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John Searles

Författare till Help for the Haunted

6+ verk 1,341 medlemmar 83 recensioner 1 favoritmärkta

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John Searles is the deputy editor of Cosmopolitan where he oversees all book coverage for the magazine.

Verk av John Searles

Help for the Haunted (2013) — Författare — 753 exemplar
Otroligt men sant (2004) 318 exemplar
Boy Still Missing (2001) 179 exemplar
Her Last Affair: A Novel (2022) 16 exemplar
Bedside Quiz Book (1999) — Redaktör — 14 exemplar

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Providence Noir (2015) — Bidragsgivare — 45 exemplar

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about 90 % of this book is a well written enjoyable read. Like all good horror-much of the tension comes from underlying psychology and inter-relationships in the everyday world. Then throw in ax murders and creepy dolls for good measure. The author chose to base the story on some paranormal investigators form the Catholic church that lived in the community where he grew up.He should have done some research .
*****spoiler alert don't read further if you have not finished******
Catholics don't have reprogramming schools for homosexuals-as some other "Christian " religions do.
That made the implausible ending even more implausible.
A real shame because the main character and the family dynamic were very interesting
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cspiwak | 66 andra recensioner | Mar 6, 2024 |
I enjoyed this book a lot. I often dislike stories narrated by a teenager because they don't ring true (too mature or too immature) but I thought the author did a good job here. Sylvie is an interesting and complicated young woman with an unusual family and an even more unusual upbringing. I loved the way the story jumped back in forth in time and gradually revealed her history as well as what was happening currently. The title makes it sound like a supernatural thriller and there are certainly elements of that but people can be haunted in more than one way and this book focuses more on family, experience, and identity than on literal ghosts.… (mer)
 
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Bebe_Ryalls | 66 andra recensioner | Oct 20, 2023 |
Three storylines and each one is fascinating! The way they wind around each other will keep you in your seat reading leaving your errands undone! My first book by John Searles but definitely not my last one!
 
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Dianekeenoy | 6 andra recensioner | May 11, 2022 |
Thank you NetGalley for this engaging book. There are two story lines but the one that got me the most was Skyla’s. (Great, original name btw). She is a widow, her husband Hollis has died recently. Did Skyla help with that? She wears a lanyard around her neck with keys. In her pockets are an assortment of pills, they’re all jumbled together because Skyla is losing her eyesight. This doesn’t stop her from flirting with her tenant in the twin house of her’s in New York State. I loved the descriptions, the smell of the woods, the way Searles describes life. The fact he includes a dog. This would be a great book for book club—one chapter at a time.… (mer)
 
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Sunandsand | 6 andra recensioner | Apr 30, 2022 |

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Verk
6
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1
Medlemmar
1,341
Popularitet
#19,194
Betyg
½ 3.7
Recensioner
83
ISBN
47
Språk
7
Favoritmärkt
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