As I said I've been off the boil for a while so I haven't read all that much in the last month or so



Something Evil is Inside Cassie Stevens.

For fans of The Exorcist and Stephen King comes a terrifying new tale of supernatural horror.

Cassie Stevens was 16 years old the night she died. When she’s revived 20 minutes later, unsettling changes begin to occur. They’re in the shadow she sees from the corner of her eye, and the face in reflections, and the whispers in her mind… and awaking at night to the cold unseen presence of something in her room…

But the changes aren’t just around her – they’re inside her.

Something ominous followed Cassie back from beyond death. Something infinite in hatred and horror. And it won’t stop till she’s dead.
Well that bit in bold is certainly is a pretty bold statement, and it is definitely an ambitious book it doesn't live up to that tag line though.

I’ll be honest I came into it expecting/wanting a straight up old fashioned exorcism, this manages to stay away from the well-trodden path of generic exorcism and possession, It did run into a few problems though, it was almost as if it didn’t know what it wanted to be, it kind of morphed into a weird rampant demon possession come ghost story, by the end I wasn’t sure which one was going to take centre stage (well the title of the book kind of gave that away but you get what I mean)

Some of the writing grated on me a little, ending almost every chapter with ‘everything was fine again…for now’ or ‘for the first time in months, the nightmares had stopped….or had they’ how’s about ‘Cassie is going to have toast for breakfast….or will she’

It got a bit tiresome having things telegraphed like that constantly.

Having said that it was an enjoyable read, it was nice and quick to get through, whilst there weren’t any genuine scares for me I think I’ve been desensitised to this sort of thing now.

I would have liked to have seen more of the demon and had it explained a little more, I quite enjoy reading dialogue including the actual demon but that was lacking here, it also seemed to lack any specific sort of identity, we don’t know who the demon was, how powerful is it, what is its name, what is its origin etc, other books tend to cover this side of things off (albeit it briefly in some instances)

I’d say this was either a high 3/5 or a low 4/5

An ambitious book that could have been improved on.



Everything you need to know about modern physics, the universe and our place in the world in seven enlightening lessons

'Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world. And it's breathtaking'

These seven short lessons guide us, with simplicity and clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind. Not since Richard Feynman's celebrated Six Easy Pieces has physics been so vividly, intelligently and entertainingly revealed.
Not much to say on this one, the title says it all, seven brief lessons on physics, I've read a few books on this stuff before but this was a nice little refresher