Jeremy C. Shipp
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Werken van Jeremy C. Shipp
In the Fishbowl, We Bleed 5 exemplaren
Attic Clowns: Volume Three 4 exemplaren
Boy In The Cabinet 2 exemplaren
Those Below 2 exemplaren
Nightmare Man 1 exemplaar
Goat Boy 1 exemplaar
Attic Clowns: Volume Four 1 exemplaar
Monkey Boy 1 exemplaar
Camp 1 exemplaar
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- Jeremy C. Shipp is an author whose written creations inhabit various magazines, anthologies, and drawers. These include over 30 publications, the likes of ChiZine, Flesh & Blood, Hub, Darkness Rising, Bare Bone, The Harrow, and Until Someone Loses an Eye. While preparing for the forthcoming collapse of civilization, Jeremy enjoys living in Southern California in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse. He's currently working on many stories and novels and is losing his hair, though not because of the ghosts. Vacation, his first published novel, debuted this year from Raw Dog Screaming Press.
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Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten."Well, picture me as a popped party balloon. Picture me as a stone made of foam, incapable of smashing a single window. That’s the sort of tired I am."
Seraphina feels the need to investigate after her sister, Eff, ends up in a coma after getting involved with what Seraphina is sure is a cult. She decides to leave her life of odd jobs (including pet sitter and princess for hire) and her rather demanding cat to try find answers, and hopefully not get sucked into the cult herself (she is less naive than her sister, afterall).
Ooh I absolutely loved the setting! An abandoned goblin amusement park is such a great idea and I'd love to explore such a place. Although I'm sure it would be very creepy (even without a probable cult that may or may not have tried to kill someone I care about). It very much gave me Night Circus vibes (although the style is very different) and was one of the strongest parts of the book. The mood shift between the earlier chapters and the main story were amazing. I mean, it went from princessy and pink and parties to rust, cults and a dark mystery. I found myself thinking about this a couple of times while reading and it was definitely well executed.
While I loved the wandering style of the story, I was a little annoyed by the ending. A lot of things happened very suddenly. It felt out of place and didn't answer a lot of questions. I would have appreciated the events building up a little more slowly with more time for answers. I also had a similar annoyance when Seraphina changed her mind what felt like too quickly about something (nothing major, but it felt odd).… (meer)
Seraphina feels the need to investigate after her sister, Eff, ends up in a coma after getting involved with what Seraphina is sure is a cult. She decides to leave her life of odd jobs (including pet sitter and princess for hire) and her rather demanding cat to try find answers, and hopefully not get sucked into the cult herself (she is less naive than her sister, afterall).
Ooh I absolutely loved the setting! An abandoned goblin amusement park is such a great idea and I'd love to explore such a place. Although I'm sure it would be very creepy (even without a probable cult that may or may not have tried to kill someone I care about). It very much gave me Night Circus vibes (although the style is very different) and was one of the strongest parts of the book. The mood shift between the earlier chapters and the main story were amazing. I mean, it went from princessy and pink and parties to rust, cults and a dark mystery. I found myself thinking about this a couple of times while reading and it was definitely well executed.
While I loved the wandering style of the story, I was a little annoyed by the ending. A lot of things happened very suddenly. It felt out of place and didn't answer a lot of questions. I would have appreciated the events building up a little more slowly with more time for answers. I also had a similar annoyance when Seraphina changed her mind what felt like too quickly about something (nothing major, but it felt odd).… (meer)
In the tradition of Jim Handy or Shower Thoughts, this is a collection of weird and twisted notions, one per page, for humorous perusing. "Shadow puppets seem insubstantial, but they're real enough to hurt your feelings." Basically Bizarro Poetry, but GOOD Bizarro Poetry. Silly Ninjas.
I liked the book very much. The heroine is not always a heroine: she is someone who struggles to earn her livelihood, a woman who sometimes flees away from her sister, who is In a coma.
But she is also someone who wants to find out what has happened to her sister and who will stop at almost nothing to reach that goal.
The abandoned amusement park is wonderful, creepy and weird, very weird. I would not say this is a book of horror, but sometimes there is horror in the book.
The last chapter is utterly satisfying.… (meer)
But she is also someone who wants to find out what has happened to her sister and who will stop at almost nothing to reach that goal.
The abandoned amusement park is wonderful, creepy and weird, very weird. I would not say this is a book of horror, but sometimes there is horror in the book.
The last chapter is utterly satisfying.… (meer)
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Seraphina infiltrates the cult her sister was involved with before she was injured. We get to meet some quirky characters and learn much more about the wacky, once-abandoned amusement park the cult uses as their compound. The world-building here was fantastic, with detailed descriptions of the remodeling of the goblin-themed park and how the cult functions inside it. I may be a little biased here since I worked at an amusement park for several years and have always been fascinated with creepy and odd theme parks.
The ending did feel a little rushed, or maybe it felt like it was tied up a little too neatly for my liking. But the writing, like the banter between Seraphina and the other characters, especially Nichelle, along with the world-building, kept me entertained and interested up until the very end.… (meer)