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C. J. Tudor

Autore di The Chalk Man

16+ opere 3,966 membri 321 recensioni 3 preferito

Opere di C. J. Tudor

The Chalk Man (2018) 1,833 copie
The Hiding Place (2019) 632 copie
The Burning Girls (2021) 585 copie
The Other People (2020) 537 copie
The Drift (2023) 265 copie
A Sliver of Darkness (2019) 93 copie
The Gathering (2024) 12 copie
Kriidimees (2018) 1 copia
Gullungen (2019) 1 copia
Inni ludzie 1 copia
Survivor: Thriller (2024) 1 copia
Škvíra 1 copia
Upálené 1 copia
Závěj 1 copia

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After Sundown (Fiction Without Frontiers) (2020) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3 (2020) — Collaboratore — 19 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Tudor, C. J.
Nome legale
Tudor, Caroline
Data di nascita
1972
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
UK
Luogo di nascita
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Luogo di residenza
Nottingham, England, UK
Attività lavorative
author
copywriter
television presenter
voice-over artist

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I have very mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator and the characters. On the other hand I don’t feel satisfied with the ending. And maybe that’s the point but I’m still leaving this book feeling kind of let down. I guess the word I’m looking for is the ending is messy. It seems there are several different problems or mysteries and they all have different answers which is a bit frustrating. I don’t always expect a very neat ending with a bowtie to it but this just was too much. Overall I like the writing style so I’ll probably read another one of her books.… (altro)
 
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jbrownleo | 157 altre recensioni | Mar 27, 2024 |
The Chalk Man by C. J. Tudor is a fast-paced psychological thriller set in a small town. The book starts with a very positive note of terror. The atmosphere it created also had a spine-tingling effect. Between all this, the author has inserted some horror moments to relish. Also, the characters were nice, each of them having their own role to play. But there were many loopholes in the story. I felt that the author was somewhere between horror and psychological thriller. A story that could have turned out to be chilling horror ended just in a thriller. So many questions were left unanswered.

Still, the book is interesting and deserves a one-time read. Definitely, I would like to give the book 3 stars.
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Sucharita1986 | 157 altre recensioni | Mar 26, 2024 |
The Gathering by C. J. Tudor is a so-so procedural set in Alaska where the investigation looks into a murder that may be a vampyre slaying. It is a mystery buried under a lecture.

In Deadhart, Alaska, a fifteen-year-old boy is found murdered. His throat was ripped open and his blood was drained. Residents blame the Colony nearby, a place where vampyres reside and want a cull of the vampyres. However, in 1983, the Vampyr Protection Act was enacted and declared them a protected species. An expert is called in, homicide detective Barbara Atkins, who has her PhD in forensic vampyr anthropology. She will investigate the murder and, if she determines a vampyre is responsible, she can authorize a cull. The residents are angry and want retribution.

Barbara Atkins is an interesting character and the ending makes it clear that a sequel should be expected.

This wasn't a favorite Tudor novel. First, as a British author, perhaps look a little bit closer into the culture, word usage, etc. in the USA. Then, yet again I need to caution an author to keep their personal political/social views on contemporary topics to themselves as it diminishes and dates the novel. Additionally any lecturing in a novel to your readers is also disconcerting. The polarization presented early on in the novel targeted specific religious and political groups was an off-putting distinction that made this an almost DNF. Making different groups you perhaps disagree with the antagonist and stand-in for fear, racism or discrimination between people was unnecessary. Thanks to Penguin Random House for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.
http://www.shetreadssoftly.com/2024/03/the-gathering.html
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SheTreadsSoftly | 4 altre recensioni | Mar 26, 2024 |
Deadhart a small Alaskan town and a teen boy is found dead. His throat has been ripped out and drained of blood. Could the killer be one of the Vampyrs from the Colony. Detective Barbara Atkins is sent to investigate and if so there would need to be a cull.

I have read all the books by C J Tudor. Some I've liked very much one being The Drift and others have been just ok. This offering was very much average for me.

I enjoyed the setting of the small town. The atmosphere was spot on with the snow, dark nights and lots of Christmas lights. There certainly was a very tense feel. I also liked the main plot of the story and it was only a matter of time until the author produced a book about vampires.

I found the story a slow but enjoyable burn. The ending I felt was packed in a last minute with a lot going on and this I felt let the book down. I did enjoy the odd twist with one in particular which I didn't see coming.

I will definitely read more by the author in the future as every book she does is different. This one just didn't quite hit the mark for me.

Thank you to the publisher via Netgalley for the book to review.
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tina1969 | 4 altre recensioni | Mar 18, 2024 |

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ISBN
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