14/5/2018 0 Comments Review: Then She Was Gone
My Review:Lisa Jewell is a brilliant author, her recent books - I Found You, The Girls, and The Third Wife were all excellent and well worth visiting.
THEN SHE WAS GONE begins with a clear opening with the grief Laurel is still suffering after her daughter Ellie went missing ten years previously. Laurel's hurt is heartfelt and the revelations and view points of other characters were incredibly woven, and coincidental without breaching plausibility. Twist after painful twist. The novel not only stayed with me during the day, it infiltrated my dreams. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Update - a few days on and I still can't stop thinking about this book.
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4/5/2018 0 Comments Review: Let Me Lie
My Review:Clare Mackintosh is the Queen of Plot Twists.
And if you haven't read Ms Mackintosh before - her first and second novels (I Let You Go and I See You) are both brilliant, you're in for a treat. I was looking forward to reading this book for some time and then all of a sudden the publication date had passed, the book reached number 1 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List, and I still hadn't read it. So I was glad to finally sit down with this book. The story follows Anna and the tragedy that has filled her life to date. Just as she seems to be putting the suicides of both her parents behind her, she is haunted by her past. Everyone is a suspect; Agatha Christie would be proud at the number of red herrings. I was on the edge of my (very comfortable reading) seat until the very last page. I feel compelled to read the book again to marvel at the intricate stitch work that is Ms Mackintosh's plotting! Highly Recommended. 30/4/2018 0 Comments Review: The Good Daughter
My Review:An incredible read.
The story is devastating and some descriptions are not for the faint-hearted. I felt very invested in all of the characters and the multiple versions of the stories intertwined beautifully. When the final chapter ended I was genuinely bereft. I’m glad to see that this book may be the first in a Good Daughter series, and if so, I can't wait for the next instalment from Karin Slaughter. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of The Good Daughter in exchange for my honest review. 20/4/2018 0 Comments Review: The Family at No. 13
My Review: I enjoyed S.D. Monaghan's debut novel The Accident and looked forward to reading The Family at No. 13.
I read the book whilst travelling from Africa to the UK, through two airports, and on two respective planes. It kept me sane during a particularly long delay at Entebbe Airport waiting for a Turkish Airlines flight. It took me a couple of chapters to get into the story from the two standpoints of Connor and Mary. But by chapter three I was in for the long haul. You never know what goes on behind closed doors... I love the nosy curtain-twitching of neighbourhood thrillers - as the old adage goes you never know what goes on behind closed doors. The first chapter opens with a dead body and it would be easy to assume it would be an average whodunnit, but how wrong I was. The rich story was so all-consuming that I almost forgot about the crescendo I was hurtling towards chapter by chapter, until the final twist! The story is about families. The story is about relationships and marriages. The story is about neighbours. The story is about difficult teenagers. The story is about ambition. Above all, the story is about the complexity of people living in close proximity to others. I lost count of the clever, subtle twists. It was a joy to spend time with the multi-faceted residents of St Catherine's Hill. Highly recommended. Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of The Family at Number 13 in exchange for my honest review. 16/4/2018 0 Comments Review: Bonfire
My Review I am a sucker for plots just like Bonfire: Girl escapes town, does well for herself, and has to return.
BONFIRE delivered and it was full of twists and turns. Who to believe? Who to trust? Who to champion - the former prom king or the ne'er do well bloke who runs the local off license? I read this book in a couple of days and I went to bed an hour early to get in extra reading time.I found myself surprised at the story, I thought it was going to be an environmental legal thriller in the vein of Erin Brockovich but it was so much more. The unreliable heroine embroiled me fully with her woes, worries, and school memories. A great debut novel. Highly recommended. |
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