Harry is given a diary by Dumbledore and when he writes in it he receives an unexpected response. His correspondent learns of Harry's less than suitable living conditions and an unlikely bond is formed. Thanks for the diary, Dumbledore. You're a fucking champ. It's just what I need. It's like Tom Riddle all over again. Not really sure how a stupid fucking diary is supposed to help me, though. A sword would be of more use to me now. Or better yet, a ticket out of this hell-hole. But my welfare doesn't mean shit to you, does it? As long as I am around to be a pawn in your slightly deadly game of chess, then who cares what happens in the meantime, right?
Who cares what needs to be sacrificed? Don't worry Dumbles, I have every intention of killing off old Voldie for you, but we both know I'll fall with him. My life doesn't matter though. All for the greater good, of course. I'm sick of this shit. So much for blood-fucking-protection.
Fuck you and your so-called 'good intentions'. Your blood protection won't mean shit when I'm not here to kill of the Dark Lord, will it? I know that you know what goes on in this god-forsaken place. I know that you know what I go through. I know that you know what he does to me. It builds character, right? Makes me strong enough to kill. That's all I'm good for in your eyes, after all.
Just a tool to do your bidding. I don't want to kill. But it's okay, I've come to terms with it. I have to do it. Apparently I'm the only one who can. Doesn't give much hope to the wizarding world really, does it? I'm gonna fucking kill him though. He's ruined my life and my friend's lives. And for that, I'm gonna destroy him. You should send one of your aurors to check on me now, Dumbledore.
That would be funny if it wasn't so damn sad. Preferably one trained extensively in the healing arts. Poppy would be okay, actually. She'd at least get me part-way fixed up. Or, perhaps, Moody — at least he would be more than willing to knock off my "loving family". I could think of some others that might do the same. If they only knew If he found out what happens here… Gods, he would hate me.
He would be so disgusted, and so sickened. He can never know how filthy and broken and weak I really am. He has enough to deal with, anyway. He doesn't need another burden. Send Tonks, or Kingsley. Hell, I'd even welcome Snape right now! I'm sick of this shit every fucking day. I think I'm broken enough.
I'll do your bidding, Dumbledore. I promise I'll kill him. This drug is the only thing keeping me sane right now, and my sanity is probably questionable. I don't know what I'll do at the end of the summer. How will I cope at Hogwarts without shooting up every few hours? It's only been about half a day since my last hit and I'm already craving the high. I'll never sleep tonight without another hit. Unless I'm unconscious - which is actually quite probable.
Merlin, I hate this place. He was bad, tonight. Thank fuck I took something to take my mind away before he came in here. At least with the drug I can pretend it's not happening. It was later than usual, tonight. He'd been out drinking - never a good sign for me. Drinking makes him angrier.
But at least the alcohol slows him down and makes him leave quicker. The sick fuck made it clear that I'm gonna get it worse when he's more able. I don't know whether I should consider myself lucky? I wonder if I'll wake up tomorrow? I should have been much more suspicious when the headmaster gave me this diary so many years ago: And no doubt he is always thinking that he is doing the right thing. Had I known that this was, in fact, a two-way diary linked to none other than our resident Golden Boy, I'm sure it would have been thrown back in his face without delay.
Though evidently, at the time he gave it two me, you did not have the twin. From your writing, this appears to be a more recent development. Needless to say, I had never written in here before now. And I never intended to. I did think it was odd at the time, though.
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The headmaster knows I'm not the type to write in a diary. He would have known it would remain on a bookshelf untouched. In fact, I'd forgotten he had even gifted it to me. So, to see it chiming and vibrating on my shelf was rather absurd. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal. When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong. Her suspicions are realized when the yacht hits a storm and the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety, a ship Jess is convinced she's been on before.
The ship appears deserted, the clock on board has stopped, but they are not alone Someone is intent on hunting them down, one by one. And Jess unknowingly holds the key to end the terror. It's all it was. Bad dreams make you think you've seen things that you haven't. I can't go into the story very much, as there's not much detail that can be given out with ruining it. I'll just say that a curiously detached young mother and a group of people go out sailing one gorgeous day, get caught in a storm, and find themselves shipwrecked.
A massive approaching ocean liner appears to bring salvation, but once they're on-board, it seems strangely deserted. Soon people start dying, and the plot takes a sharp left turn that puts it at a cut above the typical slasher flick that Triangle seems to be at first glance. I'll admit that I was a little underwhelmed by the movie at first, but it definitely gets much better as it goes along. I really have to give the movie credit for how clever and ambitious it attempts and succeeds to be. The best description of Triangle I can give without ruining anything is a combination of The Shining and Donnie Darko, with a really hot lead actress.
It's mind-bending in just the right way. There were lots of different points that the story could have fallen apart and stopped making sense, but that never happened. By the end, there are no loose ends. And I'll add that the title is particularly meaningful. If you're open-minded, attentive, and ready for something slightly different, chances are that you'll love this movie. I certainly enjoyed it. I really like the Joe books and simply find myself completely caught up in the story and unable to put them down - this is no exception to that.
Joe as a character is excellent to me and the other main characters are rich and and well written generally. This is a tense and exciting read.
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It does have little regards for police procedures to me but it was nonetheless very enjoyable. Dec 04, David rated it it was amazing Shelves: You've done it again Mr Robotham - managed to keep me up more half the night reading another of your unputdownable Joseph O'Loughlin thrillers. Thoroughly enjoyable read from start to finish! Nov 09, Rob rated it it was amazing Shelves: This is my forth book in a row and, so far, there has been no disappointments.
At its most basic, this story is about a teacher of high standing in the community who just happens to be lecherous, grooming paedophile. When Joe's daughter Charlie's best friend get involved with this low life, things get pretty sordid very quickly. Of course Joe gets involved and with the help of his one time protagonist now friend Ex D. Ruiz the hunt is on. Hold on to your hats, you're in for one hell of a ride. Nov 29, Infada Spain rated it really liked it Shelves: Dec 07, Maureen DeLuca rated it it was amazing. I am bumping this read to a 5 star.
If you have not stared this series- you are missing out for sure! Great characters, great story lines and all around great writing I'm on a bit of a Michael Robotham thrillerbinge at the moment: This is the stronger of the two, and I'm looking forward to reading more Robotham in the coming days. There's nothing startlingly original about what Robotham's doing here - these are just good, meaty, crime thrillers with plenty of local and character detail. Not quite as "literary" as Rankin at his peak, but a cut above your average crime writer. The nice twist is that Robotham's central character is not a detective, as such: Joe O'Loughlin is a psychologist who "helps the police", as they say.
Although much of the time, he doesn't particularly want to. As strong as the plotting is, in "Bleed for Me", it's the characters - central and peripheral - who have stayed with me so far. Joe, of course, is great: I could go on and on. The sub-plot, about a racist arson attack in Bristol, is perfectly pitched and may or may not!! If you like well-written, involving, gripping contemporary British crime fiction, you cannot possibly go wrong with this!
Dec 26, Steve rated it it was amazing Shelves: I found this incredibly difficult to put down, and very easy to pick up. I enjoy the authors turn of phrase, and while it looked like there were two separate story lines being developed, I kept trying to tie them together in my head, until they came together and then the climax exploded deliciously. The resolution was long enough to explain much of what happened, but I personally would have enjoyed a little more.
I can't wait to read the next in the series. Fans of Australian writer Michael Robotham will always be waiting with baited breath for the next instalment from him. If you've never read a Robotham book before it won't take you long to get up to sp Fans of Australian writer Michael Robotham will always be waiting with baited breath for the next instalment from him. If you've never read a Robotham book before it won't take you long to get up to speed with Joe's back story. A psychologist, he doesn't practice any more, now teaching instead. A sufferer of early onset Parkinsons, his physical frailty is something he struggles with on a daily basis.
As he struggles with his separation from wife Julianne. A separation he is consistently unable to accept, his lose of close and regular contact with the woman he continues to love deeply is made even worse by his longing to be back living in the same house as his daughters - baby Emma and teenager on the verge Charlie. When Charlie's best friend Sienna is embroiled in the death of her father - ex-cop in his own right Ray Hegarty Joe is there from the very start. Searching for Sienna on the night that Ray is murdered; trying to help Sienna; trying to help his own daughter deal with the impact of the upheavals in her friends life; trying to restore his marriage; trying to stay in good with the police; trying to find the real killer.
Joe seems to spend a lot of his life trying - and he tries the patience of a lot of people around him in the process. Calling in a favour from Ruiz, Joe and Victor seem to be the only people who don't believe Sienna killed her father, even when revelations of what has been going on in that family start to surface. Joe's family have been through a lot in earlier books, and those circumstances, and his increasing Parkinson's symptoms seem to have made Joe more of a hero and Julianne, in particular, somewhat of a villain as their marriage has crumbled.
A lot of those difficulties play out as the pressure, this time albeit one removed from Joe's own family, acts on everybody in this book. Joe is as alternatively driven, bumbling, well meaning and blind stubborn as he's ever been; Ruiz is closed, measured and somewhat ruthless by comparison.
Julianne is defensive sometimes, at other points she's open and caring and protective - and there's some explanation of why she has done what seemed so heartless in earlier books. Along the way, the personal is balanced well against a story of human perversity and cruelty that is often profoundly confrontational. Perhaps it is that idea of confrontation that made Robotham step over one of those lines for some readers of crime fiction.
Despite the fact that I found this story of manipulation and cruelty balanced against understanding and care good, and the balancing of the relationship between Joe and his wife fairer and more balanced than before, since finishing the book I'm still confronted by that animal suffering incident. With the passage of time, the details have faded, but I'm still puzzled by the reactions or lack thereof of all the characters around that poor animal and increasingly discomforted by extrapolations of why it had to be so graphic.
Certainly the last O'Loughlin book I read was the one that Robotham quipped his wife was worried might stop them from being invited to dinner parties. I hope that the bar didn't need to be raised. View all 3 comments. Joseph O'Loughlin is facing some tough times. His fourteen year old daughter, Charlie, recently suffered a traumatic kidnapping and hasn't been the same since.
He has separated from his wife of over twenty years, Julianne, and a divorce seems imminent. On top of all his family issues, Joe has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, and the involuntary ticks are slowly taking over his body. A seasoned psychologist, Joe lectures at the local university, assists in court cases, and attempts to kee Joseph O'Loughlin is facing some tough times. A seasoned psychologist, Joe lectures at the local university, assists in court cases, and attempts to keep the last strands of his personal life from unraveling. Despite their strained relationship, Joe picks up his daughter and her best friend, Sienna, from school.
He intends to take them back to the family home, but Sienna insists that he drop her off to meet with her boyfriend. Joe knows the "boy" is really closer to a man, but after a confirmation phone call to Sienna's mother, he agrees to drop her off. That evening, Joe receives a startling phone call from Julianne. Sienna has shown up at their home, catatonic and covered in blood. After sending the girl to the hospital, they learn that Sienna's father has been murdered at his home.
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Immediately, Sienna is committed to a hospital for psychological analysis, and becomes the only suspect in the murder case. She is unable to remember any of the previous evening's events, and has no reasoning to explain her father's death or why she was covered in blood. Joe sets out to reach Sienna, discover who killed her father, and hopefully regain a relationship with his daughter. In the tradition of other "literary" detective authors such as Dennis Lehane and Tana French, Michael Robotham has written a grim and moving novel while never sacrificing the suspense.
Each character has a unique sense of reality in them that Robotham is able to relay to the reader, without getting bogged down with descriptions. As each layer of this mystery unfolded, I felt more and more connected to the characters and to the situations they were presented. My heart ached for the troubled Sienna and the flawed O'Loughlin family. This is one of the best novels I have read this year, and readers should definitely take notice.
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May 23, Cheryl rated it really liked it. Another book in the mystery series featuring psychologist Joe O'Loughlin. This time, he's brought in to do a psychological profile on his young teenaged daughter's friend, Sienna. Did she murder her father? And if yes, then why? Alot of very dark secrets are uncovered about Sienna's life - some which were very hard for me to read. The story's very well-written and character-centric, delving into the psychology behind the crimes. A blurb on tbe bookcover says " Michael Robotham doesn't just make m Another book in the mystery series featuring psychologist Joe O'Loughlin.
A blurb on tbe bookcover says " Michael Robotham doesn't just make me scared for his characters; he makes my heart ache for them. Though worth reading, his books will put you through an emotional wringer. Nov 02, Kate rated it it was amazing. I didn't realize this was a series and I read it as a standalone and it was great! I am going to go and read the others because I like the characters so much.
The characters are written so humanely-each with their foibles, but also their sense of humor. Also, the mystery had lots of twists and turns and the action was well paced. Dec 23, debra rated it really liked it. Forgot I read and never rated this one too.
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Jan 21, Kim Dyer rated it really liked it. Joe's inability to move on from his wife after their separation, the police's complete disregard for Joe's opinion while at the same time allowing him to prepare a psych report for Sienna, Joe's immersion as a civilian in the case, etc. The last two books have become more of a "why did the killer do this" rather than "who did this" as the killer is revealed fair 3. The last two books have become more of a "why did the killer do this" rather than "who did this" as the killer is revealed fairly early on in the past couple of stories.
Not to say it's not still intriguing because it is, but the constant narrative of "Joe is paranoid and wrong, stay away from the witnesses" is getting a little old for me. These books are a very engaging blend of mystery, police procedural and psychological thriller — well written with an excellent cast of real and interesting characters.