This is turning out to be a VERY CREEPY book! 😳 A murder starts the book, but it really is the story of a man whose neighbor insists he and his wife are sexually abusing their own children when they‘re not!!
so-soI read book after hearing part of a dramatisation of it on radio 4. Having had high hopes after hearing it I was slightly disappointed by the book as a whole and found some parts slightly irrelevant. I felt it did a good job of creating suspense but then the actual mystery wasn‘t great
New book group read ... book group this morning (lovely catch up and tea and cakes) .. then Christmas shopping and a Cosmopolitan after braving the shops 😀 think this will be a good Christmas read .. “sinister” “frightening” and “gripping” are the words describing it on the cover 📚😀🌟✨
This story was over before it started. The opening lays out the entire plot and I was left with no suspense... there was no ‘chasing‘ or ‘wondering‘. I didn‘t like the narrator at all, maybe a cultural divide, and there is very little character development of any of the other characters at all. Overall I was very disappointed
panGreat premise. What do you do if a neighbour becomes a slanderous stalker who intimidates you and your family. That makes up approximately 20% of this book. Themes and discussion in class, marriage, abuse, violence, law, politics, family, marriage are all here but sadly due to the narrator they're monosyllabic lectures of a privileged white middle class man with daddy issues. I wanted it to be brilliant. It just made me very cross.
pickA very uncomfortable read. The narrative made me squirm and identify unpleasant feelings that I sometimes experience myself. Fear forces us to be unlikeable versions of ourselves. This reminded me of 'The dinner' although I found Koch's Book even more unpleasant.
so-soWell, it wasn't the suspenseful thriller I was expecting. I wasn't on the edge of my seat. The idea had promise but no oomph. I'm afraid if it were my family being threatened I would have pulled that trigger long before he did! Maybe it lost something in translation? I don't know.
Woohoo, Goodreads Giveaway win!
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