Amanda Jayatissa
Autore di You're Invited
Opere di Amanda Jayatissa
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 20th century
- Nazionalità
- Sri Lanka
- Luogo di nascita
- Sri Lanka
- Istruzione
- Mills College
- Attività lavorative
- corporate trainer
shop owner
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 525
- Popolarità
- #47,377
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 12
- ISBN
- 18
Amma is used to keeping to herself - the relentless bullying and accusations of witchcraft are never ending. She sets out to try and clear her father’s name herself, but begins being haunted by dreams that predict dark forces, that also leave her waking up in random places throughout the island as she sleepwalks. She can’t shake the feeling that all of this is connected to the night weeks ago - when she was recovering from a strange illness and woke up scared and confused, to her mother frantically saying, “No one can find out what happened”.
I don’t read horror that often, but after reading the marketing promos for it and seeing it was both based on Sri Lankan folklore and had “female rage finally being unleashed” as a highlight point, I was sold. And this didn’t disappoint.
The storyline of watching Amara from an innocent young girl turned to a rage filled woman was impressive and believable. It made the ending of the story a bit complicated because you both saw where she was coming from and kind of had to take a step back and go, “Whoa”. I haven’t read anything from Amanda Jayatissa before, but I will be adding her other two to my ever growing TBR list.
As I said before, horror isn’t my forte, but I think those who are looking for a unique and page turning, historical Sri Lanka horror, will greatly appreciate this one. There are some gory moments, but nothing that I thought was super crazy or intense, especially for a horror novel.
*Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for an advance digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review… (altro)