I always first read the first and last chapters of books I am
reviewing, or reading to expand my genre familiarity; and often for
books that I am reading for pleasure as well.
I get very anxious - especially if the plot is very suspenseful or
scary, or I suspect that things will turn out "badly", or even if my
preferred 'ship might not be fulfilled - and I can't pay attention to
all the various appeal factors if I'm preoccupied with worrying about
how it turns out.
And I usually read the rest in a non-linear fashion - skipping over
the grisly or smutty bits, turning back to re-read earlier scenes now
seen in a new light, jumping around to see which characters get more
"screen time." I've never understood how people just pick up a
book, go to the first page, and read straight through to the end.
Don't you get twitchy at being so constrained?
Which, btw, is why I dislike e-books; it's a lot harder to "skip
around" in an endless scroll than it is to riffle through a nice print
codex.
On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 8:43 PM Joni Richards Bodart
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> Roberta, I have seen your name and your writings for years, and have enormous respect for you, but your suggestion of reading the first and last chapters really made me cringe. I have a good friend who reads the last chapter of a murder mystery first, and just don't understand how she can do that and then read the whole book from the beginning. But I would never forbid anyone from doing that, including students--I just don't want to know about it!!!
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>> Possibly Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card? No relation to the vampire movie, a story about a family that has to relocate and finds their new town unsettling to say the least. London Falling by Paul Cornell is a modern day supernatural story of witches in London, but it is also a police procedural.
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>> I wonder if The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman would qualify? It has all the elements of horror, but isn’t that scary.
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>> Into the Diving Deep by Mira Grant if fairy tame, but I also think tame is relative. Are you looking for more psychological than say, body horror?
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>> I'm an MLIS student at San Jose State University taking a readers advisory course, and we're supposed to explore as many different genres as we can. I'm a total scaredy-cat and not looking forward to reading horror titles but realize I do need to read a few to broaden my knowledge base. Any suggestions of good reads for someone who doesn't like horror - "tame" horror, if there is such a thing? Our class requires that they be adult books (no YA or children's titles), and they must be novel-length. Thanks!
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