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Ladataan... The Death of Mrs. Westaway (vuoden 2019 painos)Tekijä: Ruth Ware (Tekijä)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. A nice solid mystery. Good number of fairly sympathetic characters.atmospheric, with the tarot touches providing both a plausible background for the character and occasional plot assists ( ) I truly enjoyed a lot of this book! I liked the main character, Hal, a smart and resourceful young women who decides to fake her way into a family will. I liked the settings, from the salty Brighton beaches to the rundown family manor house. And I liked the tarot talk, and the ongoing themes of crafting ones own “luck” and really understanding what’s in the cards. That being said, I felt like the Big Mystery got a little lost in the works. It was only a couple chapters after Hal meets the whole family that I had a pretty good idea of what happened (I was right) and I feel like there just weren’t any other options to what it could have been. The first half of the book is stronger in this respect; most of the tension evaporates after that point. This is more of a slow burning family suspense drama that it is a straight up mystery, and I think I went into it with different expectations. SPOILERS AHEAD FOR REST OF REVIEW!! To be perfectly honest, one of the biggest reasons for why I didn’t like it was because it reminded me of my least favorite book of all time, “Flowers in the Attic”. I loathe books that try to romanticize incest, and I felt that happening here. Not only did this plot point become easy to figure out, it was just kind of wrapped up in the end with all the family shrugging and being like “Welp, what can ya do? Incest just happens!” Frankly, if it had been ANY other thing that incest then this would have been a 4-star book for me, but again, I just hate incest plots in general soooooo🤷🏻♀️ Wow! A thriller page-turner. I had taken it along to read on a trip out of town, but had to stay up till 1am to finish it the first night! Yes, some discrepancies, not Great Literature, and I would argue with several points that did not add up, but pretty fun just the same. Important Note: As a lifelong professional reader myself, I can tell you that the Tarot references were NOT cheesy, and were, in fact, very thoughtful and well-executed. A rarity. While not entirely central to the story, I enjoyed that aspect. First, I want to point out that stunning Gothic book cover: bleak foggy weather, black iron gate, and menacing magpies looming overhead... It fits this dark, atmospheric tale perfectly! Harriet Westaway, who goes by Hal, ekes out a living as a tarot card reader on the pier in Brighton. Hal is alone in the world, and life is a struggle, especially during the off-season when clients are scarce. Things are pretty bad for Hal, until one day she receives a letter telling her that she's been named as a beneficiary in her grandmother's will. However, the deceased Mrs. Westaway isn't her grandmother - but does that really have to matter? Hal thinks that maybe her years of reading tarot cards will help her pull off a grand deception and walk away with the inheritance money. So, she's off to Mrs. Westaway's creepy ramshackle estate and the dark secrets hidden there... This was an eerie, suspenseful, and well-written Gothic mystery. I could definitely see influences from Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (which I loved). I enjoyed trying to figure out how Hal's puzzle piece fit in with this haunted family. The sinister atmosphere and delicious twists kept me glued to the pages. Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher through Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game comes Ruth Ware's highly anticipated fourth novel. On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person--but also that the cold-reading skills she's honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money. Soon, Hal finds herself at the funeral of the deceased...where it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and the inheritance at the center of it. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware's signature suspenseful style, this is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time"-- Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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