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Burnt Offerings is on #Shudder (in the US, at least). Highly recommend this beautifully creepy, slow burn of a film. Karen Black, Bette Davis, Oliver Reed, and Burgess Meredith await you. Go watch it.
#Horror #HorrorMovie #CultClassic #SlowBurn #Movie #Cinema #Film #BetteDavis #KarenBlack #OliverReed #BurgessMeredith @horror
An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially …
3½⭐️/5 (fine, but some quite significant issues)
On the one hand, yay for autism rep in romance, and yay for making the POV MC the autistic one.
On the other hand, making that autistic MC also a buffoon of the “unemotional nerd” stereotype is … a choice, I guess? One could argue that he’s just not interested in engaging in society’s judgment of his differences. And that’s a valid read. But it’s not a particularly positive stereotype, and yet it’s also the stalking horse of the entire story.
There are parts of the autistic POV MC’s experience to which I could absolutely relate. I can’t flat-out say it’s an unrealistic representation. An effort was made?
So … YMMV, I guess.
Tags: #FirstPersonPOV #LearningToLove #Neurodiverse #RomCom #SinglePOV #SlowBurn #StructureMeetsWhimsy
Body Check audiobook, by J.J. Arias... To win it all, rivals will have to get …
3¼⭐️/5
Not a bad story, nor poorly written, but not really for me. People who enjoy complicated, messy second chances will probably enjoy this a whole lot more.
CW: A side-character’s slow (but not painful) decline and passing from cancer is a recurring, on-page thread in this story.
Oh, and one other thing: the writing in this felt so similar to TJ O’Shea’s "Beyond the Blue”. Maybe it was the ND-coding for Cam and Mei. Or maybe it was just the more detached POV. I’m not sure. But if you enjoyed Cam in this story, you might want to check out that other book, too.
Tags: #AnxiousDismissivePair #CareerChange #CommitmentIssues #ExpirationDate #ForcedProximity #PushyFriends #SecondChance #SlowBurn #ThirdPersonPOV #VacationTravel
