Cathryn Grant
Autor(a) de Fatal Cut {novella}
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Séries
Obras por Cathryn Grant
Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 4 2 exemplares
Twelve Days of Xmas (Suburban Noir Horror Stories) 2 exemplares
Maternal Instinct (A Suburban Noir Short Story) 2 exemplares
Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 5 2 exemplares
Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 3 2 exemplares
Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 2 2 exemplares
The Artist: A Psychological Thriller 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Grant, Cathryn
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Educação
- San Jose State University (BA History)
- Organizações
- Mystery Writers of America
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Críticas
The Secret She Kept: a gripping psychological thriller por Cathryn Grant
This book had potential, but the unnecessary secret-keeping annoyed me a little. The first half of the book I thought was strange and didn't make sense, and then at the halfway point I was like OH well THAT makes sense now! Ruth could have been honest from the beginning, but I guess that wouldn't have made as good of a story. Nadia's character was immature, and frankly annoyed me a bit. Ruth and Cheryl's relationship I will never understand, because how can that possibly be forgiven?!
I highly recommend "Don't Trust Her" by Cathryn Grant to anyone who enjoys psychological thrillers. The author builds suspense throughout the book with well-developed characters and plot twists that keep you guessing until the very end. It's a real page-turner that explores the themes of trust and betrayal in a unique and intriguing way.
Thank you to NetGalley and Inkubator Books for allowing me to read and review this book.
Thank you to NetGalley and Inkubator Books for allowing me to read and review this book.
I give up. I made it about 300 something pages in, i'm done. I'm sure this book has an audience, it's just not me.
I've hit the YA she MUST fall in love with her big strong protector right in the middle of a plot essential conversation. I can't do it. This book is a hot mess.
I read the first five chapters via NetGalley, and wrote a review for them on my blog. I was going to post it here when i finished the whole book but to be honest, the first 5 chapters are a different book. They have their own solid plot and story arc. They read like they had a different professional editor from the rest of the book. So I won't include that gushing review.
I wanted to love this book because the world concept is amazing, I love the idea of all the various species cohabiting together. If one exists why wouldn't the others?
It was intriguing to me because it was marketed as an adult fantasy, but in reality it is just Rated-R YA with a super model cast that everyone wants to be with *eye roll*. I've read most of Sarah's other works, and the plot of this book follows her known tropes. There is an over abundance of sex, drugs, and gore, these are not themes, they are just content. This book works with YA themes, instead of themes that would make it an "adult fantasy".
With that being said the action in this book is actually written as a sub-plot to the info dumping of world building that is happening.
If you are a person that just loves to read world building, and feel like the plot can get in the way of learning about the world then you will thoroughly enjoy this read. It gives you so much information about the world that Sarah has build that you could get lost in it. Every time anything happens, an info dump about random non-plot essential information follows.
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Aside from that, every character has at least 3 names. It wasn't confusing as they are all distinct names, (i hate crazy fantasy naming, but Sarah really excels at giving characters unique but easy to pronounce names) Mostly it was just another thing to slug through in the already overly info dumping book.
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The editing was the most frustrating aspect of the book for me. It feels like she received a lesser editor this time around so the house could increase profits from her established audience.
The word said is hardly used. Everyone is padding, purring, adjective, whatever- it's so distracting. Just use said. Makes more of an impact when the adjective is actually needed. So many sentences are started with And, or missing pro-nouns all together, it was really like reading a debut novel, with trying to read through the strange sentence structure.
I've read so many reviews that say the end is worth it, so I was going to try and push through, in hopes that it would all come together but I can't.
Bryce's character is so paper thin, I would honestly say Hunt is the main character of the book. He has a deep character arc, and growth track.
Bryce is played off as a party girl, then out of no where with no foreshadow at all she is actually a badass? Hello, YA stereotype. If half of the info dumping was cut, there could have been room to give Bryce a growth track.
I've been trying to read this book for a month, i know I am forgetting so much in this review, but I just need to call it. Trying to push through it has halted all my other reading, and I'm okay with the fact that this book just isn't for me.
Sarah builds fantastic worlds. She has the makings to write an epic adult book, this just isn't it. If you don't like reading YA books, don't read this book.
… (mais)
I've hit the YA she MUST fall in love with her big strong protector right in the middle of a plot essential conversation. I can't do it. This book is a hot mess.
I read the first five chapters via NetGalley, and wrote a review for them on my blog. I was going to post it here when i finished the whole book but to be honest, the first 5 chapters are a different book. They have their own solid plot and story arc. They read like they had a different professional editor from the rest of the book. So I won't include that gushing review.
I wanted to love this book because the world concept is amazing, I love the idea of all the various species cohabiting together. If one exists why wouldn't the others?
It was intriguing to me because it was marketed as an adult fantasy, but in reality it is just Rated-R YA with a super model cast that everyone wants to be with *eye roll*. I've read most of Sarah's other works, and the plot of this book follows her known tropes. There is an over abundance of sex, drugs, and gore, these are not themes, they are just content. This book works with YA themes, instead of themes that would make it an "adult fantasy".
With that being said the action in this book is actually written as a sub-plot to the info dumping of world building that is happening.
If you are a person that just loves to read world building, and feel like the plot can get in the way of learning about the world then you will thoroughly enjoy this read. It gives you so much information about the world that Sarah has build that you could get lost in it. Every time anything happens, an info dump about random non-plot essential information follows.
-
Aside from that, every character has at least 3 names. It wasn't confusing as they are all distinct names, (i hate crazy fantasy naming, but Sarah really excels at giving characters unique but easy to pronounce names) Mostly it was just another thing to slug through in the already overly info dumping book.
-
The editing was the most frustrating aspect of the book for me. It feels like she received a lesser editor this time around so the house could increase profits from her established audience.
The word said is hardly used. Everyone is padding, purring, adjective, whatever- it's so distracting. Just use said. Makes more of an impact when the adjective is actually needed. So many sentences are started with And, or missing pro-nouns all together, it was really like reading a debut novel, with trying to read through the strange sentence structure.
I've read so many reviews that say the end is worth it, so I was going to try and push through, in hopes that it would all come together but I can't.
Bryce's character is so paper thin, I would honestly say Hunt is the main character of the book. He has a deep character arc, and growth track.
Bryce is played off as a party girl, then out of no where with no foreshadow at all she is actually a badass? Hello, YA stereotype. If half of the info dumping was cut, there could have been room to give Bryce a growth track.
I've been trying to read this book for a month, i know I am forgetting so much in this review, but I just need to call it. Trying to push through it has halted all my other reading, and I'm okay with the fact that this book just isn't for me.
Sarah builds fantastic worlds. She has the makings to write an epic adult book, this just isn't it. If you don't like reading YA books, don't read this book.
… (mais)
"They don't realize that I'll kill to get what belongs to me.
Maybe, someday, I'll post something true."
Faceless (A Suburban Noir Novel)
by Cathryn Grant
My review:
This book is different!
It is both a cautionary tale and a mystery. I LOVE the cover!
I found aspects of Faceless very interesting. I didn't love it..but it was far from bad. Perfect three star book.
So, first the good. Faceless is all about social media and the "happy masks" people wear when posting. It is also about insanity as one of a group of friends is psychotic and the reader does not know which one.
I think what this book does best is show the dangers of social media, not just the addictive aspect of it but the need to idealize one's life and the whole needing one's life to be the best.
I am not on Facebook but others I know are and I hear about this weekly. People who have to broadcast everything, even when they need to go to the bathroom.
I am not judging..I am empathizing. I get it. That is why I do not do Facebook. I understand its allure and its pull. The book really gets that right. It shows so well how social media can interfere with reality in a pretty not so good way.
I really liked Ally's POV. I so did. And that whole aspect of social media and its dangers caught me by surprise. I was not expecting this book to be so thought provoking.
May I just mention however what a big jerk I thought Allie's boyfriend was.
Now the not so great.
I wish it had not turned into a who done it and just stood as a commentary on social media. I think this writer has much talent but maybe I am just sick of thrillers. Once it turned that road, I did not like it as much and found myself skimming the parts that dealt with the mystery to get back to the non mystery aspects.
It was also..well..very long..a bit to much I'd say.I did read the whole thing. One good aspect of Faceless is it is not dull. But I really dug the non who done it parts the best. I just did. I found them realistic and almost like multiple character studies. I have read more than one book b y this writer and she is very talented.
In summary..far from my favorite but a good thought provoking read that will make you think. Three stars from this reader.… (mais)
Maybe, someday, I'll post something true."
Faceless (A Suburban Noir Novel)
by Cathryn Grant
My review:
This book is different!
It is both a cautionary tale and a mystery. I LOVE the cover!
I found aspects of Faceless very interesting. I didn't love it..but it was far from bad. Perfect three star book.
So, first the good. Faceless is all about social media and the "happy masks" people wear when posting. It is also about insanity as one of a group of friends is psychotic and the reader does not know which one.
I think what this book does best is show the dangers of social media, not just the addictive aspect of it but the need to idealize one's life and the whole needing one's life to be the best.
I am not on Facebook but others I know are and I hear about this weekly. People who have to broadcast everything, even when they need to go to the bathroom.
I am not judging..I am empathizing. I get it. That is why I do not do Facebook. I understand its allure and its pull. The book really gets that right. It shows so well how social media can interfere with reality in a pretty not so good way.
I really liked Ally's POV. I so did. And that whole aspect of social media and its dangers caught me by surprise. I was not expecting this book to be so thought provoking.
May I just mention however what a big jerk I thought Allie's boyfriend was.
Now the not so great.
I wish it had not turned into a who done it and just stood as a commentary on social media. I think this writer has much talent but maybe I am just sick of thrillers. Once it turned that road, I did not like it as much and found myself skimming the parts that dealt with the mystery to get back to the non mystery aspects.
It was also..well..very long..a bit to much I'd say.I did read the whole thing. One good aspect of Faceless is it is not dull. But I really dug the non who done it parts the best. I just did. I found them realistic and almost like multiple character studies. I have read more than one book b y this writer and she is very talented.
In summary..far from my favorite but a good thought provoking read that will make you think. Three stars from this reader.… (mais)
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