not quite right”, then you’re plunged into action as all hell breaks loose. He develops the characters so that the reader can connect with them all, even just the smallest empathy for the true villains,
(show spoiler)The “scientific” explanation for the book’s events is just enough to be (mostly) plausible without bogging down the narrative. The ending is certainly not Happily Ever After, but offers a satisfying amount of hope for the future.
Audiobook version, borrowed from my public library via Overdrive, with an excellent performance by Finty Williams.
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