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A book set in a different country: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Quirk, 2011. Audio performed by Jesse Bernstein.
I doubt I'll get my hands on my original choice for this category by the end of the year, so I googled "books set in Wales" and came up with this. (Turns out the entire story doesn't take place there; it starts in Florida. Close enough.) The book starts with a murder and takes a left turn into the realm of weird immediately after, and it doesn't emerge until the last chapter.
Unfortunately, there were moments where the story foundered, and it reminded me of old episodes of "Scooby Doo." Bad episodes of "Scooby Doo." And don't get me started on the romantic subplot that felt forced and rather gross, for reasons I won't explain because of spoilers. But all in all, I'm still glad I read it. Kudos to Riggs for writing an ending I didn't see coming. It's a proper spooky story for October. It sucked me in in the first few minutes and didn't let me go.
If you want to read it, get the print; some photographs come with the book. The CDs I got from the library supposedly had the photos on them, but I couldn't locate any. And the actor performing the book sounds like he got a crash course in British accents from Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Especially since the parts that take place in the British Isles happen in Wales, which is completely different than the fifty shades of WTF I heard. *facepalm*
Onward and upward: Terrier and Station Eleven are still in progress. I'm down to the dregs of the year, so several books that don't fit any categories look more attractive than the ones I have left, but I'm certainly not flaking out now.
I doubt I'll get my hands on my original choice for this category by the end of the year, so I googled "books set in Wales" and came up with this. (Turns out the entire story doesn't take place there; it starts in Florida. Close enough.) The book starts with a murder and takes a left turn into the realm of weird immediately after, and it doesn't emerge until the last chapter.
Unfortunately, there were moments where the story foundered, and it reminded me of old episodes of "Scooby Doo." Bad episodes of "Scooby Doo." And don't get me started on the romantic subplot that felt forced and rather gross, for reasons I won't explain because of spoilers. But all in all, I'm still glad I read it. Kudos to Riggs for writing an ending I didn't see coming. It's a proper spooky story for October. It sucked me in in the first few minutes and didn't let me go.
If you want to read it, get the print; some photographs come with the book. The CDs I got from the library supposedly had the photos on them, but I couldn't locate any. And the actor performing the book sounds like he got a crash course in British accents from Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Especially since the parts that take place in the British Isles happen in Wales, which is completely different than the fifty shades of WTF I heard. *facepalm*
Onward and upward: Terrier and Station Eleven are still in progress. I'm down to the dregs of the year, so several books that don't fit any categories look more attractive than the ones I have left, but I'm certainly not flaking out now.