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The Home by Mats Strandberg | Review
The Home is a spectacular tale of mistakes, families and forgiveness. Nina and Joel haven’t seen each other in twenty years. Mistakes were made, and both blame the other for both their approach to life and what it become. This is a story that will have your heart aching and palpitating in equal measure. At points, it’s not healthy for the readers continuation of life – my favourite type of read! This one hit home especially hard after having a career in nursing the elderly specialising in neurological disorders. Strandberg’s research was spot on and took me back in time to various nightshifts. It was a story I could fall…
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Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates | Review
Woah, well okay. Suicide Forest has a speed and a rhythm and that is to scare you shitless with its atmosphere and its tension. So, Japan has always intrigued me and it’s one of my places to visit when the pandemic is over. It’s all so enchanting but also has an air of ominous both with its culture and its history. One that has always stirred my imagination is that of Aokigahara (the suicide forest). You don’t want to examine the why’s of the forest for too long – it could plunge your psyche into a dark place. THEY HAD A SAYING: THE NAIL THAT STANDS OU GETS HAMMERED DOWN…