Minnie's Fiction Addiction
Because one more chapter is never enough
Category: Book Review
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👀 First impressions:Traumaland opens with a sharp, unsettling hook and never really loosens its grip. Eli wakes up after a near fatal accident with no memory and no emotional response, diagnosed with something chillingly named Overwhelming Emptiness. When he stumbles across TraumaLand, an underground club where people relive other people’s worst experiences through hyper realistic virtual…
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👀 First impressions:This novel is inspired by the real life wind phone in Japan, a place where people go to speak into the void and tell their loved ones what they never got the chance to say. Set in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami, the story follows Yui as she grieves the loss of her…
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👀 First impressions:This is a novel that immediately promises darkness and moral messiness. Three women, each desperate for change, collide around a secret that refuses to stay buried. From the opening chapters it is clear this is not a redemption story or a cautionary tale delivered neatly. Instead, it is about desire, power, and the quiet…
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👀 First impressions:This book grabbed me immediately, partly because of the setting and partly because of how utterly unhinged the premise is in the best possible way. A struggling band playing awful pubs across the northeast, fictional gods of mishap, and a viral act of violence is already a wild mix, but setting it all in…
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👀 First impressions:The Whispers begins with an incident in the dead of night, centred on the grandest house on Harlow Street and its seemingly perfect occupant, Whitney Loverly. As neighbours, friends and authorities gather to piece together what happened over the previous twenty four hours, Ashley Audrain slowly peels back the polished exterior of suburban success. What…
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👀 First impressions:You Will Never Be Me dives headfirst into the glossy, performative world of influencer culture, where curated perfection masks rivalry, insecurity and obsession. Jesse Sutanto introduces us to two women bound together by motherhood, social media and simmering resentment. From the opening chapters, the novel establishes an atmosphere of comparison and quiet hostility that steadily…
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👀 First impressions:The Defence wastes no time throwing the reader into chaos. Eddie Flynn, former con artist turned lawyer, is forced back into the courtroom under the most terrifying circumstances imaginable. With a bomb strapped to his back and his young daughter kidnapped, Eddie has forty eight hours to defend a notorious Russian mafia boss accused of…
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👀 First impressions:This book opens quietly, almost deceptively so. Birdie is surviving rather than living, working long shifts, drinking a little too much, and doing everything she can to keep life steady for her daughter, Emaleen. From the start, the setting does a lot of emotional work. The small town and the looming mountains feel both…
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👀 First impressions:The premise of this book immediately drew me in. A couple moving into their dream home only to discover two bodies buried in the garden is exactly the kind of unsettling setup that makes you want to keep reading. From the very beginning, there is a strong sense that the past is not done…
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👀 First impressions:Ghosted opens quietly but with an immediate sense of unease. Laurie’s husband disappears without drama or spectacle, leaving behind his phone and wallet, and the absence feels almost mundane at first. Laurie continues her routines, cleaning at the university, visiting her father who is slipping further into dementia, and drinking alone in her high…
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