I always love your posts, and/but this one is particularly great. I've had 'We Ride Upon Sticks' on my TBR since I read (and loved) 'When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East.' And now I've added both 'Shutter' and 'Sheets.' Thank you for that! (I only have one more 'required' book for our current Strong Sense of Place season, and then I can read whatever I want. A few more hours of reading, and I will be fully embracing Spooky Season. Can't wait!)
We read Shutter in book club last year. I generally don’t like gory books, but I really liked this book. It has a great main character and relationships in the story that kept me engaged. Also, most of the gory parts were in the beginning, so once I got past that the story was the focus.
If I remember correctly, the gory part is all in the very beginning. And the author doesn’t use extremely vivid descriptions, so it was pretty easy to read through that section quickly, without focusing on it too much. After that I would say the book is more spooky than gory.
Thanks, Dana. I've read some novels with explicit scenes of torture that made my body hurt simply by reading, so now I'm a little more careful in what I pick up. This sounds like I can handle it.
I always love your posts, and/but this one is particularly great. I've had 'We Ride Upon Sticks' on my TBR since I read (and loved) 'When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East.' And now I've added both 'Shutter' and 'Sheets.' Thank you for that! (I only have one more 'required' book for our current Strong Sense of Place season, and then I can read whatever I want. A few more hours of reading, and I will be fully embracing Spooky Season. Can't wait!)
'We Ride Upon Sticks' is so fun. Witchy and feminist and funny. Good luck on finishing the season!
We read Shutter in book club last year. I generally don’t like gory books, but I really liked this book. It has a great main character and relationships in the story that kept me engaged. Also, most of the gory parts were in the beginning, so once I got past that the story was the focus.
That book sounds great, but I'm leery of gore. How bad was it? I can handle some graphic material if it's necessary for the story.
If I remember correctly, the gory part is all in the very beginning. And the author doesn’t use extremely vivid descriptions, so it was pretty easy to read through that section quickly, without focusing on it too much. After that I would say the book is more spooky than gory.
Thanks, Dana. I've read some novels with explicit scenes of torture that made my body hurt simply by reading, so now I'm a little more careful in what I pick up. This sounds like I can handle it.
I agree with Dana. It was right up to the edge of what I could do.