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The Betrayals
The Betrayals | Fiona Neill, None
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When Rosie Rankin's best friend has an affair with her husband, the consequences reverberate down through the lives of two families. Relationships are torn apart. Friendships shattered. And childish innocence destroyed. Her daughter Daisy's fragile hold on reality begins to unravel when a letter arrives that opens up all the old wounds. Rosie's teenage son Max blames himself for everything which happened that long hot summer. And her brittle ex-husband Nick has his own version of events. As long-repressed memories bubble to the surface, the past has never seemed more present and the truth more murky. Sometimes there are four sides to every story. Who do you believe? Told through the eyes of four members of the same family, The Betrayals takes an unflinching look at contemporary family life, explores the nature of memory and desire and asks whether some things can ever be forgiven. Praise for Fiona Neill 'Tapping into the issues of the day . . . this is a novel made for heated book club debates' Stylist 'Sometimes touching, sometimes shocking... this cautionary coming-of-age tale is a thought-provoking one' Daily Mail 'Vivid and insightful, and Neill has a trained eye for the pressures and poignancies of modern family life' Guardian
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Skeebies05
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Mehso-so

Meh. There times I was riveted and other times I was bored. The ending is lame so I don‘t know what to make of it. Did any other littens read this one?

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Birdsong28
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I have chosen the tagged book as my March book for my yearly reading plan challenge as it was published on the 10th August 2017

#yearlyreadingplan

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Birdsong28
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Pickpick

Good. Not my usual type of book but it was enjoyable story even though if I did suffer from anxiety and OCD it would certainly be triggered as the main focus of the story is how a certain event can trigger this illness and the effect on the family and surrounding friends.

Thank you #NetGalley for the proof copy.

#Penquin

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CatAndKindle
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Boredom is a slow form of death.

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CatAndKindle
The Betrayals | Fiona Neill, None
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OCD is a hungry master who imposes more rules whenever he suspects his influence is under threat. He is omnipotent and infallible and whatever I do, it will never be enough.

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CatAndKindle
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I don‘t want to spark some apocalyptic debate on the nature of darkness and light, good and evil, wrong and right. I want to help her because almost everyone deserves a chance.

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CatAndKindle
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one thing I‘ve learnt is that life isn‘t about doing the right thing. It‘s about not doing the wrong thing.

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CatAndKindle
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‘We‘re not condemned to repeat the mistakes of our parents,‘

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CatAndKindle
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The best communication doesn‘t involve words.

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CatAndKindle
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Sometimes it makes me dizzy to consider all the different lives I could have lived if I had made different decisions along the way.

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CatAndKindle
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‘Memories are good but the real thing is better,‘

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CatAndKindle
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That‘s the insidious thing about mental illness. It‘s like an iceberg; the most dangerous part is hidden beneath the surface.

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CatAndKindle
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Sometimes it helps to be reminded that the sun sets and rises every day, no matter what‘s going on around you.

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CatAndKindle
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if you remember something often enough, even if it didn‘t happen, it will become real. It‘s a terrifying but beautiful notion that every day we wake up with a slightly different personal history.

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CatAndKindle
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Parents make a big thing about children being honest but actually spend a lot of time pretending and telling untruths themselves.

Literary_Siren A case of “do as I say, not as I do”. 7y
LikelyLibrarian This is why I never tried to make my kids believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy. We still hung stockings and baked cookies and hid eggs and teeth, but I told them that these characters were make believe, and that it was fun to play and pretend they‘re real. 7y
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CatAndKindle
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I must have been wearing my invisibility cloak because no one took any notice.

rubyslippersreads Great photo! 🦆 7y
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CatAndKindle
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The best is always left unsaid.

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CatAndKindle
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Cows are always so bloody judgemental, don‘t you think

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CatAndKindle
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Sometimes, when I compare the life I thought I was going to have with the life I now live, I feel like I might be swallowed up by the gulf between the two.

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CatAndKindle
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The good thing about having a super dysfunctional family is that there isn‘t a lot to live up to.

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CatAndKindle
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Judging by the black grains of rice that cover the spoon, she has reached what Max and I call ‘the resuscitation of rice‘ stage of lunch.

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CatAndKindle
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There is method in my madness. Craziness is very subjective.

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CatAndKindle
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no one can die of guilt. If you could I would have been dead long ago.

AmyG This one made me laugh. Guilt is my go-to emotion. ;) 7y
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CatAndKindle
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“party animal” is just a polite way of saying functioning alcoholic, isn‘t it?

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CatAndKindle
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you learn more by the things you get wrong than the things you get right.

BillBlume I find this to be very true. 7y
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CatAndKindle
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Parents are the worst for holding you prisoner to the person you used to be.

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CatAndKindle
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Clean and dirty, breakfast and lunch, loyalty and treachery.

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Sezzthomas
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this. A good read

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Lovebooks87
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Almost half way and it as me hooked

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Curvybookgirl
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Panpan

Struggled with this one. No real point to it or outcome. Disappointed I‘m sorry to say

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Smiffysays
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Mehso-so

Easy to read with a good storyline but an unnerving ending.

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notmorebooks
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The first thought that strikes me as I consider my thoughts about this book is the understanding the author has of psychological disorders. She has clearly spent a lot of time reading up on OCD and the effects the condition has on sufferers and those close to them. This is not a light read but in saying that I did not feel overwhelmed by its content. Overall, an excellently written novel with complex characters. A strong 4/5 stars from me.

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Cdekkers
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Pickpick

Very, very good. Available in July.

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Forgetmenot
The Betrayals | Fiona Neill, None
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I really enjoyed this book everybody has secrets they keep hidden and things they regret having done. Feelings and thoughts are kept to themselves but is what they think really what happened all those years ago. A story of two families and how their lives entwine