Victoria Williamson
Autor/a de You Are the Music: How Music Reveals What it Means to be Human
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Max is 14 and lives on a Scottish island with little to no outside contact with the world at large. Meaning, no internet. *gasp* In addition, a boating accident has left Max deaf and he’s not adjusting well. When an energy company comes along and offers to build wind turbines just off shore to produce energy and bring the internet including smartphones for all citizens as well (hallelujah!), Max is finally thrilled about something since the accident. Except, things aren’t what they seem, and now Max and his friends are fighting for more than access to cat videos and unlimited dank memes. They’re fighting for the lives of everyone on the island.
I’m at the age (55) where I’ve had access to the internet longer than I didn’t. I began surfing the net, as we old farts called it, in 1994. I cannot imagine not having it now. It is so entwined in my life it would be incredibly difficult to free myself from it. Assuming I wanted to. I don’t. Duh. lol So the fact that there are still actual places in the world that don’t have access to the world wide web still boggles my mind.
Anyway, on to the book. What a great read! Max’s struggle and anger feel very real. Despite the fact I wanted to smack him upside the head for his treatment of people, I do understand how he wallowed in his misery. I can imagine most adults doing the same, so I cut him some slack. Just a bit though. Fortunately, he’s a good kid at the center so he grows and learns throughout the book. And he has some great friends that he didn’t even realize were friends because of the wallowing. The wind farm is a hot topic right now with the need to do something about fossil fuels, so it’s a timely subject and the scientist tied to it adds a flare that will have you shaking your fists in anger. Great writing, awesome characters, and a touchy subject turned on its ear = a book you really shouldn’t miss.… (més)
Book source ~ TWR Tour
Max is 14 and lives on a Scottish island with little to no outside contact with the world at large. Meaning, no internet. *gasp* In addition, a boating accident has left Max deaf and he’s not adjusting well. When an energy company comes along and offers to build wind turbines just off shore to produce energy and bring the internet including smartphones for all citizens as well (hallelujah!), Max is finally thrilled about something since the accident. Except, things aren’t what they seem, and now Max and his friends are fighting for more than access to cat videos and unlimited dank memes. They’re fighting for the lives of everyone on the island.
I’m at the age (55) where I’ve had access to the internet longer than I didn’t. I began surfing the net, as we old farts called it, in 1994. I cannot imagine not having it now. It is so entwined in my life it would be incredibly difficult to free myself from it. Assuming I wanted to. I don’t. Duh. lol So the fact that there are still actual places in the world that don’t have access to the world wide web still boggles my mind.
Anyway, on to the book. What a great read! Max’s struggle and anger feel very real. Despite the fact I wanted to smack him upside the head for his treatment of people, I do understand how he wallowed in his misery. I can imagine most adults doing the same, so I cut him some slack. Just a bit though. Fortunately, he’s a good kid at the center so he grows and learns throughout the book. And he has some great friends that he didn’t even realize were friends because of the wallowing. The wind farm is a hot topic right now with the need to do something about fossil fuels, so it’s a timely subject and the scientist tied to it adds a flare that will have you shaking your fists in anger. Great writing, awesome characters, and a touchy subject turned on its ear = a book you really shouldn’t miss.… (més)
Book source ~ TWR Tour
Charlie Briggs is a thief. And usually a pretty good one. But he’s met his match this time. Instead of coal in his stocking he gets something else. Something horrifying.
This is a novella. This is historical fiction. This is set at Christmas. This is a book about a book. All of those things sound wonderful. However, this book falls squarely in horror. Yikes. I’m not going to go into any detail about this tale that kept my fingers and eyes glued to the pages. Not literally. Thank the Book Gods. This is a story that really needs to be experienced without me mucking it up for you. So, if you like some horror with your Christmas then do not pass this up. Seriously.… (més)
Charlie Briggs is a thief. And usually a pretty good one. But he’s met his match this time. Instead of coal in his stocking he gets something else. Something horrifying.
This is a novella. This is historical fiction. This is set at Christmas. This is a book about a book. All of those things sound wonderful. However, this book falls squarely in horror. Yikes. I’m not going to go into any detail about this tale that kept my fingers and eyes glued to the pages. Not literally. Thank the Book Gods. This is a story that really needs to be experienced without me mucking it up for you. So, if you like some horror with your Christmas then do not pass this up. Seriously.… (més)
The Great War may be over, but its haunting presence lingers on for Charlie Briggs, a crook trying to lay low in a small Hampshire town while waiting for the heat to die down after a botched job in London. But hiding out doesn’t mean he needs to stop working completely, even though riches seem scarce in town. So he can’t quite believe his luck when he spots a book so rare and so valuable it could actually set him up for the rest of his life. But will this last job turn out to be more than he bargained for?
I was completely captivated by this short story and its haunting Christmas setting. Charlie was a deeply unlikeable main character, someone who clearly had a hard life but made some extremely questionable choices to satisfy his greed much more than his need. And boy, was it satisfying to see that greed come back to haunt him.
The effects of the curse and the war setting were extremely vivid, with a slow build-up that kept me turning the pages, desperate to see its conclusion. Although I found this to be really well-built (especially for such a short book), the ending is perhaps what I found to be the weakest element in the story. I’ll keep this spoiler-free, but I felt it didn’t quite do justice to the great build-up to that point and had a (minor) inconsistency.
Still, it was a greatly entertaining read perfect for anyone looking to keep the spooky vibes alive during the Christmas season!
I received a copy of this book as part of the blog tour organised by TheWriteReads. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.… (més)
I was completely captivated by this short story and its haunting Christmas setting. Charlie was a deeply unlikeable main character, someone who clearly had a hard life but made some extremely questionable choices to satisfy his greed much more than his need. And boy, was it satisfying to see that greed come back to haunt him.
The effects of the curse and the war setting were extremely vivid, with a slow build-up that kept me turning the pages, desperate to see its conclusion. Although I found this to be really well-built (especially for such a short book), the ending is perhaps what I found to be the weakest element in the story. I’ll keep this spoiler-free, but I felt it didn’t quite do justice to the great build-up to that point and had a (minor) inconsistency.
Still, it was a greatly entertaining read perfect for anyone looking to keep the spooky vibes alive during the Christmas season!
I received a copy of this book as part of the blog tour organised by TheWriteReads. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.… (més)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 10
- Membres
- 124
- Popularitat
- #161,165
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 7
- ISBN
- 22
- Llengües
- 1
In 1697 Christian Shaw was 11 and she accused many people of being witches. Seven were condemned to death. In 1722, Christian is obsessed with creating the whitest thread ever seen. But her past keeps haunting her and it’s affecting her state of mind. Will her obsession drive her mad? Or is she already there?
I’ve read several books by Victoria Williamson and enjoyed them. This one is a bit of a miss for me. It’s definitely a dark book. And that’s fine. I don’t mind dark books. But the writing put me off. The constant repetition of certain words is irritating. It’s a different writing style and for this story it probably works for most people, but not me. Christian is a horrid person, but is she that way naturally or did a certain servant push her to that edge? Maybe a bit of both? In any case, she is definitely off her rocker. In modern times she could be given meds to help her mental illness, but back then she only has one person watching her back and trying to keep her in check. The ending is an interesting twist. Nicely done. If you like short stories involving dark characters mentally falling apart then this is the one for you.… (més)