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Indlæser... A Guide to the Darkaf Meriam Metoui
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I thought a lot about this book was interesting—the characters, the creepy mystery death room, the mixed media photography inclusion. It had a lot of strengths! Ultimately, I was left unsatisfied by the conclusion, particularly the lack of any sort of reason or explanation for what and why the room was. I'm sure many readers don't require this, but for me it was the main thing I was reading to find out! Trigger Warning: Mentions of death and suicide, drowning, grief While touring colleges around the east coast and the midwest during their spring break, best friends Mira and Layla get stranded at the Wildwood Motel in Indiana after their car breaks down in a rainstorm. But something is off about their Room 9 assignment. Mira begins having haunting nightmares and visions of her dead brother, but Layla doesn’t see anything. Sure, the place is a little run down, but it’s got that small town feel Layla can’t wait to capture on her camera. When they learn that eight people have died in that exact same room, they realize there must be something sinister going on - they just need to find the connection before Mira becomes the next. This was a page turner for me that though I kind of knew what was happening, it was intriguing to watch the characters connect the dots. I seemed to only be a few pages ahead of them when it came to that, so it was fun to see that I was almost always on the right path. I also enjoyed the deeper dive into grief and how everyone handles it differently. I loved the pictures included in the novel, especially when I would find something in them. My only problem was, and it may have been just because I was reading a digital ARC and it wasn’t formatted correctly, was that sometimes the photos that would be mentioned or talked about you wouldn’t have access to until a few pages later. Wasn’t a big deal, but it would have been nice to have the comparison within a page flip. It was also nice to read about two Arabic Muslim teenage girls as the main characters. They talk about their different dialects, the differences between their parents, how they both practice their religion, and even the differences between the Arabic pronunciation of their name versus the English pronunciation. Overall, this is a fun, keep me near the edge of my seat, YA horror read. I will definitely be recommending this to anyone who loves YA horror, as well as those who want a bit of a spooky read some closer to Halloween. *Thank you Henry Holt and Co. and NetGalley for a digital advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9. No library descriptions found. |
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after a derailed road trip; they may be connected to the numerous deaths that have occurred in the room. Slow-burn
sapphic sweetness and photographs add sparkle to a haunting read.