Tag Archive | horror
Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2)
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray My rating: 4 of 5 stars Holy moley! Bray turns up the fear-factor in this second instalment of The Diviners series. This is the sort of writing that makes you yell out loud to the characters – “Run! For f@&%s sake, Run!” Genuinely scary and suspenseful, and beautifully read […]
Coraline
Coraline. An Adventure too Weird for Words by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I listened to this walking the darkened streets of my suburb. Scared the bejesus out of me. Definitely one to read with the lights on. Dawn French is a perfect choice to read this – alternately funny and scary […]
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Graveyard Book has possible the best opening paragraph – ever.How Nobody Came to the GraveyardThere was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.The knife had a handle of polished black bone, and a blade finer and sharper than any […]
The Mystery of the Golden Card
The Mystery of the Golden Card by Garth Nix My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a really consistent, well-written series. The twins are engaging (although, as an adult I sometimes find them so infuriatingly stubborn!) and the adventures are spine-tingling and suspenseful. I also find myself getting very irritated with Grandma X when […]
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