Carole Johnstone
Autor/a de Mirrorland
Obres de Carole Johnstone
God Of The Gaps 2 exemplars
The Morning After 1 exemplars
Dead Loss 1 exemplars
The Blind Man 1 exemplars
The Claife Crier 1 exemplars
Obres associades
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Black Static 18 2 exemplars
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- Nom normalitzat
- Johnstone, Carole
- Nom oficial
- Johnstone, Carole
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Biografia breu
- Carole Johnstone is a writer of speculative fiction: mostly horror, some fantasy, sci-fi, historical and slipstream.
Since early 2008 her short stories have been published in various anthologies and magazines: Morrigan Books' Voices, Dead Souls, and Grants Pass; In Bad Dreams Vol. 2, From The Asylum, and Black Static among others.
In 2010, she is due to appear in PS Publishing's apocalyptic anthology, Catastrophia.
Her first novella, Frenzy was recently released by Eternal Press, and is also available in paperback at Amazon.com
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I gave this book more than 100 pages. I just didn't feel the suspense or drama that would have helped me continue. I got tired of the twin mind set and the messages and Mirrorland itself. So I let it go.
Well, this book certainly wasn't boring! The story was fantastic, but the writing was a bit murky. It blended Cat (the main character's) current reality with her imagination world from childhood. It was a bit confusing. I really think if it was written as "Present" and "Past" (every other chapter maybe), it would have been much more clear. I had never heard of the term "magical realism" until I came across this book and read a few of the other reviews - but that's definitely what it is!
Twisty and turny. One of the best thrillers I have ever read. The characters were messy, smart, and realistic. Lots of drama and intrigue.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 11
- També de
- 26
- Membres
- 529
- Popularitat
- #47,055
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 37
- ISBN
- 38
- Llengües
- 5
A spellbinding and immersive story brilliantly narrated in Leung's lovely Irish accent. It's pretty murky and twisty and confusing (lots of complex relationships and old unspeakable secrets) with the details unfolding (very) slowly over time. This can be kind of frustrating, as the
"Mouse was El and Cat's triplet sister. The Witch was their mother's sister and took Mouse as her own out of a weird jealousy thing. Cat killed their grandfather trying to protect El. Their mother killed herself after sending the girls out of the house.
"Ross blocked their escape that night when their grandfather died because he didn't want them to leave him. This is also why he became abusive towards El, he didn't want her to leave him.
"El was not dead. She escaped to the Caribbean. But they convicted Ross of her murder. The body found was Mouse, who had OD'd on Ross' pills at the same time as El's planned suicide/escape on the boat, presumably to provide a body so that El wouldn't have to die herself.
bingo 2024: includes a prologue, published April 1 2021, focus on sibling relationship, stormy weather/power outage, very old house with bell clappers/bell pulls seemingly alive with memories.