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Lucky Day
Chuck Tingle
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“An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."
—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of Death
Lucky Day is the latest from Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus and Bury Your Gays, where one woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world.
Four years ago, an unthinkable disaster occurred. In what was later known as the Low-Probability Event, eight million people were killed in a single day, each of them dying in improbable, bizarre ways: strangled by balloon ropes, torn apart by exploding manhole covers, attacked by a chimpanzee wielding a typewriter. A day of freak accidents that proved anything is possible, no matter the odds. Luck is real now, and it's not always good.
Vera, a former statistics and probability professor, lost everything that day, and she still struggles to make sense of the unbelievable catastrophe. To her, the LPE proved that the God of Order is dead and nothing matters anymore.
When Special Agent Layne shows up on Vera’s doorstep, she learns he's investigating a suspiciously—and statistically impossibly—lucky casino. He needs her help to prove the casino’s success is connected to the deaths of millions, and it's Vera's last chance to make sense of a world that doesn’t.
Because what's happening in Vegas isn't staying there, and she's the only thing that stands between the world and another deadly improbability.
Also by Chuck Tingle:
Bury Your Gays
Camp Damascus
Straight
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[Hello, all! Happy New Release Tuesday! There are a few great releases today, so let's jump in!\ \
- Headlights by CJ Leede (Ryn's top read of the year so far!)\ \
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- Phoning Faust by Sophia Mutiara Nova\ \ \ I would recommend them all! My favorite recent read is a tie between It Came From Neverland and Our Cut of Salt, but I think they were all solid reads! Have you read any of the books mentioned above? If you want to pick them up, please use our Bookshop.org link!\ \ Till next time!\ \ -Ryn](https://twostoriesbookshop.binderybooks.com/item/ztjVvp48fCyFtFiswqYt/)
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[Everyone has a first Tingle. This was mine! I tried Bury Our Gays and wasn't in the right mindspace so I dnf'd it, and had initially dnf'd this too! But I came back and I'm glad I did! So let's talk about it.\ \ SUMMARY:\ \ Four years ago, an unthinkable disaster occurred. In what was later known as the Low-Probability Event, eight million people were killed in a single day, each of them dying in improbable, bizarre ways: strangled by balloon ropes, torn apart by exploding manhole covers, attacked by a chimpanzee wielding a typewriter. A day of freak accidents that proved anything is possible, no matter the odds. Luck is real now, and it's not always good.\ \ Vera, a former statistics and probability professor, lost everything that day, and she still struggles to make sense of the unbelievable catastrophe. To her, the LPE proved that the God of Order is dead and nothing matters anymore.\ \ When Special Agent Layne shows up on Vera’s doorstep, she learns he's investigating a suspiciously—and statistically impossibly—lucky casino. He needs her help to prove the casino’s success is connected to the deaths of millions, and it's Vera's last chance to make sense of a world that doesn’t.\ \ Because what's happening in Vegas isn't staying there, and she's the only thing that stands between the world and another deadly improbability.\ \ WHAT WORKED (for me!):\ \
- Characterization: I loved Vera's character. I also love her arc very much. I felt it was appropriate and well-structured!\ \
- Pace: This is a borderline thing for me on this one because I do feel like the pace lagged a bit in the middle, but overall the pacing was good!\ \
- Absurdity: LOVED IT. I need a movie version of this movie like stat.\ \ \ WHAT DIDN'T (for me!):\ \
- All the stats talk. I understand why, but dang. My focus drifted during those sections. I'm not a mathematician! \ \
- The length. I think it could have been a bit shorter to help with the pacing issues I mentioned above.\ \ \ BUY, BORROW, OR PASS?\ \ I think this is one you can BUY. It's short at like 267 pages, the cover is gorgeous, and it's just enough of a whirlwind of a book to keep you entertained. \ \ I'm eager to read his other two horror novels now, so I'm gonna be getting those as soon as I can. If you've read this one, what were your thoughts? If you haven't and you're looking for absurd horror (definitely different from humorous horror), then I recommend it! \ \ Till next time!\ \ -Ryn](https://twostoriesbookshop.binderybooks.com/item/dCjmBVDMUBph2vCM86hM/)
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