Thank you to NetGalley and Solaris Books for providing me with an e-ARC for this title.
This novella is impressively detailed for its length. It’s 8/10
Thank you to NetGalley and Solaris Books for providing me with an e-ARC for this title.
This novella is impressively detailed for its length. It’s packed with so much emotion and incredible world building that makes this story so immersive. I wasn’t expecting to be so emotionally affected by this story, but the characters and themes were great. I really felt like I couldn’t put this down.
While at times the plot did feel a little rushed due to the story’s length it was still very satisfying. I really just wanted to spend more time in this world and with these characters. I highly recommend!...more
Thank you to 4th Estate, William Collins, and NetGalley for providing me with an e-arc of this book.
As soon as this book was announced it instantl9/10
Thank you to 4th Estate, William Collins, and NetGalley for providing me with an e-arc of this book.
As soon as this book was announced it instantly became one of my most anticipated titles of 2024, with Our Wives Under The Sea being one of my favourite books. I don’t really know how to describe Private Rites but I loved it! It’s beautiful and chilling and emotional. The closest comparison for me is The Haunting of Hill House, with its complex familial relationships and discussions of grief and trauma.
My favourite thing about this book is its characters, the three sisters at the core of this story are so well developed. Switching between their perspectives offers such drastically different outlooks and it allows you to really sympathise with each while simultaneously understanding the hostilities between them.
The horror here feels almost ambient, lurking at the back of the story ever present and increasing in intensity. There’s so much existential dread in this slow apocalypse, watching a world changing as characters fight for some sense of normalcy. It is entirely engrossing and immersive.
I can’t recommend this enough it was incredible, I can’t wait to read it again!...more
Currently taking deep breaths and working out how I’m gonna wait for book 3??? This was incredible, everyone should read this and suffer– have a g9/10
Currently taking deep breaths and working out how I’m gonna wait for book 3??? This was incredible, everyone should read this and suffer– have a great time :))!!...more
It’s amazing how I’m 5 books in with this series and still learning new things about Murderbot and I love it so much. Although the amount of chara9/10
It’s amazing how I’m 5 books in with this series and still learning new things about Murderbot and I love it so much. Although the amount of characters in this one felt a bit overwhelming at times I loved so many of the dynamics explored here and just want more of them and this world!!...more
I love murderbot so much, I love the way it thinks and interacts with the world. I can’t wait to read more of this series I genuinely can’t get en9/10
I love murderbot so much, I love the way it thinks and interacts with the world. I can’t wait to read more of this series I genuinely can’t get enough of it!...more
Thank you to netgalley and Tor UK for providing me with an e-ARC for this book.
It’s hard to articulate how much I loved this book. It manages to be fuThank you to netgalley and Tor UK for providing me with an e-ARC for this book.
It’s hard to articulate how much I loved this book. It manages to be fun, comforting, and profound all at once. The way it shows love for books and the power they have to effect us meant so much to me. Viv’s relationship with the books she reads was powerful: seeing her find escapism, joy, understanding, and connection through the stories she read. With the importance of sharing books, and booksellers taking such a prominent space in the novel.
All of the characters were crafted excellently. I felt connected to all of them and didn’t want the book to end so I could spend more time with them. The book deftly deals with complex emotions of belonging, guilt, friendship, and love; while simultaneously being an excellent cosy fantasy story full of warmth.
Ultimately, this book is full of hope that we can be changing and complex people, but also find places that we belong. Truly, reading this reaffirmed to me why I love books, and I would happily recommend it to anyone....more
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