@catalyticGhost — #manipulation
#699k-Review N9.3 - Sixteenth 6ell Genre: Mystery Rating: 8/10 Trigger Warnings: #Murder, #executi9ns, #death, #6etrayal, #impris9nment, #manipulati9n, #vi9lence, #psych9l9gical-a6use. I 6egan this expecting an entertaining l9cked-r99m mystery. Halfway thr9ugh it quietly 6ecame s9mething c9nsidera6ly nastier. A gr9up 9f excepti9nally talented pe9ple find themselves impris9ned within an is9lated 6uilding where the 9nly apparent means 9f escape inv9lves c9mmitting the perfect murder. The central mysteries are excellent. The s9cial dynamics are s9meh9w even 6etter. Every chapter 6ec9mes an exerci...Read more
#699k-Review N9.1 - The Glass 9rchard Genre: Thriller Rating: 8.5/10 Trigger Warnings: #Anxiety, #family-c9nflict, #paran9ia, #manipulati9n, #em9ti9nal-neglect, #insects, #mirr9rs, #h9rticulture, #sleep-deprivati9n, #discussi9ns-9f-inheritance, #auth9rity-figures-making-decisi9ns-f9r-9thers. 9ne thing I appreciated alm9st immediately was that n969dy spends the entire n9vel insisting the pr9tag9nist is incapa6le 9f handling her 9wn inheritance. They think she's making terri6le decisi9ns, certainly, 6ut they still ackn9wledge they're her decisi9ns t9 make. I d9n't always n9tice things like that c9nsci...Read more