Librarylizzi Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Just wondering if I'm alone in this, I love really gory, psychological, profiler, serial killer books but sometimes when I finish one I have to read what I call an inbetween. If it's been quite gruesome i will go for a chick lit or somehing light, before I once agin foray into the darkside. Anyone else like that or am I alone? .......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda20102 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 so with you on this nothing like a nice gruesome book followed by a book that I other wises would not even touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Librarylizzi Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Oh I'm glad Amanda, I've only read one Chelsea Cain but really enjoyed it. She can be quite gruesome lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drislane Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I like very much how you left the last line of that first post. No, definitely not all alone on this (and in danger of the light going out with an axe wielding serial killer on the loose). It is very much heavy and light for me when I remember to go light. On occasion, a complete change of direction from one work to the next is a great thing to do. Now who turned out the lights? Come on, it’s not funny any more……. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Librarylizzi Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Only one book has made me get up and check the back doors in the night that was Tana French "Broken Harbour", I know it's mad I can read the most god awful things human beings can do to each other but can't watch scary films. So it's with a little sigh I then pick up Debbie Macomber or some such after reading 400 pages of dismemberment and torture! My husband often wonders why I don't get nightmares,I wonder if it's because I have a dark soul lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagesmith Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I love a good crime thriller. I'm more into the suspense than the gory descriptive stuff. But, like you, once I've read a particularly heavy crime thriller, I'll turn to something light to redress the balance. I usually go for something by Nick Spalding (Love From Both Sides is laugh out loud funny) or Tom Sharpe. Then its quickly back to sticking my nose in the next crime thriller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxedo cat Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I sometimes feel guilty when I've read several mysteries in a row, and read some non-fiction to assuage the guilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookworm2012 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Hi there I try and vary what kind of book I read. It changes between crime thrillers, sci fi fantasy, horror and occasionally a "Family Saga" I must confess though I enjoy it best when having a supernatural vampire fest, probably because I have read something else in between My fascination with vampire and werewolves worries me sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bel-ami Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Another one - it's non-stop crime thrillers or historical fiction and then just occasionally a classic or biography to make me feel a bit more highbrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseCat Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I'm surprised people liked Broken Harbour. I suppose the ending was shocking, but it had been so dragged out it lost a lot of momentum. Wordiness can really kill a good story. Anyway, I do vary things a little with the occasional fantasy or (non-European) historic fiction, some Bill Bryson or Charles Dickens... But I'm not ashamed of being addicted to suspense, which is not the same as indulgent gore. Not commenting on anyone's preferences, but I'm convinced that a skillful writer doesn't need gore to scare the reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Well, I do read mostly crime fiction. Not the twisted kind with grusome bloody scenes, but crime fiction nonetheless. I don't need to read another genre to keep sane, but I tend to switch between crime fiction and classics a lot. Those are the main 2 genres I gravitate towards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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