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The Quality of Silence
The Quality of Silence: A Novel | Rosamund Lupton
29 posts | 28 read | 16 to read
The gripping, moving story of a mother and daughter's quest to uncover a dark secret in the Alaskan wilderness, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sister and Afterwards Thrillingly suspenseful and atmospheric, The Quality of Silence is the story of Yasmin, a beautiful astrophysicist, and her precocious deaf daughter, Ruby, who arrive in a remote part of Alaska to be told that Ruby's father, Matt, has been the victim of a catastrophic accident. Unable to accept his death as truth, Yasmin and Ruby set out into the hostile winter of the Alaskan tundra in search of answers. But as a storm closes in, Yasmin realizes that a very human danger may be keeping pace with them. And with no one else on the road to help, they must keep moving, alone and terrified, through an endless Alaskan night.
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OutsmartYourShelf
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I wasn't sure whether I liked this book right from the start but there was something about it that kept me reading. It did pick up into a decent thriller apart from the absurdity of Yasmin driving an eighteen wheeler along the ice road in a heavy snow storm. Suspend your disbelief there!

OutsmartYourShelf There's more to it than a simple thriller though. It's also the story of a marriage where the couple have lost each other in their separate roles & need to find their way back to each other both metaphorically & literally.

here is also the issue of Ruby learning to live in the world & the challenges of being deaf. Having a hearing impairment myself, I thought it was well explained, bur Yasmin
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OutsmartYourShelf was too focused on what she thought was best for Ruby rather than what was actually the best for her. If I never read the sayings “super-coolio“ or “awesome sauce“ again though it would be too soon. Just didn't ring true as a ten year old saying those. 3.5🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1865391352
Read 9th-12th Dec 2024

3255 points (including 273 words found)

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PuddleJumper 🎄🎄🎄 2w
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 Looks a good read. 2w
BookmarkTavern Wow! Yeah, I barely can drive my Subaru through ice storms. 🤣 2w
DieAReader 🎄🤓🎉 2w
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Caroline2
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What a naff book to end the year on! But then considering this year, maybe it‘s appropriate! 😆 a mother and her 10yr old daughter go looking for her husband in the Alaskan wilderness. This was so disappointing and plain daft and very contrived and ridiculous! 🙄

TrishB Ah, very annoying. She is a bit hit and miss. 4y
Caroline2 @TrishB Yeah this is the second book I‘ve read of hers now that I didn‘t like so she‘s officially off my reading list now. 😆 4y
rockpools Boo 😒. At least you got it out the way this week, I guess! 4y
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lazydaizee I will not bother with this book then. However I do like the crocheted blanket in the background. Did you make it yourself? 4y
Simona I was sooooo pissed off with the ending 😡 4y
Caroline2 @Simona yep. So disappointing. 😒 4y
Caroline2 @Carolyn60 My sister in law made it. It‘s lovely isn‘t it. 😀 4y
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Susanita
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Ice Road Truckers meets Criminal Minds! A woman & her deaf daughter travel deep into the remotest part of Alaska to look for her husband who‘s reported dead but no body was found. Improbable but engaging thriller with good characters and vivid descriptions. A mild pick due to the WTH ending. #50states

I‘m stretching a little to use this for #socialmedia focus as there‘s a lot about Twitter and the blog dad & daughter plan to write. #Booked2019 ⬇️

Susanita I had something else in mind for that prompt but abandoned it pretty quickly when it seemed completely ridiculous. 6y
alisiakae Sounds like it fits to me! 6y
Cinfhen Doesn‘t sound like too much of a stretch 😄well played 6y
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Susanita
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1. You‘ll probably see this again later since I‘m about 70% done.
2. Church, library, church.
3. Yes.
4. Mary Sue 🤣
5. Always
#friyayintro

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HotCocoaReads
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This is the first time I‘ve read a thriller with such beautiful language and done like literary fiction. It‘s the story of a 10-year-old deaf girl named Ruby and her mom who are told their father died in a small Alaskan village when fire took out everyone there. They refuse to believe it and go on a wild ride trying to find him. Very suspenseful and not at all like anything I‘ve read before!

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KnjiskiZmaj
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I have a split feelings about this one. Great narration, great writing, great characters, great description, but I found the end pretty... can't find the word. Just a bit disappointing. But it's a pick beacuse of the writing. Something between 3 and 4 ⭐

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Curvybookgirl
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This book is very well written. I work with deaf children and this was a real insight. I couldn't put it down.

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pitou215
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Story is very cheesy though a good message about nature is portrayed. Not really sure how I feel about this story. Took me a while to finish as couldn't get gripped by the narrative. What are other people's thoughts on he book? #thequalityofsilence

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pitou215
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After a long and stressful day time to relax with a book and bed #nearlytheweekend

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pitou215
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Simona
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Mother and deaf daughter Ruby are looking for missing father in Alaska. Beautiful written story with extraordinary descriptions of the silence in the landscape, people and the silence that surrounds Ruby. It's a mystery book with disappointing ending, but worth to read!

#photoadaynov16 #disabilities

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AnnieReads
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Really liked this one. A mother and deaf daughter go in search of their husband/father who allegedly died in the Alaskan wilderness. Very suspenseful and eye-opening to experience parts of the story told through the eyes of the deaf child.

MyNamesParadise Have you read her book Sister? 8y
AnnieReads @MyNamesParadise I haven't read Sister yet but have added it to my TBR stack. 8y
MyNamesParadise @AnnieReads it's really good!! 8y
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Simona
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I read this book a few months ago and I gave it 👎just because I was disappointed with the end and now I'm fixing this unfair rating. Mystery is intriguing, main characters are interesting but what makes this book worth reading is a description of the Alaska written so gorgeous that #wishIcouldbethere

#booktober

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JulieAlyse
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Love this book! So suspenseful and beautifully descriptive.

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JSW
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This book was ridiculous.

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JSW

Ok, so completely over this character and her utterly reckless denial and idiocy. I'm going to skim the rest of this book to see how it ends.

JSW And now Dad's alive? I should be glad but I'm so frustrated because it seems anticlimactic. 8y
JSW Jesus Mary and Joseph. Now a crooked cop. Now the kids run away. How many elements can this book throw in at the last minute?!? 8y
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JSW
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"And she knew she had been lonely ... Because she had been missing herself as she used to be." I know this exactly.

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JSW
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Awake early, so naturally, it means extra reading time!!!! Although Leopold thinks it means extra kitty time.

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JSW
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I'm not sure how I feel about this one. 50 pages in, and I adore one main character and detest the other. Anyone read this one? Thoughts? Going to give it a few more chapters because it's easy reading.

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LibraryLily
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Terrifying. The writing is so descriptive and believable, I felt like I was trapped in the desperately cold and infinitely isolating tundra of Alaska right with the characters on their seemingly impossible quest.

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LibraryLily
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Friday evening date with the couch.

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JaymiGirl

Then Ruby had come downstairs and interrupted them, but their argument continued, in disrupted fragments, with nothing gained or conceded on either side because when you argued about your child there was no compromise or turning away from what you believed was right.

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Desiqt807
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Such good reviews and yet I don't see why...

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Simona
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Pure disappointment.

catatonic1242 Right? It was so good... Until the end. Whomp whomp! 9y
Simona @catatonic1242 I should wait for your review, before I bought it 😤 9y
catatonic1242 Hey, at least we both hated it. I'd have felt like I was missing something if you'd loved it. 9y
LitHousewife Have you read her first two books? I loved the first and was disappointed a little by the second. It sounds like they keep going down hill. Sad. 9y
Simona @LitHousewife Same with me... last one was good till the last few chapters. 9y
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catatonic1242
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First 265 pages: A+. Compelling, beautiful writing. Last 20 pages: F-. What started as a surreal, almost supernatural mystery/thriller turned into a Scooby-Doo episode about the dangers of fracking. I have NEVER been so disappointed in a novel. Wish I'd stopped when the mystery was still mysterious.

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catatonic1242
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I am transfixed. I want to know how it ends, yet I don't ever want it to end.

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catatonic1242
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Nine pages in, this has captured me.

shawnmooney Gorgeous paragraph! 9y
Simona @catatonic1242 I need this book NOW 😫 9y
catatonic1242 @Simona I'm on chapter 5 and the writing just keeps getting better! 9y
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Simona @catatonic1242 I'm just back from some ebooks-shopping ...thanks to you I did it ... again 🤔😏🤗 9y
catatonic1242 @Simona It'll be interesting to compare our thoughts! 😄 9y
Simona @catatonic1242 Just finished andI'm seriously angry 😡 9y
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