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Gemma Amor

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17+ verk 271 medlemmar 15 recensioner

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Födelsedag
20th Century
Kön
female
Nationalitet
UK
Bostadsorter
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK

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No rating, because I couldn't get past the first few pages of the second room. I'm not sure if it was the writing style, or the fact that there wasn't a single enjoyable character, or that the Tour Guide was so over the top.

Whatever it was, I simply couldn't face another 150 pages. Hopefully your experience is better.
 
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TobinElliott | Mar 22, 2024 |
A short story for Christmas with a nice, heart warming happy ending. As long as you as you stop reading on page 9. If you choose to carry on after that, don’t blame me if you never sleep again!

As one of our foremost horror writers, Gemma is at her most brutal here as she produces a gory, breathtakingly violent story that is well written, pulls no punches on the shock factor and has the audacity to sneak in a moral right at the end. A gripping monster story where you will never look at a Christmas tree or a chimney without feeling a chill down your spine, ever again.

There’s even a couple of Easter eggs to her other works as I saw “six rooms” and “cruel works of nature” mentioned in passing.

I probably won’t sleep tonight though. Thanks for that Gemma ;)
… (mer)
 
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KevDS | Dec 29, 2023 |
Having established herself as one of our premier horror writers, Gemma Amor has turned her talents to the Victorian Christmas ghost story - a particular favourite of mine. When a couple's carriage breaks down and are a lost in a blizzard, their attempts to seek shelter see them stumble across a lone inn upon the snow covered moors. But as they reach the inviting glow of the old building, a fresh impropriety awaits them - a black mourning ribbon upon the door...

Gemma has created the perfect atmospheric tale worthy of any Victorian Christmas ghost story anthology. The antagonistic couple, well written to the setting, are accompanied by an additional character which is the Inn itself - a warm, welcoming place which plays its part in soothing the violent emotions that charge the story. A typically Dickensian tale, this plays out in all the right beats and it is refreshing to see an author write in homage to an era with such natural ease.

If you have exhausted all the original collections you can find, then grab a mince pie, stoke up the fire and let yourself be abosrbed in this haunting new Christmas tale from one of our top British horror talents.
… (mer)
 
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KevDS | 1 annan recension | Nov 23, 2023 |
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/full-immersion-by-gemma-amor-brief-note/

Protagonist is being treated for profound psychiatric problems by dodgy contemporary British academics with an agenda and a dream machine. It all goes horribly wrong. Author makes it clear from the foreword that it’s partly based on personal experience of psychiatric treatment. It comes from the heart, but I’m afraid I found the writing very clunky, especially at the start; it improved a bit as it went on.… (mer)
 
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nwhyte | 1 annan recension | Jul 28, 2023 |

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Verk
17
Även av
6
Medlemmar
271
Popularitet
#85,376
Betyg
3.9
Recensioner
15
ISBN
12

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