August 14, 2018 – 11:48 PM
Cassius Lestrange — Played by Beanie
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Should you ever go back?
It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands.
But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town's most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens’ biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends—just before Kaycee disappeared for good.
Abby knows the key to solving any case lies in the weak spots, the unanswered questions. But as Abby tries to find out what really happened to Kaycee, she unearths an even more disturbing secret—a ritual called “The Game,” which will threaten the reputations, and lives, of the community and risk exposing a darkness that may consume her.
With tantalizing twists, slow-burning suspense, and a remote, rural town of just five claustrophobic miles, Bonfire is a dark exploration of the question: can you ever outrun your past?
(I think it's weird that this blurb focuses so much on Abby's supposed one-night stands when I don't recall her ever really mentioning them. But. Whatever.)
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August 14, 2018 – 11:51 PM
Cassius Lestrange — Played by Beanie
I loved this. I loved this, but I think I partially loved it because 1) I hate small towns 2) I am currently stuck in my hometown 3) I love mysteries. So if you feel differently, I get it! But I thought it was super delightful, and had a great deal of ~intrigue, and it's a rare author that can pull off first person present tense, so props to Ritter for being That Good.
SRS SPOILER do not read unless you've finished the book:
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NEVER TRUST A BITCH NAMED BRENT
glad that this book wrapped up my questions abt why abby's narrative was periodically really weird, tho, what a smart book
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August 18, 2018 – 5:25 PM
Last modified: August 18, 2018 – 5:26 PM by Elinor Goyle.
Elinor Goyle — Played by Kayte
I did find it rather difficult to get into, but finished it in two sittings (in the same day) once I picked it back up this week!
(August 14, 2018 – 11:51 PM)Cassius Lestrange Wrote:
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NEVER TRUST A BITCH NAMED BRENT
glad that this book wrapped up my questions abt why abby's narrative was periodically really weird, tho, what a smart book
Yes. I didn't love all the drinking etc. mainly because it read to me as
super irresponsible for someone in her position etc. etc., but it was redeemed by the explanation for all her bizarreness!
Also, The Game is freaking terrifying and
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As an educator, I want to take Misha out back and shoot her.
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August 27, 2018 – 10:42 AM
Roslyn Ross — Played by Kayte
So as I was reading I was picturing it as a movie/TV series, probably because I'm familiar with Ritter from
Jessica Jones and
Veronica Mars. I did a quick Google, and voila!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f...re-1059686
Is it self-serving if I want
Ritter and only Ritter in the lead role if this becomes a Thing? It would just seem wrong to me otherwise, but I don't know how many fiction authors are also actors so maybe that's why I'm giving pause.
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