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The Things We Don't See | Review

This post contains minor spoilers of the above book. I f you wanted to read it and feel like this would ruin the experience for you, then here is your warning to stop reading this and go and read it yourself! * Savannah Brown's second novel, The Things We Don't See , centres on a teenage girl trying to cope with dysfunction and grief in her family. In grappling with her sister Celeste's disappearance and her perpetually distant father, Mona Perry clings to the idea that she can solve the mystery of Roxy Raines, who disappeared decades ago with no investigation. With the intention of broadcasting her findings to her podcast audience, the story seeks to question the ethics of the true crime genre and the extent that trying to solve the murder-mystery is a selfish endeavour, with the protagonist prying into the private lives of the Sandown residents for the sake of entertaining a curious audience. Brown builds on the mystery genre by bringing a modern podcasting twist whilst r

Britney Jean in Three Parts

  i. lucky This is a story about a girl named Lucky Early morning, she wakes up Knock, knock, knock on the door It's time for make-up, perfect smile It's you they're all waiting for They go Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl? And they say She's so lucky, she's a star But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night? Lost in an image, in a dream But there's no one there to wake her up And the world is spinning, and she keeps on winning But tell me what happens when it stops ? They go Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl? And they say She's so lucky, she's a star But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night? (Oh) Whoa Best actress, and the winner is Lucky (whoa) (I, I, yeah, oh) Whoa I'm Roger Johnson for Pop News Standing outside the arena waiting for Lucky O