Category: Video Review

Friant’s Video Friday: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Today Kim is bringing you a video review of Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw. Kim is very conflicted with this one as she loves the cover, but the book did not work for her. The cover earns this one one more star.

Nothing But Blackened Teeth
Author: Cassandra Khaw
Published:  November 17, 2020
128 Pages

Reviewed By: Kim
Kim’s Rating: 3 stars

Book Description:

A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

It’s the perfect wedding venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends.

But a night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

Kim’s Video Review:

Purchase Links:
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Friant’s Video Friday: The Children of Red Peak by Craig DiLouie

Today Kim is bringing you a video review of The Children of Red Peak by Craig DiLouie.

The Children of Red Peak
Author:
Craig DiLouie

Published:  November 17, 2020
384 Pages

Reviewed By: Kim
Kim’s Rating: 4 stars

Book Description:

David Young, Deacon Price, and Beth Harris live with a dark secret. As children, they survived a religious group’s horrific last days at the isolated mountain Red Peak. Years later, the trauma of what they experienced never feels far behind.

When a fellow survivor commits suicide, they finally reunite and share their stories. Long-repressed memories surface, defying understanding and belief. Why did their families go down such a dark road? What really happened on that final night?

The answers lie buried at Red Peak. But truth has a price, and escaping a second time may demand the ultimate sacrifice.

Kim’s Video Review:

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Friant’s Video Friday: Book to Film Adaption Comparison of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Kim is back with her thoughts on the book and film comparison of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. 

The Reader
Author: Bernhard Schlink
Published: June 26, 1997
216 Pages

Book Description:

Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany.

When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover—then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.

 

Kim’s Book to Film Adaptation Comparison:

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Novel
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Film
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