Halloween is one of my favourite times of the year, and for a special treat this holiday I’m taking a closer look at the messages weaved through one of the absolute classic Halloween stories – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Frankenstein, which has become one of the most well-known 19th century Gothic novels of all time, is an incredible story of revenge, prejudice and loss of … Continue reading The warning in “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
Caroline Kepnes’ third instalment of her You series has arrived – and with style. Joe Goldberg returns in You Love Me – a novel that reminds us that we can’t outrun our pasts no matter how hard we try, and there’s no such thing as starting over. It’s dark, twisted, and full of unexpected twists and turns… You Love Me will is a fantastically creepy … Continue reading Joe Goldberg returns in another twisted thriller in Caroline Kepnes’ “You Love Me”
Caroline Kepnes’ You is the story that took the world by a storm. The dark, thriller novel has turned into the highly grossed series on Netflix where Penn Badgley brings to life the charming but dangerous Joe Goldberg. You is one of the most thrilling and addictive novels that I have ever read: it pulls you in with this false sense of security that it … Continue reading Does Joe Goldberg’s charm and charisma in “You” overshadow the book’s dark warning?
Only Stephen King could write an eleven hundred page novel about the innocence and wonder of childhood, and kick it off with a six-year-old boy getting his arm ripped off by a clown. Much like the titular monster that lurks within its pages, It is many things – it’s terrifying, it’s sweet, it’s disturbing, it’s sad. But more than that, it’s an incredible story. To the … Continue reading The real and overlooked message in “IT” by Stephen King
Ray Bradbury is one of the best writers of our time, our parents’ time, and our grandparents’ time. His works, which included Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, influenced generations of readers who became fans who became epic storytellers themselves. Epic storytellers — like Steven Spielberg, the director of films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T.. Bradbury was, and still is, a muse for … Continue reading Technology vs humanity in Ray Bradbury’s “The Illustrated Man”
Neil Gaiman‘s The Ocean at the End of the Lane is one of the most powerful novels that I have read to date. This story is an amalgam of helplessness and innocent ignorance of childhood with universe-old wisdom. With mystery and wonder and unexplainable and unfathomable things that lurk around the corners of reality and seep through the cracks in the world. It is a story … Continue reading The mystery in memories in “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”
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