I hesitate to say this is a thriller even though it's partially about a murderer. It's more of a character study of the dissociation brought on by a middle class lifestyle. That's how I interpreted the use of the "this is" throughout the book. Whenever it drops away a bit is when Annie is more prese...
Publication Date: 31st July 2014 from Headline. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy via Bookbridgr. This is a novel about a woman. About a mother. About a marriage. About a murder. In the brightly lit public pool the killer swims and watches. Amongst the mothers cheering on...
My favorites:- In a Bear's Eye- Pan, Pan, Pan- The Only Light to See By- Our Underwater MotherThe others didn't resonate with me. If it's in your library and you love short stories, check it out - those stories are worth a read.
Fantastic book. Quirky and moving.
This is more a 3.6 than just a 3. The format is unique, but I got used to it and ended up liking it a lot.
The format was so, so annoying and distracting.
Como con todo libro con estilo extraño, me preocupaba cansarme del formato y no poder concentrarme en la historia, pero me cansé mas de los momentos poéticos del protagonista. Me parece que no cuadraban ni con la historia ni con el personaje. Es mucho mejor cuando hace comentarios ligeramente gracio...
I loved the format of this fun, light novel. The quirky characters drew me in, and while I wasn't enthralled, I just couldn't leave it. I had to know how things turned out for the charmingly odd family at the heart of the story.
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