Regina Barreca

Advantages: Good Read
Disadvantages: May find yourself going back over pages

...Delaware is a former child psychologist who now asists with legal cases. Melissa Dickenson was Alex's patient nearly a decade ago after she phoned a helpline begging help because she was scared of everything. Alex hasn't heard from her since she was nine years old. Jacob Dutchy is the butler to the Dickenson family and is fiercely loyal to Melissa. Regina(Gina) Dickenson is Melissa's mother who was scarred in an attack before Melissa was born, and until recently was a severe agrophopic confined to the house. She is now missing and no one knows where she is or do they.... Dr Ursla Cunningham Gabney is Regina Ramp (nee Dickensons) therapist who has been helping her come to terms with her agrophobia. Dr Leo Gabney is Ursla's husband and sometime therapist to Gina Ramp. Detective Milo Sturgis currently on paid suspension... Read review

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Advantages: black comedy, readable, well-drawn characters
Disadvantages: bloody terrifying at times

..."Meri Sugarman, Psycho Queen" is a book that brought out conflicted emotions in me. For one thing, it was frankly terrifying. But despite this, I could not stop reading, I needed to get to the end and find out everything was going to be okay. I thought Regina in the film "Mean Girls" was bad. Meri Sugarman makes Regina look like Mother Teresa. Fact. I believe this story was originally teen-chick-lit but appears to have been repackaged into something for adults too, in a sort of Harry Potter style. Although it could not be any more different from Harry. The story is told in the first person from the point of view of our heroine Cindy, who is to be honest more of an ANTI-heroine. She is a bit of a nerd, the black sheep of her family, and basically a wallflower. But when she heads for college, she is utterly determined to make... Read review

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...chinato sulla bella sembra un morente che accarezzi la propria tomba. Venga tu dal cielo o dall'inferno, che importa, o Beltà, mostro enorme, pauroso, ingenuo; se il tuo occhio, e sorriso, se il tuo piede, aprono per me la porta d'un Infinito adorato che non ho conosciuto? Da Satana o da Dio, che importa? Angelo o Sirena, che importa se tu - fata dagli occhi vellutati, profumo, luce, mia unica regina - fai l'universo meno orribile e questi istanti meno gravi? Thanx. C Ya Daniele... Read review

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