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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I struggled with this and inthe end gave up less than 90 pages to go. I rarely not finish a book, once commenced. yes there are books which I have commenced but not finished ( hello Joyces' Ulysses!) but which I intend to go back to and finish (indeed in the case of that one I have been back at least 4 times). But the number i have not finished and have no present intention of return to ever amounts to no more than 2 or 3 including this one. Perhaps I wasn't in the right mood (but I have tried for a fortnight now, and have read other books in the interim). And it was not the 'horror' tag associated with the book. I simply did not catch my imagination and I had no idea as to what the author was seeking to achieve. Time for me to move on. Big Ship 6 October 2023 A mentally unbalanced woman kills herself, and her son and daughter-in-law deal with the aftermath. It turns out both of these people are also pretty damaged, and the resulting descent into madness is insane. This book started out fairly normally but then became so bizarre that I became disinterested and annoyed. I finished it but considered it to have been a waste of my time. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Fantasy.
Fiction.
Horror.
Romance.
HTML:A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ? A darkly funny take on mothers and daughters, about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law. ??A quirky, gruesome, utterly original feminist horror experience.? ??The New York Times Book Review When Ralph and Abby Lamb move in with Ralph??s mother, Laura, Abby hopes it??s just what she and her mother-in-law need to finally connect. After a traumatic childhood, Abby is desperate for a mother figure, especially now that she and Ralph are trying to become parents themselves. Abby just has so much love to give??to Ralph, to Laura, and to Mrs. Bondy, her favorite resident at the long-term care home where she works. But Laura isn??t interested in bonding with her daughter-in-law. She??s venomous and cruel, especially to Abby, and life with her is hellish. When Laura takes her own life, her ghost haunts Abby and Ralph in very different ways: Ralph is plunged into depression, and Abby is terrorized by a force intent on destroying everything she loves. To make matters worse, Mrs. Bondy??s daughter is threatening to move Mrs. Bondy from the home, leaving Abby totally alone. With everything on the line, Abby comes up with a chilling plan that will allow her to keep Mrs. Bondy, rescue Ralph from his tortured mind, and break Laura's hold on the family for good. All it requires is a little ingenuity, a lot of determination, and a unique rec No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I liked the writing style. It was darkly humorous at times and completely unhinged.
Don’t think I could ever eat chicken a la king after that ( )