Jaws by Peter Benchley Review | Proof That Sometimes the Movie Really Is Better
⭐☆☆☆☆ (1/5 Stars) I never thought I’d say this about one of the most iconic thrillers ever written, but Jaws was one of the most disappointing books I’ve read in a long time. Like many readers, I went into this expecting a tense survival story about a great white shark terrorizing a small beach town. Instead, I…
The Unknown Review: When Every Horror Trope Ends Up in One Novel
⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3/5 Stars) There are certain books that you count down the days until release, and for me, The Unknown by Riley Sager was one of them. Sager has written some thrillers I’ve genuinely enjoyed, so I went into this one expecting to be completely consumed. Unfortunately, while it held my attention just enough that I wanted…
Brushstrokes & Books: Where Art Inspires Fiction
There has always been something magical about standing in front of a masterpiece. You can spend hours studying the expressions on a subject’s face, the way light falls across a room, or the tiny details hidden in the background. Great paintings invite questions. Who was this person? What happened before this moment? What happened after?…
