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What would you be most interested to see reviewed?
The House is on Fire, by Rachel Beanland. Annoyingly mediocre historical fiction about a theatre fire.
10 (10.5%)
LA Son, by Roy Choi. Memoir by the chef who created Kogi, the Korean taco truck.
24 (25.3%)
The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins. Strange, gonzo, cross-genre dark fantasy about an abusive immortal family.
47 (49.5%)
Nova Swing, by M. John Harrison. Literary science fiction about a city beside a zone of weirdness.
29 (30.5%)
The Helios Syndrome, by Vivian Shaw. Novella about a psychic who consults for the NTSB, by the author of the Greta Van Helsing series.
33 (34.7%)
Looking Glass Sound, by Catriona Ward. Literally everything I could say about this wild ride of a novel is either misleading or spoilery.
35 (36.8%)
The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral, by Robert Westall. Old-school creepy story about a mason working on a creepy cathedral.
30 (31.6%)
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I read this one when it came out, in a branch library that no longer exists. I remember one of its central images upsetting me very much. He also wrote The Machine Gunners (1975), which I read as a younger child and have sort of mentally filed with Susan Cooper's Dawn of Fear (1970), since both are about being children in the Blitz, although I recall the Westall as much more plotted and conventionally higher-stakes than the Cooper.
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Validation appreciated thirty years after the fact.
It's a lot darker than I expected - I was expected more of a gargoyle monster story.
That makes sense. I can't remember at this distance what I expected, but afterward I hid the book behind a shelf.
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(I only knew "this has a pretty cover and is apparently a best seller and the library has it on their featured book shelf, I should check it out.")
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I found Mount Char really disturbing and would love to read another take from someone I trust.
I learned about Roy Choi from a fanfic and would enjoy finding out more about him.
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What fanfic involved Roy Choi?
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He was only mentioned in passing. It was in a rather wonderful pro-wrestling AU for the short-lived Pentatonix spin-off group Superfruit (2012-2017). It's the exact kind of slash I love.
After the satisfyingly long main story was over, the author sent the boys to Vegas for a huge wish-fulfillment vacation, and the Vegas Choi restaurant Best Friend was mentioned. They eat hotel-provided Choi Korean BBQ in their palatial MGM Grand suite their first night there. I immediately had to go look up the restaurant and the menu.
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I read The Library at Mount Char a number of years ago; I remember enjoying it but it’s definitely pretty disturbing in places. I’d be interested to hear what you think of it.
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