The Night Shift was like coming home and realizing it smells just as good as you remember— in this case home is Alex Finlay’s writing.
FBI Agent Sarah Keller is back, investigating what could be two connected crimes fifteen years apart. In 1999 four teenaged girls working at a Blockbuster were attacked, and only one survived. History repeats itself all these years later in an ice cream shop.
Alex Finlay is a master of keeping you on the edge of your seat, suspicious of everyone. He creates real, flawed, well-rounded characters, lays out a phenomenal and complex plot, and is well practiced at writing alternating perspectives without a single one being boring. I read this all in one sitting and I kept jotting down theories for each thing said, heard, or realized throughout the story and one of them panned out!
The one thing I do not forgive Alex Finlay for: just like after reading Every Last Fear I feel genuine heartbreak for some of these characters and I now need to decompress once again.
This was an amazing read, thank you to Alex Finlay, St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books, and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this incredible ARC.
i don’t think you understand, When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey is about a girl gang of teen witches (diverse when it comes to skin color, religion, sexuality and backgrounds btw) involved in the magic murder of a guy at prom - this is all in the first pages and I’d love for you to know he died because his d*ck exploded - and i just wish more people knew about it and read it /even though it’s fairly new/ so we can make a fandom and have discussions and draw fan art and write fanfics and stuff
I just downloaded Goodreads, added some of the books and comics I have read and gave them a rating. I haven’t understood well how the app works yet, but if you want to add me to exchange readings and chat, I leave you the link below <3
I know it’s … a bit… late… here are my favourite graphic novel/manga/webtoon reads of 2021 in no particular order (trigger warnings that I noticed in the read more)
Solanin written and illustrated by Inio Asano Death, Car accident, Blood, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol
Venus in the Blind Spot written and illustrated by Junji Ito translated by Yuji Oniki and Jocelyne Allen Body horror, Gore, Death, Blood, Violence, Murder, Death of a parent, Sexual content, Animal death, Suicide, Sexual assault
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse written and illustrated by Charlie Mackesy None that I noticed
Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga written by Rainbow Rowell, illustrated by Gabi Nam and Adapted by Sam Maggs Panic attacks/disorders, Mental Illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Eating disorder
The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke’s Mansion written by Milcha and illustrated by Gorae Alcohol, Murder, Animal death, Kidnapping
The Tea Dragon Society written and illustrated by K. O'Neill Blood, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief
Happiness vol. 1-10 written and illustrated by by Shūzō Oshimi translated by Kevin Gifford Blood, Murder, Violence, Grief, Death, Gore, Child Death, Cannibalism, Death of Parent, Sexual Content, Kidnapping, Bullying, Panic Attacks, Body horror,Child abuse, Animal Cruelty, Gun Violence, Torture, Confinement and Medical content
The Complete Persepolis written and illustrated by Marjane Satrapi translated by Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris and Anjali Singh Death, Violence, Misogyny, Police Brutality, Suicide attempt, War, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Sexism, Murder, Xenophobia, Racism, Grief, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Rape, Homophobia, Child death
The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures written and illustrated by Noelle StevensonMental illness, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1) written by Yuval Noah Harari illustrated by David Vandermeulen and Daniel Casanave I can’t really recall
(In…almost… alphabetical order, trigger warnings in the ‘keep reading’)
This year… has been a lot… but at least during the first half I read a lot of good books … anyway here are my top 10 of 2021… (like last year I’ll do a separate one for graphic novels)
Trigger Warnings
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston: Bullying, Racism, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder
Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant: Death, Blood, Body Horror, Grief, Ableism
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson Sexual assault, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Deadnaming, Violence, Hate crime, Transphobia, Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness, Incest, and Bullying
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Infidelity, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Racism, and Xenophobia
Passing by Nella Larsen Racial slurs, Racism, Infidelity, Toxic Relationship, Murder, Suicide, and Death
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Stalking, Abortion, Miscarriage, Body shaming, and Suicide
Underland by Robert Macfarlane Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Claustrophobia
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Blood, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny , Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Homophobia, Animal death, Child death, and Infidelity
I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya Transphobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexism, Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Infidelity, Racism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Sexual Harassment
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo: Death, Animal Death, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, and Sexual content
Bunny By Mona Awad Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, Body Horror, Murder, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Mental Illness, Emotional Abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Hate crime, Violence, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Transphobia, Murder, and Drug use
Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert: Sexual Content, Chronic Illness, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Toxic Relationship, Ableism, Physical Abuse, Medical Trama, Domestic Abuse, and Mental Illness
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Child death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Grief
