

S'està carregant… The Grownup (2015)de Gillian Flynn
![]() No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Entertaining short story with some great lines, but not a patch on Flynn’s excellent novels. I really liked the first half and the ending is great, but the third act felt a bit clumsy and rushed to me. Worth a read though, as long as you don’t pay the exorbitant cover price. Voilà une nouvelle qui propose une jolie manière de se mettre la tête en bas, de n’y rien comprendre, de ne pas savoir ou l’on va, de se tromper, de s’égarer et d’y aller avec plaisir. En plus ça commence délicieusement drôlement bien https://www.noid.ch/nous-allons-mourir-ce-soir/ Starts out strong in typical Flynn fashion and plays out smartly but too quickly towards the end. You wonder what Flynn could do with the bones of the story if she stretched it out into a novel, feature, or mini series. Im not sure if I liked this story or not...I appreciate its nods to classic horror but there were a couple of annoying plot holes (who wouldnt google their house if they thought it was haunted?) and Im a bit meh on it overall. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the "psychic" visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of Susan's terror and grief, she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Miles, Susan's teenage stepson, doesn't help matters with his disturbing manner and grisly imagination. The three are soon locked in a chilling battle to discover where the evil truly lurks and what, if anything, can be done to escape it. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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The author builds the suspense to a nice level and then totally turns the story around leaving us not knowing who or what to fear. Is the stepson with his disturbing manner possessed? Or could this be a hoax set up by the stepmom? In guessing where the evil truly comes from, has the grifter met her match and will she escape?
Infused with the author’s witty black humor, The Grownup is a fun and dark short story that is intense and squirm inducing. (