20 October 2014

Review #21: Still Photo by Kim Harnes




Still Photo by Kim Harnes

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Kim Harnes, an American author's debut psychological novel named, Still Photo is all about darkness and photographs, which not only awes your mind but will also send chill up your spine, and as suggested by the author, Kim Harnes, that you must specifically read this book with your lights on! My favorite quote from the book,

“Within us all lurks something dark.
The opposite of what we portray ourselves to be."

I'd like to take a moment to thank the author, for giving me this opportunity to read and review her debut book.

This is a story about a young teenager named Jess Waterford. Her life changes forever when her abusive mother left her seven years ago, without uttering a single word and that made her wonder what happened to her mom. And eventually Jess concealed her pain by taking up photography and cocooned in the world of her baseball champion boyfriend, Brody Campbell. But when her photographs turns out to be bizarre and strange, things around her went uphill, like her boyfriend started having nose bleeds and his health started deteriorating, making Jess realize that it has something got to do with Jess's photographs. But Jess was determined to put all those bizarre pictures together and to get an idea about it, thus letting her see the picture of her murdered mom with the murderer and hence a journey begins in Jess's life to search this murderer.


Now I'm in a luck that I got to read two brilliant debut books in a row! I'd like to applause for the author for her brilliancy and smartness . This woman knows how to make it dark and thoroughly twisted with her choice of simple words. A thoroughly researched and an utterly well-developed plot, gives that compelling edge to her story. Now let's talk about her "characters"! Jess simply wowed me with her attitude, pain, determination and strength and sometimes she made me hate her so much. I really fell hard for this girl, Jess. The idea that the author invented is completely unusual and totally out-of-the-box and that what makes the story more interesting to read and with such a smooth pace, the book is bound to pull you into its course/flow. The book doesn't have any ghosts yet she wrote the book like you might find a ghost at the end of the book. And those psychologically flawed characters will not only scare the shit out of you, but will also draw a mark upon your minds!
And trust me the author is successful in making her readers scared to hold a camera in their hands for a long time!

So what are you waiting for! Grab this book now and make your brain twisted in the aura of this book's darkness!



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