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The Sooner The Better... SOON by Lous Murphy No spoilers. 5 stars. Nebulah, Australia is typically dying, but nowhere near dead... The handful of citizens still "living" there must be inside their home with doors and windows locked... ... before nightfall and the arrival of the mist with its shuffling f......more

Yet another book in the category I like to call "the real horror is the real estate market". For most of the book the pacing is rather sedate with an exploration of the main character's alienation and his relationships with the few people that now constitute his world. There's also a subtle explorat......more

I never heard of this book or author until someone on Facebook said the audiobook was free on Audible. Rarely able to pass up a bargain, I snatched it up and began listening to David Linski's narration of the remote Australian town of Nebulah. And I'm so glad I did! Without any spoilers, this is one......more

This was a bit of a slow burn, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. There’s lots of great care to build, and you read about people who seem real and everything they go through your experience with them. I found there was no real highlight points to this book, though. It was a smoothie, but just no......more

Well, that was the scariest book I've read in a long, long time. It's also beautifully written, with well-developed characters - a brilliant, terrifying debut novel. I sat down on the couch and started reading at 7.00 pm; it's now 2.30 am and I've just finished. I think I'll be sleeping with all the......more