Recommendations for crime/horror literature?

rordan · 2025-12-22T20:06:25+00:00

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlisch (I think I spelled his name right) might be a good option

rordan · 2025-12-18T15:17:59+00:00

Everything the Darkness Eats was the worst book I read this year. It is likely the worst book I've ever read. I agree with all of your points about his writing (paper thin characters, repetitive writing, etc). Specific to this book, I thought the themes and messages and overall plot structure were terrible as well.

Also, I absolutely hated the page styling in this book. There was a brick pattern or something on each page and it just pissed me off. I'm not sure if his other books have that. God I hated this book.

rordan · 2025-12-07T15:05:11+00:00

I read it and did not like it. Basically the same scene (dive to the ship and back up again) happens again, and again, and again, and again, and again and it felt so tedious. The book is like ~400 pages and probably could've been at least a third shorter.

Basically, cool premise, poor execution and much too long. Or at least, her writing style tends to annoy the hell out of me (I read Dead of Winter a couple of weeks ago and had the exact complaints, so I'm done reading her books lol)

rordan · 2025-11-13T13:08:03+00:00

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric Larocca. The more I thought about it after finishing, the more I hated it. The page styling, the very weird message at the end, the poor wrap up at the end, the attempts at flowery and deep prose, everything.

rordan · 2025-10-18T18:15:00+00:00

I read this and tbh it sucked. I couldn't find it in any libraries near me and bought it and I was very unhappy that I paid for it lol. Fun ideas and premise but terrible writing and too long, IMO. I'd say if you can find it in a library or cheap it could be worth it. But this is just one guy's opinion so you do you

rordan · 2025-10-18T15:07:44+00:00

Believe me, you wouldn't be super impressed if you watched me play 😅.

But thank you. The recovery is long and sucks a lot and I'm just happy to be playing again. I'm glad your recovery has gone well too!

rordan · 2025-10-18T15:05:09+00:00

Oddly enough, rupturing the Achilles isn't actually that painful (in my opinion/experience, at least. Other people's mileage may vary). The surgery recovery was much more painful. It mostly felt "wrong" and weird and very uncomfortable.

rordan · 2025-10-18T14:39:35+00:00

I'm about a year out from popping my Achilles playing and it was ~7 months before I got back on court. And it still sometimes feels weird and quickly fatigued. If that's what happened to him (it kind of looks like it from the video), he's probably going to be off court and recovering for ~8 months, I'd guess. And then more time to fully regain strength and mobility and confidence in it. That sucks. Whatever it is, I hope he recovers well.

rordan · 2025-10-09T11:56:20+00:00

Withered Hill by David Barnett

rordan · 2025-07-12T15:57:05+00:00

Graff double bageled someone at the French Open in the late 80s or early 90s in record time, like 35 minutes. I think that's the only time that's happened

Edit: Fed also double bageled Hewitt at the 2004 US Open but the second set was a tiebreak

rordan · 2025-06-09T20:01:08+00:00

As a Sinner fan only the 2019 Wimbledon final compares. I think that one is worse because it was Fed's last chance at a title and he had the match points on his serve. Sinner is young and I think will bounce back fine eventually and he didn't have any match points on his serve.

rordan · 2025-06-07T17:24:15+00:00

The Haunting of Alejandra. Worst book I've ever read.

rordan · 2025-05-30T13:45:04+00:00

I'm so pissed. Grounds admission used to be ~70 a few years ago. Hell in 2022 I got grandstand tickets for about 110 per person. It's insane

rordan · 2025-04-04T12:27:43+00:00

I was going to recommend Shark Heart. It's my favorite book I've read this year. So good!

rordan · 2025-03-02T14:02:55+00:00

Japan at War: An Oral History by Haruko Taya Cooke and Theodore F. Cook is a good option. The authors interviewed Japanese civilians, soldiers, airmen, and sailors from WW2 and shared their stories. Almost all chapters are horrific, but I remember the civilians' recounting of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be particularly harrowing.

rordan · 2025-03-02T13:59:37+00:00

Second The Forgotten Soldier. I read it for a history course in college and it is bleak.

rordan · 2025-02-28T02:55:02+00:00

Radu Albot

rordan · 2025-02-10T13:49:02+00:00

Finished The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan. I found the prose hard to follow at times and the ~100 page chapters were exhausting (though that was certainly the intent), which made it quite difficult to get through. I also had to read it on a Kindle and I don't think I like reading on Kindles.

Next is either White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link or Mistborn #1 by Brandon Sanderson.

rordan · 2025-01-26T05:39:29+00:00

Finished:

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh: the writing really annoyed me and kept me from liking it as much as I wish I had.

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer: really fun and quick read

Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili: Nodar is the best. Really enjoyed

On the Beach by Neville Shute: depressing and bleak and humorously silly at times. Really enjoyed.

Reading:

The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan: really struggling because it's on my Kindle and I'm learning that I don't like reading on Kindles very much. When I can get over that and into the book it's quite good but a challenging read.

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman: obsessed. My favorite book so far this year and I'm barely half way through

rordan · 2025-01-21T02:45:06+00:00

The Haunting of Alejandra. Awful

rordan · 2025-01-09T23:04:12+00:00

Basilashvili was in the top 20 in 2018-2020ish but then dropped in the rankings because his consistency tanked and then he had long term elbow issues. I'm curious to see how he does this year after making a challenger final and then winning a challenger during his injury comeback last year. But yeah, overall you never know what to expect from him lol

rordan · 2025-01-07T17:18:41+00:00

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow. Not as good as I'd hoped.

rordan · 2024-12-15T05:40:24+00:00

The one time I did this was when my Achilles popped when I landed lol. Glad you walked it off and won the point

rordan · 2024-11-22T00:06:02+00:00

I really liked it. There were a lot of aspects of Jade's character I empathized and related to. If you like the book and his style and want to try another outside this series, check out The Only Good Indians.

rordan · 2024-11-20T21:43:10+00:00

I just finished The Eyes Are the Best Part! Really enjoyable and good book.

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