Review of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

I’d been meaning to read this book for a very long time, after everyone said how amazing it was, but I always wondered how I would talke to it, not being a frequent memoir reader myself. I’ve always been somewhat interested in mental health, and reading about it and exploring other people’s lives who live with it makes me question my own.

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About The Book

‘Reasons to Stay Alive’ by Matt Haig

What does it mean to feel truly alive?

This is the true story of how Matt Haig came through crisis, triumphed over a mental illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again. Moving, funny and joyous, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth.

My Review

Reasons to Stay Alive is a memoir exploring Haig’s journey through depression, anxiety and other mental health issues, and how he found certain aspects of life helped him through particularly difficult stages, and how tasks that may seem easy for people who don’t suffer from depression/anxiety, became more difficult as his illness developed. The reader is given a large insight into Haig’s personal life, which is explored through a series of life events, lists, quotes and advice. For anyone with mental health problems, this book is like a bible, and give hope that you are not alone in your illness, even though fit may seem like you are. For people interested in exploring their own mental health, this book can almost guide you through symptoms, daily life and what it is really like to live with severe clinical depression. It was extremely interesting to read how Haig has explored his own mind in-depth to understand his depression and know what particular things can trigger it, what can calm it, and what he can do to just block everything out.
In particular, I found the moments that I could connect to the most interesting, for various reasons. I understand that every case of mental illness is different, and, apart from having similar symptoms, no one can experience the same case of depression or anxiety or OCD, etc. It was intiguing to find some aspects of the book I felt were really true for me, and others that were quite personal, and very different to some of my experiences. The lists helped a lot with understanding the wider general depression and anxiety signs and symptoms in a way that they haven’t been taken from the NHS website, but written by someone who has ‘first hand experience’.

Aside from the fact this book was mainly about depression, there were parts that really made me giggle in a way that I completely understood what was being said; it was so relatable to the point that it was funny. The book is called ‘Reasons to Stay Alive, and among Haig’s exploration into his own mental health, it also provides immense help, and really does, within the content, give you reasons in life and in yourself, to stay alive.

The tunnel does have light at the end of it, even if you aren’t able to see it.- Matt Haig

I feel like anyone who picked this up would find something in it that they can relate to or find comfort in, although I do recommend it more for the slightly older reader, and especially those who know they are, or think they are, suffering with any kind of mental health issues, and also those with an interest in finding out more about what it’s really like to live with depression. If you feel like reading a book about depression that isn’t completely depressing, read this one!

My Rating: 5 Muffins out of 5

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Review of Flawless by Sara Shepard

After reading the first Pretty Little Liars book I was desperate to move on and find out more, but unfortunately I was disappointed with what I was given. The book, in itself, was not bad, but the continuation that I was expecting was not quite right.

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About The Book

‘Flawless’ by Sara Shepard

In the exclusive town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, where the sweetest smiles hide the darkest secrets, four pretty little liars–Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna–have been very bad girls. . . .

Spencer stole her sister’s boyfriend. Aria is brokenhearted over her English teacher. Emily likes her new friend Maya . . . as much more than a friend. And Hanna’s obsession with looking flawless is literally making her sick. But the most horrible secret of all is something so scandalous it could destroy their perfect little lives.
And someone named “A” is threatening to do just that.
At first they thought A was Alison, their friend who vanished three years ago . . . but then Alison turned up dead. So could A be Melissa, Spencer’s ultracompetitive sister? Or Maya, who wants Emily all to herself? What about Toby, the mysterious guy who left town right after Alison went missing?
One thing’s for certain: A’s got the dirt to bury them all alive, and with every crumpled note, wicked IM, and vindictive text message A sends, the girls get a little closer to losing it all.

My Review

Flawless is a Young Adult mystery thriller novel, the continuation of the Pretty Little Liars series, and looks into the messages from A in more depth, and devlops relationships between the characters. Set in Rosewood, Emily, Hanna, Spencer and Aria continue to go about their daily lives, but still receiving messages from the strange ‘A’ who seems to know everything about them, and continues to threaten them. As much as the events have changed with the storyline, what happens is pretty similar to the first book, which made it slightly less interesting for me. The outcome was predictable, as we all know conclusions can’t be made that quickly based on no particular evidence, but one of the end events was unseen and changed the situation the girls were in quite considerably, which made the ending climactic (although I do believe it is slightly different in the TV series, but I haven’t seen it!). Due to the fact that the plot was so similar to the previous book, I found it quite slow paced, but all logically thought out and nothing left untied (apart from the end which continues on to the third book).
My favourite character was probably Emily, as she seemed the most true to herself during the book, and I felt I could empathise with her situations at times. The other characters did feel occasionally real for me, through dealing with their everyday problems, but could also feel slightly plastic in others, especially Hanna’s character.

Inwas kept guessing throuh most of it, constantly thinking about who A could be, then we still don’t find out, but knowing we won’t find out sometimes ruins the fun of guessing. My favourite part of the book was the ending, because it was the most exciting part, and compared to the rest of the book, it was actually living up to the genre classificat of ‘thrilling’. These parts were written particularly well, as it created a tension that wasn’t there for the rest of the book, so also provided a contrast. After this, I’m not sure whether I will end up reading the next book in the series, because althought the ending made me want to find out more and what will happen next, I don’t want to repeat what I just went through of reading similar plot lines repeated throigh the books with a thrilling end.

If you enjoyed the first book, you are most likely going to want to read the next one in the series, but I would like to advise you it can be quite ‘same-y’ in places, so beware of that, but if looking for a continuation of the story then by all means go ahead, especially if you want to continue through the rest of the books and find out who A is!

My Rating: 3 Muffins out of 5

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Review of ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry

I picked this up in a second hand book shop ages ago and only just got round to reading it! I was quite a quick read for me but I’d heard so many good things about it, and the film, so ai thought I’d give it a go and it definitely lived up to it’s reviews.

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About The Book

‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry

In a perfect world, Jonas begins to see the flaws…

It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No one in the community wants for anything. Everything needed is provided. And at twelve years old, each member of the community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders.
Twelve-year old Jonas has never thought there was anything wrong with his world. But from the moment he is selected as the Receiver of Memory, Jonas discovers that their community is not as perfect as it seems.
It is only with the help of the Giver, that Jonas can find what has been lost. And it is only through his personal courage that Jonas finds the strength to do what is right…

My Review

The Giver is a young adult dystopian fiction novel set in a world where you are put into families as children instead of being born into one, given a job instead of choosing one, and having your wholelife dictated by the government. When they skip Jonas in the Ceremony of 12, where he is to be given his role in chosen by the Committee of Elders, he panics, until at last he finds out he will be the next Receiver of Memory. The events are unpredictable, as is usually thr case when entering a dystopian world in a novel, and the ending was climactic and at the same time slighly confusing, which I guess is why it extends further into more books. The plot was fast paced, constantly making me want to find out about this world being laid out in the book, and was written very logically with a lot of thought going into the new world creation.
The named characters were fairly thin on the ground to give the reader focus on Jonas on The Giver. I thought that the Giver was an interesting character for all of the knowledge he held and the concept behind why he exists in the first place. Despite the charcaters existing in this made up world, the main characters did feel quite real in the way that they were written. 

The story definitely kept me guessing because a lot of concepts were left in the dark until the very end. My favourite part of the book was when Jonas and The Giver have their first meeting, as a lot is revealed about the world they live in and why The Giver has his job. I think these scenes werebwritten particularly well, because I imagine it can be difficult to portray the transferral of memory, by Lowry did this very well. The book did strike up some emotion in me, especially finding out about Release from the community.

All in all, The Giver was a very well thought about book, with interesting concepts which would interest any fans of The Hunger Games or Divergent series’. I would definitely recommend this is a good, interesting, quick read for lovers of dystopian young adult fiction.

My Rating: 4.5 Muffins out of 5

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Review of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany & JK Rowling

I preordered my copy of Cursed Child back on September 10th when it was announced and was first in line to collect my copy on July 31st at 10am (I couldn’t get to a midnight release party 😢) and then gobbled it down in about 7 hours in one sitting. Basically, I was incredibly excited for an extension of the magical world created by JK Rowling and I was not disappointed!

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About The Book

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany & JK Rowling

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

My Review

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the official rehearsal script book of the new play showing in London written by Thorne, Tiffany and Rowling, and continues the magical fantasy genre of the seven books that come before. Set in the Wizarding World, the reader gets to experience the continuation of life from the Deathly Hallows epilogue, particularly focusing on Harry and Ginny’s youngest child, Albus, and Draco’s son, Scorpius. The events that happen were definitely not predictable, and the ending was very climactic. The plot was fast paced and logical, yet it could sometimes get a tad confusing as, having the time turner as a big part of the story, it wasn’t always chronological. Despite the sometimes confusing timeline and some very ‘out-there’ concepts (yes, I’m talking about the trolley witch for those of you who have read it!), all threads added up at the end.

I loved the introduction of the new characters, especially Albus and Scorpius and, because the story was primarily focused on them, their character development was very well done! The relationship between these two characters also caught my attention and being well thought out (again, if you’ve read the book you probably know what I’m talking about!) As a continuation of the Harry Potter series, of course the characters came back to life as soon as I started reading, but also the newly written characters also had the same life that Rowling out into all of her characters in the previous 7 novels.

The story definitely kept me guessing! I had been subjected to no spoilers (#KeepTheSecrets) so I really had no idea what to expect! My favourite part of the book was, aahh I’m not going to say because I’m keeping the secrets! There were some pretty wacky moments though. The more action packed scenes were written particularly well, as were the more mysterious ones. There were times when I laughed and I did cry once or twice as well! The story was definitely gripping and kept me turning the pages way into the night!

I would recommend to any Harry Potter fan who has always wanted a continuation of the characters stories, and who are prepared for some wacky outcomes!

My Rating: 4.5 Muffins out of 5

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Review of ‘Pretty Little Liars’ by Sara Shepard

I had been told that the TV show was definitely worth a watch, but as soon as I found out I could read the Pretty Little Liars book instead, I jumped at the opportunity!

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About The Book

‘Pretty Little Liars’ by Sara Shepard

Everyone has something to hide-especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna.

Spencer covets her sister’s boyfriend. Aria’s fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily’s crushing on the new girl at school. Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. But they’ve all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished. 
How do I know? Because I know everything about the bad girls they were, the naughty girls they are, and the dirty secrets they’ve kept. And guess what? I’m telling.

-A

My Review

Pretty Little Liars is a YA novel following a tight knit group of friends, all with secrets they trusted Ali with, but one secret that binds them all. When Ali goes missing and is presumed dead, the girls move further apart. Ali was the only one who knew, but when the girls start to receive odd notes, texts and letters, making them believe that the sender ‘A’ knows things no one but Ali knew, things start to get creepy. Set in the wealthy town of Rosewood, the book follows the girls as their secrets unwind and they fear the worst secret is yet to be revealed. The events are told through third person narrative, slightly predictable events, but still exciting with a fast pace, climax and cliffhanger at the end, definitely making me want to read the next book straight away. 

It was easy to connect to all of the girls, as their characters were well developed, but I think Spencer was my favourite out of them all. The character descriptions brought them to life and they were all very unique in their personalities. The story, although the events were predictable, the guessing game of who ‘A’ is, especially at the end, definitely keeps the mystery alive. My favourite part of the book was the cliffhanger at the end, because it just made me want to read more. The mysterious scenes were written particularly well which gripped me and kept me turning the pages.

I would definitely recommend Pretty Little Liars to any YA lover, and anyone who has heard good things about the TV show!

My Rating: 5 Muffins out of 5

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Review of ‘The Rosie Project’ by Graeme Simsion

I picked up The Rosie Project awhile ago, but I wanted a quick read before Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was released, and could think of nothing more perfect to lighten the mood after quite a few crime thriller novels!

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About The Book

‘The Rosie Project’ by Graeme Simsion

Meet Don Tillman. Don is getting married. He just doesn’t know who to yet. But he has designed a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman. One thing he already knows, though, is that it’s not Rosie. Absolutely, completely, definitely not.

My Review

The Rosie Project is a light-hearted, humorous novel following Don Tillman on his search for the most compatible woman, aka ‘The Wife Project’. With the aid of a scientifically justified questionnaire and his good friend Gene, he finds a few women who would be suitable sufficient for him, but none of them turned out quite to plan. Then Gene introduces Don to Rosie, who is quite possibly the most incompatible woman for him, but he drawn to her and her ‘father problems’. As their relationship develops and Don helps Rosie find her biological father, Don starts to wonder what love really feels like and how incompatible Rosie might actually turn out to be. The events throughout the book are told as any upside down love story is, slighly predictable with an exciting and beautiful ending. The book was fairly fast paced, with quite a simple but face splitting love story that will melt everyone’s heart who reads it.

Don was by far my favourite character because of his nerdy, awkward personality (he reminded my of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory!) , but Gene was also very funny with his sexual conquests, if you will. The best part of the book was by far the ending, with the scene in the University Club with Rosie (no spoilers!) and the final chapter with life after. The whole book was written very well, with humour in all the right places, and heart melting moments too.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a good laugh and an adorable love story. Anyone who is a fan of romance or rom com will fall for Don and The Rosie Project.

My Rating: 5 Muffins out of 5

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Review of ‘The Killing Files’ by Nikki Owen

I was sent a copy of The Killing Files from Harper Collins and after reading the first installment in the trilogy- Subject 375- I was sucked in and had to more…

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About The Book

‘The Killing Files’ by Nikki Owen

No matter how fast you run, the past always catches up with you
Dr Maria Martinez is out of prison and on the run.
Her mission? To get back to the safety of her family.
Little does she know that this might be the most dangerous place of all…

My Review

The Killing Files is a sci-fi thriller which follows Maria, now on the run, and her mission to escape both The Project and MI5. Set in various places but mainly in her home country of Spain, the novel is written in a similar style to the first, whereas the present and the future are happening at the same time and meet at the end to create the chronology of the book and make sense to the reader. The events, especially towards the end, were definitely unpredictable, making the ending climactic and exciting, setting the reader up for an incredible end to the trilogy. The plot was fast paced and everything was logical and well researched by the author.

My favourite character, besides Maria who you can’t help but root for, was probably Chris, as he brought out the more relaxed side of Maria, and also Patricia, who did the same. Like ‘Subject 375’, most of the characters had well developed back stories which made them a lot more realistic.

The story definitely kept me guessing, and this was increased due to how the story was structured, beginning with Maria in an unidentified location that you only find out about towards the very end of the book. The best part of the book, in my opinion, was the end when the story got very exhilarating and everything started to be revealed and discovered slowly and pieces were put together.

I would definitely recommend The Killing Files to anyone interested in the thriller or sci-fi genre, as it definitely follows both down to a tee!

My Rating: 4.5 Muffins out of 5

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Review of ‘All Is Not Forgotten’ by Wendy Walker

I received a copy of All Is Not Forgotten from the publishers because I was absolutely captivated by the description! This crime thriller novel sounded amazing and I couldn’t wait to read it, and it did not disappoint.

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About The Book

‘All Is Not Forgotten’ by Wendy Walker

In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut everything seems picture perfect.

Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, prefers to pretend this horrific event did not touch her perfect country club world.

As they seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years, and the relentless quest to find the monster who invaded their town – or perhaps lives among them – drive this psychological thriller to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.

My Review

All Is Not Forgotten is a crime thriller novel that follow Jenny and her family on their mission to uncover the perpetrator of a terrible crime in which Jenny was the victim; rape. Given a drug to help her forget this awful incident, Jenny decides she wants to reverse the effects so she can identify her rapist. The narrator of the novel is her therapist, explaining to us exactly what happened on the night and how he works with Jenny and her family to struggle through this difficult time. There are many side characters introduced into the story which makes things all the more exciting, as there are more possibilities as to who could have committed the crime. The events throughout the story were in no way predictable, which made for a climactic ending, with all loose threads coming together to explain all that went on that night.

I felt as though all of the characters were very well developed, especially the main members of the family, but even the side characters had their own back story’s written for them! My favourite character was probably Jenny because I felt that her story was so impressively devloped that it was a lot easier to connect with her. Saying that, all of the characters did feel very real to me, especially, as I said, because they were so deeply developed.

The story definitely kept me guessing, despite taking me so long to read, as I was constantly trying to work out who the culprit was! The best part of the book, I found, was the depth that the author went into in the character’s therapy sessions, and how much research that must have been done to make those scenes so accurate.

In summary, the book definitely did it’s job on telling s great crime thriller, especially with character development being at 110%. I would definitely recommend this as a great summer read to keep you entertained.

My Rating: 4.5 Muffins out of 5

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Review of ‘Subject 375’ by Nikki Owen

I received a copy of Subject 375 through NetGalley following my receipt of the sequel, The Killing Files (obviously had to read the first in the series before the second!) The plot sounded intriguing and slightly different to an average crime thriller, and I was definitely right about that!

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About The Book

‘Subject 375’ by Nikki Owen

Plastic surgeon Dr Maria Martinez has Asperger’s. Convicted of killing a priest, she is alone, in prison and has no memory of the murder.

DNA evidence places Maria at the scene of the crime, yet she claims she’s innocent. Then she starts to remember… 

A strange room. Strange people. Being watched. 

As Maria gets closer to the truth she is drawn into a web of international intrigue and must fight not only to clear her name but to remain alive.

My Review

Subject 375, also known as The Spider In The Corner Of The Room, is a crime thriller following Maria Martinez as she starts to uncover who she truly is and why she has been accused of a murder she doesn’t remember committing. Slowly, as the storyline develops, we discover there are plenty of secrets being kept from her, and that has been the case for her whole life. Soon enough, everything is is revealed and Maria has to fight against the world’s biggest national intelligence agencies to stay alive. There was no way any of this could have been predicted, as a reader, which made it all the more exciting with an incredible climactic ending. It was fast paced in parts, but sometimes the plot was difficult to follow, but all threads tied up in the end.

It was very easy to like Maria as the main female protagonist in the book, as she was the one being targeted and at her most vulnerable being in a new environment, prison of all places! I could feel sympathetic towards her as shocking facts were uncovered about her life. Harry and Malthus were also likeable characters, but it was not until later in the book that I started to feel less uneasy about who they might be and who’s side they were on. The character’s definitely felt real to me, all of them being well developed with their own backstory, however small their role was in the book.

The plot was written in such a skilled way, with flashbacks dotted about, and the past and present tenses coming together at the end so we could understand the chronology of the story. This method of writing is great for keeping the reader guessing as, when something happens in one tense but then switches to another on a cliffhanger, it keeps us engaged and wanting find out more, which continues to happen each time the tense changes. My favourite part of the book was when the two tenses came together and I could finally start to make connections in terms of who was who and what was happening, which was when the novel really started to climax without having the full story revealed until the very end, and even then there was still plenty left in the dark for the sequel!

I would definitely recommend this book to any lover of crime thriller and also people who like their books on the scientific, spy themed side. If you enjoy the book, you will be pleased to know it is the first in a trilogy, with The Killing Files (The Project Trilogy #2) having just been released.

My Rating: 4 Muffins out of 5

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Review of ‘Black Eyed Susans’ by Julia Heaberlin

My story of how I came to own this book is a funny one! I kept on trying to buy it, but my gift card kept being declined. One day, after it had been declined, I went home to see I had an email from NetGalley saying it was able to request. I jumped on the chance and managed to get approved to read it! No more struggles of declined gift cards, and a free book as well, what more could you want? Enough of that, lets have a look at how truly amazing this book really is…

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About The Book

‘Black Eyed Susans’ by Julia Heaberlin

A girl’s memory lost in a field of wildflowers.
A killer still spreading seeds.

At seventeen, Tessa became famous for being the only surviving victim of a vicious serial killer. Her testimony put him on death row. Decades later, a mother herself, she receives a message from a monster who should be in prison. Now, as the execution date rapidly approaches, Tessa is forced to confront a chilling possibility: Did she help convict the wrong man?

My Review

Black Eyed Susans is fast paced, suspenseful thriller following the story of Tessa, the girl who survived her serial killer’s attack. Set in America, we learn about Tessa in both the present day, and back in 1995 after the trauma. The events that happen in both tenses of the book slowly start to intertwine and unravel the story, but you can keep on guessing until the last second before the final hint is given to who the killer was, and I guarantee you’ll guess wrong! We are shown the events through Tessa’s eyes, and connect with her as a victim of trauma. The story is definitely not predictable whatsoever, and has an amazing twist right at the end, creating an immense climax. Everything is revealed slowly throughout the book so it keeps you turning the pages, and by the end everything is tied together and is logically explained with the most incredible writing.

Tessa was the easiest character to connect to because she was the main focus of the story, but I also enjoyed Jo and Charlie’s character, as they were the females in her life that gave her peace of ind and grounded her through everything, and they were very unique in their personalities. The characters certainly did come to life in front of me, thanks to the talented writing from Heaberlin, and, as I mentioned, I was constantly trying to guess who the killer was! My favourite part of the book was definitely the climactic ending, I was reading so fast the words were almost blurring in front of me, the tension was built up so immensely I almost burst with suspense and excitement! Overall the plot line was gripping and well thought out enough to keep the reader guessing from start to finish.

I would definitely recommend this book to any thriller/suspense lover, and also crime lovers and possibly even someone who loves a bit of science involved in their investigations!

My Rating: 5 Muffins out of 5

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