Omg... I was NOT expecting that ending! How terrible!
However, the book was an easy-paced read. I enjoyed it, and wasn't as scary as my friend had previously mentioned. Maybe he's a bit of a wuss? Haha. I liked the first-person narrative but I reckon it could've been better in third person, so that the author could mention that the woman in black was lurking in places where Arthur couldn't see her. That would've made it more scary. But that's just my opinion. It was a fantastic read though, I'll have to admit. Even though it was a short book, Hill's descriptions were on point, and I felt as though I was within Eel Marsh as well. Which was creepy. So creepy. And dirty, yuk.

Teehee, what a delightful little read!
With such little amount of words, the Queen of fiction, J.K. Rowling, has mastered a wonderful little piece with her exquisite penmanship.
You can instantly pick up on the cheekiness between the two characters involved. The magic from her Harry Potter novels is second nature in this 800 word piece and it makes you feel like you've never even left her amazing magical world.
It also leaves readers thinking; what the hell were they doing, and who were the people on the broomsticks?! But it also gives you affirmation that the two characters are indeed exactly who they are, and what they're like in the other HP books.

This is definitely a horrifyingly, gruesome and brutal horror novel! I will never look at rats in the same way ever again, ha! Certainly not the ones from London, anyway!

I swear that Carroll, once again, must've been on lsd when he wrote the second instalment of Alice's adventures, but my goodness it's so fab! Not that I condone drugs, mind! Haha! It's just so bizarrely amusing!

I tried very hard to get through this book. I just couldn't get in to at at all, but that's my fault for picking up a book that isn't my type of genre. And because it wasn't my genre, I haven't given it a rating. Granted, there wasn't that much romance, (which I don't like because I'm romantically detached) and that I didn't mind, but it was just so boring! And in parts it was quite unrealistic and predictable. For example, *SPOILERS* a deer was in the canal drowning, unfortunately, which was upsetting, poor thing. But when the guys couldn't rescue it, they didn't speak to one another for the entire night. Come on! I know certain traumatic things can detach you from communication for a while but this was a little silly. Another thing I didn't like was a few pages in and they came across people that one of the men travelling with Perdu knew. The younger woman was topless due to a health condition. In front of her parents. HER PARENTS!! She was naked from neck to waist in front of her PARENTS!! Why?! Why would you do that, that's just wrong!! I'd be embarrassed being in a swimsuit in front of my dad, never mind being naked! *shudders*
I don't like giving up on reads. I do need to finish books whether they're brilliant or crap, but I honestly couldn't wait to finish this one. Not for me at all. I'll stick with witches, magic, elves, orcs, peculiar children, hauntings, thrillers and ghosts like I usually do.

3.5 stars

I never knew what to expect when I first started reading this as, we all know, film adaptations can greatly differ from the actual books. So when I learned something about Mr Hyde, it was (admittedly) a bit of a mild shock. However, the majority of the book was indeed mysterious, delightfully worded and inevitably depressing. I normally prefer lengthier books, but this was a perfectly constructed novella which I enjoyed reading.

I've read many different genres, and YA is one of them. With the little amount of YA books I've read however, this one is of more maturity, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Jay managed to piece a wonderful world of curiosity, war, betrayal, hatred, famine, happiness, turmoil, darkness, bravery, love and pride. It also made me realise that, no matter how much shit is thrown at you in life, it will always turn out great in the end. You just have to muster through the duration of the badness first :)

Ermmm... A bit cliché, run-of-the-mill kind of book. I don't know... Some parts included great writing and then other parts were just unoriginal, and quite stereotypical. A bit... OTT. I loved her modern descriptiveness, though. But I'm not sure how I feel about the book to be honest. However, I appreciate that this may be a new author, or one that wants to develop. Or is just basically sharing her love for writing. Which I can profoundly admire.