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Book Reviews Kill

Join Evan and Chad as they delve deep into the world of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror Novels.

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The Stormlight Acrchive #1 The Way Of Kings (Prelude to End of Part 1)

Duration: 01:21:02

House Of The Dragon S2E8: The Queen Who Ever Was

Duration: 00:40:16

Author Interview: Christopher Buehlman

Duration: 00:48:22

House Of The Dragon Episode 7: The Red Sowing

Duration: 00:40:12

House Of The Dragon Episodes 5 and 6: Regent & Smallfolk

Duration: 01:05:34

House Of The Dragon S2E4: The Red Dragon And The Gold

Duration: 00:39:12

House Of The Dragon S2 E3: The Burning Mill

Duration: 00:40:48

House Of The Dragon S2 E2: Rhaenyra The Cruel

Duration: 00:41:28

Author Interview: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Duration: 00:45:30

House Of The Dragon S2 E1: A Son For A Son

Duration: 00:39:36

Monday Morning Minute (5/21/2024)

Duration: 01:23:39

Monday Morning Minute (5/13/2024)

Duration: 01:37:20

Monday Morning Minute (5/6/2024)

Duration: 01:25:41

Monday Morning Minute (4/30/2024)

Duration: 01:16:11

Monday Morning Minute (4/22/2024)

Duration: 01:38:27

Monday Morning Minute (3/25/2024)

Duration: 01:18:20

Monday Morning Minute (3/18/2024)

Duration: 00:54:23

Duration: 00:55:13

Throne of Glass #4 - Queen of Shadows

Duration: 01:30:51

MALAZAN - Memories of Ice (The Spark and the Ashes)

Duration: 01:24:48

Book Reviews Kill

Join Evan and Chad as they delve deep into the world of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror Novels.

.css-14f5ked{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:2;overflow:hidden;} The Stormlight Acrchive #1 The Way Of Kings (Prelude to End of Part 1)

Oh man. Here we are. Let's go. Journey before destination, friends. I'm really exhuasted from editing this super late but I'll come back in here and add all the links and socials and stuff soon. 

.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;} House Of The Dragon S2E8: The Queen Who Ever Was

Evan and Effy discuss the finale of House Of The Dragon's semi-harrowing second season. Things are definitely...going to heat up...at some point...in like two years. That'll be cool. 

Author Interview: Christopher Buehlman

Christopher Buehlman is an American novelist, comedian, playwright, and poet from St. Petersburg, FL. He has written many acclaimed books, including Those Across The River, Between Two Fires, The Lesser Dead, The Blacktongue Thief, and it's new prequel novel The Daughter's War. 

Website: https://www.christopherbuehlmanauthor.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/buehlmeister/

House Of The Dragon Episode 7: The Red Sowing

We are so back!! Dragons galore. Drama galore. Strange women lyin' in ponds. Join Evan and Effy for a discussion on House Of The Dragon's penultimate second season episode. 

House Of The Dragon Episodes 5 and 6: Regent & Smallfolk

We took a week off from making these episodes aaaaaand what did we miss? Not a lot? A lot? Lots of things happening but kind of segmented and edited in a weird and kind of boring way? Not everything can be awesome dragonfights. Join Effy and Evan for a discussion on not one, but two episodes from House Of The Dragon, Season 2! 

BRK Discord: https://discord.gg/RnzHyt5gpv

BRK Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookreviewskill

House Of The Dragon S2E4: The Red Dragon And The Gold

What an episode!!! Dragons on dragons and fire and blood and characters all over the place!!! Join Evan and Effy for a conversation on what they both agree is the best episode of season two so far. 

House Of The Dragon S2 E3: The Burning Mill

How much more tense could things possibly get?? In the show. Evan and Effy are totally fine. Join Evan and Effy for their discussion on House Of The Dragon, Season 2, Episode 3! 

BRK Discord: https://discord.gg/3vThHbSB

House Of The Dragon S2 E2: Rhaenyra The Cruel

Schemes within schemes, intense sword fights, and a gaslighting mother - and we're only in the second episode! Join Evan and Effy for a discussion about the followup to HOTD Season 2's explosive first entry. 

Support BRK and gain access to exclusive clips: https://www.patreon.com/bookreviewskill

Join the BRK Discord: https://discord.gg/RnzHyt5gpv

Author Interview: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award winning author of Children Of Time, The Final Architecture, Shadows Of The Apt, and many, many more works of fiction. His new novel "Service Model" is now out everywhere and just a total joy to read. 

Follow Adrian: https://twitter.com/aptshadow

Buy Service Model: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250290281/servicemodel

Listen to episodes early on the BRK Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookreviews...

House Of The Dragon S2 E1: A Son For A Son

We are back in Westeros, everyone, and things are not looking peaceful. Join Evan and Effy for a discussion of episode one in the brand new season of House Of The Dragon! 

Support Book Reviews Kill: 

https://www.patreon.com/bookreviewskill

Join the BRK Discord: 

https://discord.gg/UMCR9wf5MT

Monday Morning Minute (5/21/2024)

It was a Tuesday and all was not a'right in the land of the written word. Many a tome-titillated soul spent the first day of the week rending their clothes and donning sackcloth and ashes in protest of Monday’s episode experiencing delays. Untold thousands of book lovers were out their weekly recommendation. The question of “what to read?” that so many take succor in having an answer to - if only good for a week - was not provided....

Monday Morning Minute (5/13/2024)

Reading - something you do alone . . . or is it? Like pretty much everything in life, with the exception of going number two, it’s better with friends. If you are lacking those of a bookish disposition in your life, or simply are seeking better ones. These two fearless hosts invite you to join them and our awesome discord community for another week of friendship, joy, happiness, and tears as we hit another Monday hard. So please, g...

Monday Morning Minute (5/6/2024)

Though ten thousand and eighty minutes have passed since we last Monday’d, it seems like ten long book-less lifetimes have transpired. There are friends and then there are friends who read together. Then there are friends who read together AND listen to the Monday Morning Minute! Our fearless hosts have a juicy one for you today, folks. Not one rabbit trail will be passed, no page will be left unturned in this bookish dalliance. If...

Monday Morning Minute (4/30/2024)

Monday was AWFUL! It is fair to say the book community was on shaky ground for the last 24 hours. The Monday Morning Minute, starting book-folk’s weeks off since the dawn of time was delayed. It was only the promise of a Tuesday Minute that allowed many to push on through. Due to one whose name shan’t be mentioned (the handsome one), bandwidth was at an all-time low this week, and even after the delay the audio quality was not up t...

Monday Morning Minute (4/22/2024)

Guess who just got back today?

Them wild-eyed boys that had been away

Haven't changed, still have too much to say

But man, I still think them cats are crazy…

At a slight risk of a lawsuit from Lizy and her athletic nature, it is safe to say the Boys are back in Town! We are back Ladies and Gentleman! Join in the fun as you can audibly hear the shouts as good bookish folk the world over cheer as the Minute returns. Yes, it's true - ...

Monday Morning Minute (3/25/2024)

Bookteam assemble! It is Monday and yes, finally, ye of stout bookish heart, the wait is over. The Monday Morning Minute has arrived. In a world overwhelmed with media, stories so abundant they twinkle like the stars in the night sky, two best friends set out to talk about some books, shows, movies, and high-level physics theories that they are not in any way qualified to discuss and barely understand. Also, Chad thinks he could be...

Monday Morning Minute (3/18/2024)

 *SPOILERS FOR DAMSEL*

Hello, fellow book friends - 'tis time once again for everyone’s favorite weekly episode the Monday Morning Minute! 

But first: an idiot named Chad would like to extend his humblest apologies for the late episode, somehow the audio was garbled when the aforementioned dingus uploaded it late last night, before he quickly fell asleep. But fear not! It has been remade and injected with an exuberant passion for b...

Throne of Glass #4 - Queen of Shadows

Join Evan and Chad For their summary and review of The Queen of Shadows as they once again delve deep into the acclaimed Throne of Glass series by Sarah. J. Maas. I shall waste no more breath than I must keeping you here dear friend, just know we are excited to have you here as you are, hopefully, excited to be here for another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 

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MALAZAN - Memories of Ice (The Spark and the Ashes)

Dear friends, fellow spelunkers of the page, your friendly face brings solace to our fearless hosts as they once again dive deep into this world - safety, a thing fully disregarded as they boldly explore The Memories of Ice Book Review warren. Today their feet will take them through, The Spark and the Ashes, the first book in the third volume of Stephen Erikson’s epic saga, Malazan Book of the Fallen.

As their path takes them deepe...

Monday Morning Minute (3/11/2024)

Whatdya know the boys are back at it again. And once again they cower in fear the night before rushing to produce the perfect episode of book-reviewing brilliance. An episode so chock full of bookish delights and whimsical fantasy treats that their audience just might decide to allow them to live one more week. The call of the minute echoes across the American countryside as pyre after pyre is lit. As each blaze climbs towards the ...

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Book Reviews Kill

Join Evan and Chad as they delve deep into the world of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror Novels.

Sunday Jun 23, 2024

Author Interview: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award winning author of Children Of Time, The Final Architecture, Shadows Of The Apt, and many, many more works of fiction. His new novel "Service Model" is now out everywhere and just a total joy to read.  Follow Adrian: https://twitter.com/aptshadow Buy Service Model: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250290281/servicemodel Listen to episodes early on the BRK Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookreviewskill BRK Discord: https://discord.gg/RnzHyt5gpv

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Monday Jun 17, 2024

House Of The Dragon S2 E1: A Son For A Son

We are back in Westeros, everyone, and things are not looking peaceful. Join Evan and Effy for a discussion of episode one in the brand new season of House Of The Dragon!  Support Book Reviews Kill:  https://www.patreon.com/bookreviewskill Join the BRK Discord:  https://discord.gg/UMCR9wf5MT

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Tuesday May 21, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (5/21/2024)

It was a Tuesday and all was not a'right in the land of the written word. Many a tome-titillated soul spent the first day of the week rending their clothes and donning sackcloth and ashes in protest of Monday’s episode experiencing delays. Untold thousands of book lovers were out their weekly recommendation. The question of “what to read?” that so many take succor in having an answer to - if only good for a week - was not provided. The consequences were severe: book marks forgotten, corners of books everywhere creased, the morning shift of Barnes and Noble’s the world-round erupted in chaos as they realized the previous night’s evening shifters’ conducted hostile take-overs of certain genres and forced entirely unheard of organizational systems upon their bookish flock. The fearless hosts of BRK understand their actions on Monday shook the book world to its very covers. They beg that while you are due a certain amount of avarice, you forgive them their tardiness - it was done to build bookish resilience and a page-filled depth of character ye will need for the trials to be found in future reads. What books could possibly require so much prep and centering before reading? Join us and find out in another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🐉House of the Dragon S2 Trailer👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2H_sKcmGw 💍The Rings of Power S2 Trailer👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCwmXY_f-e0    🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5  😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8  --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71   😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN  🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD  Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU  📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub  Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo  🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC  @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]  

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Monday May 13, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (5/13/2024)

Reading - something you do alone . . . or is it? Like pretty much everything in life, with the exception of going number two, it’s better with friends. If you are lacking those of a bookish disposition in your life, or simply are seeking better ones. These two fearless hosts invite you to join them and our awesome discord community for another week of friendship, joy, happiness, and tears as we hit another Monday hard. So please, grab some headphones, put on your best I’m focused hard on a tough problem face so no one interrupts and enjoy another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!  🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5  😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8  --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71   😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN  🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD  Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU  📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub  Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo  🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC

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Monday May 06, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (5/6/2024)

Though ten thousand and eighty minutes have passed since we last Monday’d, it seems like ten long book-less lifetimes have transpired. There are friends and then there are friends who read together. Then there are friends who read together AND listen to the Monday Morning Minute! Our fearless hosts have a juicy one for you today, folks. Not one rabbit trail will be passed, no page will be left unturned in this bookish dalliance. If you can read this is the podcast for you. If you can't read its still the podcast for you as these two book lovers can't contain their love for the life lessons and marvelous tales found within a book, though if you can't read you be able to read this to know that so . . . um . . . wow - as you can see the rabbit trails are flowing like milk and honey today. So hop aboard and join two best friends as they talk about books, movies, things they hate, and beefing rappers. Even Evan’s cut bod might get mentioned once or twice. So wipe the saliva from your chin and press play (with the other hand) as you won’t want to miss what will surely go down in history as another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!  🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5  😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8  --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71   😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN  🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD  Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU  📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub  Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo  🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC  @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (4/30/2024)

Monday was AWFUL! It is fair to say the book community was on shaky ground for the last 24 hours. The Monday Morning Minute, starting book-folk’s weeks off since the dawn of time was delayed. It was only the promise of a Tuesday Minute that allowed many to push on through. Due to one whose name shan’t be mentioned (the handsome one), bandwidth was at an all-time low this week, and even after the delay the audio quality was not up to the typical standard. Please bear with this episode which is a day late and a bit tinny on the audio quality. We had a change of location, combined with a new microphone AND new recording software (good thing we have the change isolated so we can fix the mistake next week, I know), so please be gentle as the recording quality this week was not up to the typical staggeringly nigh-quality. But fear not! A fix has already been found for next week. With that being said, it’s still listenable and you would be remiss if you missed this much anticipated, emotional, and love-filled journey of an episode.  You won’t want to miss this - another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! (duh) 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5  😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8  --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71   😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN  🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD  Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU  📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub  Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo  🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC  @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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Monday Apr 22, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (4/22/2024)

Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had been away Haven't changed, still have too much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy… At a slight risk of a lawsuit from Lizy and her athletic nature, it is safe to say the Boys are back in Town! We are back Ladies and Gentleman! Join in the fun as you can audibly hear the shouts as good bookish folk the world over cheer as the Minute returns. Yes, it's true - all that is good and holy in this universe has returned to normal. There the hyping shall end, but please know what a great honor it is to once again invite you to join our fearless book-loving hosts and press that play button for another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!  🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5  😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8  --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71   😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN  🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD  Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU  📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub  Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo  🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC  @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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Monday Mar 25, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (3/25/2024)

Bookteam assemble! It is Monday and yes, finally, ye of stout bookish heart, the wait is over. The Monday Morning Minute has arrived. In a world overwhelmed with media, stories so abundant they twinkle like the stars in the night sky, two best friends set out to talk about some books, shows, movies, and high-level physics theories that they are not in any way qualified to discuss and barely understand. Also, Chad thinks he could be the next Ghost Buster’s prodigy? Please accept a heartfelt book-filled welcome to these sacred bookish halls and hope you enjoy another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!    🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5  😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8  --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71   😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN  🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD  Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU  📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub  Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo  🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC  @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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1. The Stormlight Acrchive #1 The Way Of Kings (Prelude to End of Part 1)

2. house of the dragon s2e8: the queen who ever was, 3. author interview: christopher buehlman, 4. house of the dragon episode 7: the red sowing, 5. house of the dragon episodes 5 and 6: regent & smallfolk, 6. house of the dragon s2e4: the red dragon and the gold, 7. house of the dragon s2 e3: the burning mill, 8. house of the dragon s2 e2: rhaenyra the cruel, 9. author interview: adrian tchaikovsky, 10. house of the dragon s2 e1: a son for a son, 11. monday morning minute (5/21/2024), 12. monday morning minute (5/13/2024), 13. monday morning minute (5/6/2024), 14. monday morning minute (4/30/2024), 15. monday morning minute (4/22/2024), 16. monday morning minute (3/25/2024), 17. monday morning minute (3/18/2024), 18. throne of glass #4 - queen of shadows, 19. malazan - memories of ice (the spark and the ashes), 20. monday morning minute (3/11/2024), 21. throne of glass #3 - heir of fire, 22. monday morning minute (3/4/2024), 23. monday morning minute (2/26/2024), 24. malazan - deadhouse gates (deadhouse gates), 25. throne of glass #2.5 -the assassins blade, 26. monday morning minute (2/19/2024), 27. malazan - deadhouse gates (chain of dogs), 28. throne of glass #2 - crown of midnight, 29. red rising #6 - lightbringer, 30. monday morning minute (2/12/2024), 31. malazan - deadhouse gates (whirlwind), 32. throne of glass #1, 33. monday morning minute (2/5/2024), 34. malazan - deadhouse gates (raraku), 35. monday morning minute (1/29/2024), 36. the binti trilogy - binti, binti: home, & binti: the night masquerade, 37. malazan - gardens of the moon (the gadrobi hills , the city of blue fire, & the fete), 38. monday morning minute (1/22/2024), 39. malazan - gardens of the moon (the mission & assassins), 40. malazan - gardens of the moon (pale & darujhistan), 41. monday morning minute (1/15/2024), 42. red rising #5 - dark age, 43. author interview - ray nayler, 44. the scholomance #3 - the golden enclaves, 45. monday morning minute (1/8/2024), 46. top 5 books of 2023, 47. monday morning minute (1/1/2024), 48. monday morning minute (12/25/2023), 49. the scholomance #2 - the last graduate, 50. monday morning minute (12/18/2023), 51. monday morning minute (12/11/2023), 52. the scholomance #1 - a deadly education, 53. the faithful and the fallen #4 - wrath, 54. monday morning minute (12/4/2023), 55. monday morning minute (11/27/2023), 56. the kingkiller chronicle (all books) a review & discussion, 57. the faithful and the fallen #3 - ruin, 58. monday morning minute (11/13/2023), 59. monday morning minute (11/6/2023), 60. friday forge - reading multiple books, 61. monday morning minute (05/16/2022), 62. friday forge - obscure fantasy settings, 63. winternight ~ the bear and the nightingale, 64. monday morning minute (05/09/2022), 65. friday forge - gateway books, 66. green bone saga ~ jade legacy (chapters 30 - 63), 67. monday morning minute (05/02/2022), 68. friday forge - how do you find new books, 69. green bone saga ~ jade legacy (chapters 1 -29), 70. monday morning minute (04/25/2022), 71. friday forge - how to stay focused while reading, 72. monday morning minute (04/18/2022), 73. monday morning minute (04/11/2022), 74. green bone saga ~ jade war (chapters 30 - epilogue), 75. monday morning minute (04/04/2022), 76. green bone saga ~ jade war (chapters 1 - 29), 77. monday morning minute (03/28/2022), 78. bookish questions (part 2), 79. green bone saga ~ jade city (chapters 27 - epilogue), 80. monday morning minute (03/21/2022), 81. monday morning minute (03/14/2022), 82. bookish questions (part 1), 83. green bone saga ~ jade city (chapters 1 - 26), 84. monday morning minute (03/07/2022), 85. licanius trilogy (loatf ~ chapter 33 - epilogue), 86. monday morning minute (02/28/2022), 87. licanius trilogy (loatf ~ chapter 17 - chapter 32), 88. monday morning minute (02/21/2022), 89. the dark crystal (1982), 90. our favorite reads of 2021, 91. monday morning minute (02/14/2022), 92. what we’re reading in 2022, 93. licanius trilogy (loatf ~ prologue - chapter 17), 94. monday morning minute (02/07/2022), 95. our favorite tropes, 96. licanius trilogy (eottc ~ chapter 35 - epilogue), 97. monday morning minute (01/31/2022), 98. licanius trilogy (eottc ~chapter 17 - chapter 34), 99. evan’s review of children of time by adrian tchaikovsky, 100. where are all the stand-alones, 101. monday morning minute (01/24/2022), 102. the witcher (season 1), 103. licanius trilogy (eottc ~ prologue - chapter 17), 104. monday morning minute (01/17/2022).

105. ”How Do You Read So Much??”

106. Licanius Trilogy (SOWWL ~ Chapters 34 - Epilogue)

107. Monday Morning Minute (01/10/2022)

108. Monday Morning Minute (01/03/2022)

109. Evan’s Review of The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller

110. The Wheel Of Time (Season 1 Discussion)

111. The Books That Made Us

112. Monday Morning Minute (12/27/2021)

113. Licanius Trilogy (SOWWL ~ Chapters 18 - 33)

114. Evan‘s Review of Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

115. Page To Screen Adaptations

116. Licanius Trilogy (SOWWL ~ Prologue - Chapter 18)

117. Our Top 3 Series (Right Now)

118. red rising #4 - iron gold, 119. monday morning minute (10/30/2023), 120. monday morning minute (10/23/2023), 121. monday morning minute (10/16/2023), 122. the faithful and the fallen #2 - valor, 123. monday morning minute (10/9/2023), 124. monday morning minute (10/2/2023), 125. monday morning minute (9/11/2023), 126. monday morning minute (9/4/2023), 127. author interview - nicholas eames, 128. monday morning minute (8/28/2023), 129. monday morning minute (8/21/2023), 130. monday morning minute (8/14/2023), 131. red rising #3 - morning star, 132. monday morning minute (8/7/2023), 133. monday morning minute (7/31/2023), 134. the tale - chapter three, 135. author interview - kristopher triana, 136. the faithful and the fallen #1 - malice, 137. monday morning minute (7/24/2023), 138. short story recap ~ ”the yellow wallpaper” by charlotte perkins gilman, 139. the tale - chapter two, 140. red rising #2 - golden son, 141. monday morning minute (7/17/2023), 142. shattered sea #1 - half a king, 143. the tale - chapter one, 144. monday morning minute (7/10/2023), 145. friday forge ~ listener submitted hot takes part 2, 146. red rising #1 - red rising, 147. arc of a scythe book #3 - the toll, 148. monday morning minute (7/3/2023), 149. friday forge ~ listener submitted hot takes #1, 150. author interview - mj kuhn, 151. monday morning minute (6/26/2023), 152. friday forge ~ hot takes, 153. the expanse book #9 - leviathan falls, 154. monday morning minute (6/19/2023), 155. friday forge ~ dream adaptations, 156. arc of a scythe book #2 - thunderhead, 157. monday morning minute (6/12/2023), 158. friday forge ~ q & a, 159. the expanse book #8 - tiamat’s wrath, 160. monday morning minute (6/5/2023), 161. friday forge ~ the shape of a story, 162. monday morning minute (5/29/2023), 163. arc of a scythe book #1 - scythe, 164. friday forge ~ casual friday, 165. monday morning minute (5/22/2023), 166. the expanse book #7 - persepolis rising, 167. monday morning minute (5/15/2023), 168. friday forge ~ favorite reads of 2023 ~ mid year check-in, 169. monday morning minute (5/8/2023), 170. friday forge fantasy fun, 171. monday morning minute (5/1/2023), 172. the expanse book #6 -babylon’s ashes, 173. monday morning minute (4/24/2023), 174. friday forge ~ q & a #12, 175. the dreamblood duology #1 - the killing moon, 176. monday morning minute (4/17/2023), 177. monday morning minute (11/20/2023), 178. friday forge ~ q & a #11, 179. the expanse book #5 - nemesis games, 180. monday morning minute (4/3/2023), 181. short story recap ~ the raft by stephen king, 182. monday morning minute (3/27/2023), 183. the expanse book #4 - cibola burn, 184. friday forge ~ fun fantasy friends, 185. monday morning minute (3/20/2023), 186. friday forge ~ q & a #10, 187. the inheritance cycle book #4 - inheritance, 188. author interview - christopher paolini, 189. monday morning minute (3/13/2023), 190. the expanse book #3 - abaddon’s gate, 191. friday forge ~ q & a #9, 192. the inheritance cycle book #3 - brisingr, 193. monday morning minute (3/06/2023), 194. short story recap ~ ”drive” by james s.a.corey, 195. the expanse book #2 - calibans war, 196. monday morning minute (2/27/2023), 197. friday forge ~ q & a #8, 198. the inheritance cycle book #2 - eldest, 199. monday morning minute (2/20/2023), 200. short story recap ~ a still life by elliott wink, comments ( 0 ), new comments （ 0 ）, log in sign up, forgot password, -   or   -, please select a playlist, add new playlist.

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The Stormlight Acrchive #1 The Way Of Kings (Prelude to End of Part 1)

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In 'catch and kill,' ronan farrow offers a damning portrait of a conflicted nbc.

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"If NBC, which has the evidence, doesn't go forward with this story, it's a scandal."

That was what Ken Auletta, a writer for The New Yorker who had tried and failed to break the story of Harvey Weinstein's alleged serial sexual abuse of women, said when he found out that Ronan Farrow had obtained tape of Weinstein admitting to groping the model Ambra Gutierrez.

NBC did not go forward with the story. Ronan Farrow's new book, Catch and Kill, is a measured but damning portrait of that failure at NBC, which he ties to a pattern of harassment and abuse within the network.

In 2016, Farrow, then an investigative journalist at NBC, began work on a series about "undercovered stories" in Hollywood. "Pedophilia, racism, harassment..." as he explained to NBC host Matt Lauer, who would soon be fired for his own serial sexual misconduct. "Sounds terrific," Lauer said.

As Farrow started making calls, the same name kept coming up: the producer Harvey Weinstein. But over the coming months, as Farrow and his producer Rich McHugh amassed more and more stories of women saying they were bullied, harassed and assaulted, their bosses at NBC began hedging — particularly Noah Oppenheim, the head of NBC News:

" '[H]ow serious is this stuff, really?' " 'People say a lot of things when they're trying to get rid of a girl like that.' " 'For the Today show, a movie producer grabbing a lady is not news.' "

And finally, after Farrow wouldn't drop the investigation: "' There's just no room for you in the budget anymore.' "

Eventually, Farrow took the story to The New Yorker , where it, alongside reporting from The New York Times' Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, helped launch the #MeToo movement.

In memos and statements since, NBC has claimed that Farrow just didn't have enough evidence — despite multiple credible sources and the Gutierrez tape. But Farrow reports that many of the NBC executives who obstructed his investigation have been accused of sexual misconduct themselves, which fundamentally compromised their ability to support the story.

Among other instances, Farrow reports that NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack "pursued sexual relationships with underlings and talent" — one event ended with a nondisclosure agreement; the other, in professional retribution against the woman involved.

David Corvo, the senior executive producer for prime-time news, was assigned to shore up the story. The Daily Beast would later report that he too had been accused of sexual harassment. "I left the meeting with Corvo feeling reassured," Farrow writes at one point. "The next day, unbeknownst to me, NBC finalized a nearly $1,000,000 separation agreement with Corvo's accuser."

Tom Brokaw, whom Farrow leans on for support and advice during his fight with NBC executives, is also eventually accused of sexual harassment. NBC's Mark Halperin, Chris Matthews and Matt Zimmerman are all accused of harassment or worse.

In one of the book's most difficult chapters, Farrow describes the details of the complaint that led to host Matt Lauer's firing, which had largely been characterized by NBC and others as an inappropriate relationship. Instead, Farrow reports, it was rape.

"I've lost everything I cared about," Brooke Nevils, Lauer's accuser, told Farrow, going on the record for the first time. "My job. My goals."

In painful detail, Farrow describes a vicious anal rape that left Nevils bleeding and devastated. Nevils is clear in her allegation: "It was nonconsensual in the sense that I was too drunk to consent. ... It was nonconsensual in that I said, multiple times, that I didn't want to have anal sex."

Nevils went on to have other encounters with Lauer, which is apparently what allowed the company to describe the behavior as an affair, rather than an attack. During this time, Nevils said, she felt unable to say no because of his position of power.

"You need to know that I was raped," Farrow writes that Nevils told a friend. "And NBC lied about it."

Farrow also describes a culture of generalized sexism and bad journalism: MSNBC President Phil Griffin pressuring female producers into attending a peep show in Times Square and, later, pressuring Farrow to cut quotes in a different story to intentionally alter their meaning — what is, or should be, a firing offense at most news outlets.

On Wednesday, Lauer and Lack denied accusations in the book.

Catch and Kill creates a stark contrast with She Said, by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. They should be read together in college journalism courses, not only as stunning accounts of what good investigative journalism does but also as how institutions can find strength in legacy, reputation and numbers or use their substantial power to diffuse guilt and protect the powerful. Farrow quotes a source who said Weinstein exulted when he found out NBC wouldn't run the piece: "He kept saying, 'If I can get a network to kill a story, how hard can a newspaper be?' " Significantly harder, it turns out.

Farrow is cutting about the avoidant and cryptic language NBC executives used to dodge responsibility. It was not a person who killed the story:

"It was a consensus about the organization's comfort level moving forward that stopped the reporting. It was a consensus about the organization's comfort level moving forward that bowed to lawyers and threats; that hemmed and hawed and parsed and shrugged; that sat on multiple credible allegations of sexual misconduct and disregarded a recorded admission of guilt."

" 'Well if the press would stop covering it, it will go away,' " said one of the company's lawyers in a crisis meeting after the Lauer story broke. "There was a pause," Farrow writes, then a journalist said, " 'But we are the press.' "

After The New Yorker piece came out, executives at NBC, Farrow writes, were "reaching out, saying they knew I had a new book coming out — I'd managed to finish the foreign policy book I'd ignored for so long — and they'd be happy to consider having me back on air to promote it, if I'd come in and reach a formal agreement about not rehashing the past."

Outside NBC, other names pop up in the book as well: Hillary Clinton cancels an interview with Farrow after her press person tells him: "[W]e know about the big story you're on ... it's a concern for us." The man, Nick Merrill, later said the cancellation was unrelated. George Pataki, the former governor of New York, personally calls Weinstein to warn him of Farrow's reporting. The high-powered lawyer Lisa Bloom, one of the notable villains of She Said, courts Farrow, not disclosing that she is working for Weinstein.

While Weinstein was making threatening calls to NBC executives, his allies at the National Enquirer were digging into Lauer, apparently hoping to make it harder for NBC to publish allegations.

All the while, Weinstein was waging a desperate war to crush the story. Farrow is trailed throughout the book by private investigators working for the shady Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube. They follow him to work, watch his house and compile dossiers on his family members. American Media Inc., the parent company of the National Enquirer, was also having people in Farrow's orbit surveilled, according to employees who spoke to Farrow. That investigator briefly followed Farrow's partner before deciding his routine was too predictable. " 'I'm interesting!' Jonathan said, when I told him. 'I am a very interesting person! I went to an escape room!' " (For all its horrors, Catch and Kill is often sweetly funny.)

Ultimately, Weinstein believed that Farrow's weak point was his immediate family: His sister Dylan Farrow has maintained for years that their father, Woody Allen, molested her when she was a kid.

"You couldn't save someone you love, and now you think you can save everyone," spits Weinstein in one of many angry calls with Farrow. His bosses at NBC make the same point more gently: that he is too close, or too invested in the story because of his sister. But instead of a liability, Dylan Farrow appears throughout the book as a force of reason and compassion, urging her brother to do the right thing. "I know what it's like to have people stop fighting for you," she said.

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by Daniel Silva ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 21, 2000

Silva, who’s covered Middle East politics as a journalist and CNN producer, promises intriguing backstory and more twists...

Silva churns out his fourth thrill-a-minute sure-fire bestseller in as many years ( The Marching Season , 1999, etc.).

Another tale of international intrigue, this one rips Middle East strife from the headlines and introduces hero Gabriel Allon, living quietly away from the Israeli-intelligence work that got his wife and daughter killed. But the threat of Yasir Arafat’s assassination and permanent end to the peace process brings him back into action to chase across continents and put to an end the Palestinian terrorist who has a mysterious connection to Allon.

Pub Date: Dec. 21, 2000

ISBN: 0-375-50090-1

Page Count: 480

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 2000

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by Max Brooks ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2020

A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.

Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).

A zombie apocalypse is one thing. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people.” Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesn’t know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival. Indeed, the novel does double duty as a survival manual, packed full of good advice—for instance, try not to get wounded, for “injury turns you from a giver to a taker. Taking up our resources, our time to care for you.” Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, leading to “immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,” and there’s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows. Brooks is a pro at building suspense even if it plays out in some rather spectacularly yucky episodes, one involving a short spear that takes its name from “the sucking sound of pulling it out of the dead man’s heart and lungs.” Grossness aside, it puts you right there on the scene.

Pub Date: June 16, 2020

ISBN: 978-1-9848-2678-7

Page Count: 304

Publisher: Del Rey/Ballantine

Review Posted Online: Feb. 9, 2020

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 2020

GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY | GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE | SCIENCE FICTION

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THEN SHE WAS GONE

by Lisa Jewell ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 24, 2018

Dark and unsettling, this novel’s end arrives abruptly even as readers are still moving at a breakneck speed.

Ten years after her teenage daughter went missing, a mother begins a new relationship only to discover she can't truly move on until she answers lingering questions about the past.

Laurel Mack’s life stopped in many ways the day her 15-year-old daughter, Ellie, left the house to study at the library and never returned. She drifted away from her other two children, Hanna and Jake, and eventually she and her husband, Paul, divorced. Ten years later, Ellie’s remains and her backpack are found, though the police are unable to determine the reasons for her disappearance and death. After Ellie’s funeral, Laurel begins a relationship with Floyd, a man she meets in a cafe. She's disarmed by Floyd’s charm, but when she meets his young daughter, Poppy, Laurel is startled by her resemblance to Ellie. As the novel progresses, Laurel becomes increasingly determined to learn what happened to Ellie, especially after discovering an odd connection between Poppy’s mother and her daughter even as her relationship with Floyd is becoming more serious. Jewell’s ( I Found You , 2017, etc.) latest thriller moves at a brisk pace even as she plays with narrative structure: The book is split into three sections, including a first one which alternates chapters between the time of Ellie’s disappearance and the present and a second section that begins as Laurel and Floyd meet. Both of these sections primarily focus on Laurel. In the third section, Jewell alternates narrators and moments in time: The narrator switches to alternating first-person points of view (told by Poppy’s mother and Floyd) interspersed with third-person narration of Ellie’s experiences and Laurel’s discoveries in the present. All of these devices serve to build palpable tension, but the structure also contributes to how deeply disturbing the story becomes. At times, the characters and the emotional core of the events are almost obscured by such quick maneuvering through the weighty plot.

Pub Date: April 24, 2018

ISBN: 978-1-5011-5464-5

Page Count: 368

Publisher: Atria

Review Posted Online: Feb. 5, 2018

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 15, 2018

GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE | SUSPENSE | FAMILY LIFE & FRIENDSHIP | SUSPENSE

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Book Review: Hiroshima bomb saga revisited with witness accounts

This cover image released by Dutton shows “Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses” by M.G. Sheftall. (Dutton via AP)

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An atomic bombing is so horrific all accounts tend to be quintessential. M.G. Sheftall’s “Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses,” a carefully and respectfully researched oral history, is no different.

Although the individuals who recount their tales vary, from engineers to schoolgirls, their message is the same: In the words of one survivor, Kohei Oiwa, “If there is a hell, he thought to himself, certainly it must be just like this.”

Oiwa, a junior high school student in 1945, is told to help stack bodies. Charred flesh crumpled in his grip so he held only bones. His is one of many rendered by Sheftall in his blow-by-blow retelling.

The storytelling leads up to Aug. 6, 1945, circles around and around that moment, then describes what it left afterward, weaving in and out of witness accounts.

The experience is tantamount to recalling a giant nightmare so painful it’s hard to read in one sitting.

Sheftall, an American who has lived in Japan since 1987, interviewed dozens of survivors, known as “hibakusha,” primarily in Japan but also in Taiwan and Korea. Of his book’s 545 pages, more than 50 pages are taken up by references and notes.

“I would describe not only the bombings themselves — something countless authors have done quite effectively before me — but also the world those survived had known before the bombs, and the New Japan they helped to rebuild from the rubble and ashes of the old,” he wrote in the acknowledgments.

It’s that story heard, over and over again, from those who lived to tell it, although many more died, tens of thousands, in a flash.

Oiwa, who was 2.1 kilometers (1.3 miles) from Japan’s Ground Zero, was in his futon bed “when everything suddenly turned white.”

For a reporter assigned to Japan, with her fair share of hibakusha interviews, parts of the book meant to explain the cultural backdrops seemed a bit lengthy and painstakingly detailed.

But this reporter was also reminded of how the story of Hiroshima is at risk of being forgotten. The hibakusha are now over 90 in age.

Sheftall devotes a whole chapter on debunking the idea of being “vaporized.” The heat and destruction from Little Boy and Fat Man did not make for “waving a magic wand over people, and then, presto change-o, watching them disappear with a nice, clean painless ‘poof,’” he wrote.

Some people’s faces were literally gone. Others had eyeballs knocked out, dangling from their sockets. Charred black figures wandered through a flattened city, begging for water, “Mizu … mizu,” the title of one of the book’s chapters.

Illnesses from radiation poisoning followed for years. They felt guilt and shame for not having died.

His book tells their stories, in all their ruthless violence and gory pathos, but, most important, as a cautionary tale about the perils of nuclear warfare.

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Thu 12 Sept 2024

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What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie, review: Ridiculous fun – with awful characters

The author of the megahit how to kill your family is back with a new book which is entertaining but contrived. still, it's a surefire bestseller.

Bella Mackie’s 2021 debut novel How to Kill Your Family was a runaway bestseller. A caustic satire about dysfunctional families and the damage inflicted by extreme wealth, it sold more than a million copies. It isn’t a surprise, then, that for her second work of fiction, the writer sticks to a similar formula.

What a Way to Go is a whodunit. Anthony Wistern, a renowned financier , is found dead in the grounds of Gables, his Cotswolds home, during his lavish 60th birthday party. His ice-cold wife, four children and business partner were all close by. But who is to blame?

Immediately, we sense the ridiculous fun that Mackie had crafting this heinous man and his spoilt family. Entertaining lines come in thick and fast during the early pages: “You think your troubles are insurmountable and then a waiter hands you a glass of really good wine,” Anthony says. The pretentiousness is implicit.

Olivia, Anthony’s wife , is much the same. “As usual with Lyra, my first emotion upon seeing my third child was one of annoyance,” she says. Even more brilliant is her description of how Anthony died: “My husband had been lanced by one of the spikes used to hold up the beautiful orbs dotting the lake. Speared, just like a fish.”

The fast-paced chapters move between three characters: Olivia, who is thrilled to see the back of her husband; “the Sleuth”, a true-crime obsessive who, living close to Gables, decides to investigate what she is sure was a murder; and Anthony, who speaks from beyond the grave.

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It’s this part that jars. Anthony wakes up at a “processing centre” where volunteers tell him that in order to move onto the afterlife proper, he must remember how he died. “There’s normally a gap of about 30 minutes in your memory, and you’ve got to play detective,” reads a pamphlet. 

Every detail about his new environment feels contrived. “When someone much stupider than me figures out how they died and we have to stand as an old lady vigorously plays them out with a rendition of ‘So long, farewell’ from The Sound of Music on an old bugle, I wish I’d lived a more careful life,” Anthony thinks.

None of these characters are in the least bit likeable. Still, you will read until the end, because you’ll want to find out what happened to Anthony – if only because Mackie, tangling together his business trouble and personal life, leaves so many suspects in the mix. But you won’t feel any sympathy for this obnoxious serial cheater, nor the family he leaves behind.

“The Sleuth” – whose real name is Jade Evans – is Mackie’s opportunity for some perspective. It is she who gazes in on the Wisterns’ immense wealth, who sees that “everything in this house was 10 times bigger than in a normal home”, highlighting the obscenity. She is the underdog, but it’s hard to root for her when her fixation – and lack of care for others’ privacy – makes her so irritating.

Her character could have been an opportunity for an evisceration of society’s obsession with true crime . Jade is eventually arrested for stalking, and Clara, one of Anthony’s daughters, tells her she thinks her vlogs are “pretty grubby”. But that’s the only real critique on offer.

Given Mackie’s previous success, this novel will sell well. But none of these characters are memorable, and the conclusion is a disappointment. Even Mackie’s jibes at the 1 per cent, which at the novel’s start are amusing, come to feel unimaginative. Without any delight in those, it’s all a lot less fun.

Published by The Borough Press on 12 September, £20

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