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The List of Suspicious Things
The List of Suspicious Things | Jennie Godfrey
11 posts | 9 read | 14 to read
A SENSATIONAL DEBUT FROM HUTCHINSON HEINEMANN IN 2024 'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are we going to catch the Yorkshire Ripper, when the police haven't even managed to?' I sighed. Her questioning my ideas was a recent and unwelcome element to our friendship. But it was a valid point. How would we catch him? We needed some sort of plan, a way of gathering clues and putting them into order. I thought about what the policeman had said about structure, and then about Aunty Jean and her notebook, and the idea I had hardened like toffee. I knew exactly what we needed to do. 'We'll make a list,' I said. 'A list of the people and things we see that are suspicious. And then . . . And then we'll investigate them.' The List of Suspicious Things is a tender and moving coming of age story about family, friendship and community. Sometimes the strongest connections are found in the most unlikely of places.
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EverydayImReading
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I loved this sweet story with fierce adorable characters. It‘s more about family friendship and love than it is about the Yorkshire ripper. The innocence and pure determination of Miv and her friend Sharon. Omar and Ish. Helen. Aunty Jeannie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Growing up a teenage girl in 70s was like another world. Gen Z take note. I found the ending unnecessarily tragic but overall a wonderful debut from this writer. Unique.

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TheEllieMo
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A very soft pick for me, which I feel sad about because I wanted to love it. Set in the 1979/80, year when I was approaching my teenage years like the main character, the drawing of life at that time was good, and it touches on a number of serious subjects, but it also feels like it‘s plucked straight from Joanna Cannon‘s The Trouble With Goats and Sheep, plus I‘m uncomfortable with the hook on which the story has been hung

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Bookbuyingaddict
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I adored this gem 💎 of a book 📖 a real trip down memory lane for me growing up in the 70s the nation gripped by the hunt for the serial killer “the Yorkshire ripper” a sad reminder of the prejudices of people and how racism & domestic violence were so prevalent, I highly recommend it , will be one of my favourite books 📚 of the year . However I do think 🤔 perhaps overseas readers may struggle to grasp the social setting

TrishB Yeah I loved it too- but agree it is very U.K./time specific. 5mo
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Bookbuyingaddict
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Wonderful literature festival in beautiful 🤩 bath

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Bookbuyingaddict
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At bath (uk) literature festival last weekend we went to a wonderful interview with the delightful Jennie Godfrey what a lovely 🥰 lady , same age as me and I grew up in this period when the book is set , i remember the nation being gripped with finding the riper. Because of the social history setting (how sadly racist & sexist 70s Britain was) I think this book will appeal more to the uk audience it will be one of my favourite books of the year

TieDyeDude So fun! Glad you enjoyed the event. 5mo
Gissy Great photo 👌I want to visit Bath someday. It seemed was a great experience ♥️♥️♥️ 5mo
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Cathythoughts
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Oh dear ! #Unpopularopinion This is a bail for me. I just couldn‘t get into it, and the writing wasn‘t for me. There are some great reviews here on Litsy , but I had to bail out.

Tamra That‘s disappointing! I had this one stacked too. 6mo
Ruthiella Oh well, on to the next one which will be hopefully a winner! 🤞 6mo
Cathythoughts @Tamra It may well work for you. Not for me 😬 Thats where I find the kindle samples are so helpful. I did buy this book though. Hopefully I‘ll find a good home for it. It‘s a pretty book ❤️😁 (edited) 6mo
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Cathythoughts @Ruthiella Yes. Onwards and hopefully upwards ❤️❤️❤️ 6mo
LeahBergen That‘s too bad. I was initially curious about this and then read a bit of it online and decided it might not be for me either! 6mo
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I know ! That‘s the way it goes. We do pretty well here on Litsy for books though 😁❤️❤️ I did love the whole idea of this one … anyway .. onwards and upwards. I‘m thinking of Fayne .. not sure I‘m ready for such a long book. I‘m always up for another thriller 🤣 I‘ll have fun deciding X June for our next Persephone x 6mo
BarbaraBB Another bail. I hear you 😀. I just started another John Marrs 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6mo
Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB I might try another Marrs too 😁👍🏻 6mo
EverydayImReading Oh no @cathythoughts I loved it. I was contemplating it as my pick for the book club but now I won‘t 😳 1mo
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TheKidUpstairs
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@squirrelbrain Thank you so much! I'm so excited for this one, I've heard nothing but good things. I so appreciate you 😀❤️

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome Megan! I hope you enjoy it, and it‘s not too ‘Yorkshire‘ for you. Let me know if you need any translating. 🤣 6mo
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jenniferw88
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Here are my 4 nominations for #camplitsy24 @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain

(The Last Boat Home is really local to me, so I may be slightly biased in nominating this one!)

BarbaraBB You created a shortlist of your longlist fast 🤣🤣! Thanks for participating 💕 7mo
jenniferw88 @BarbaraBB, haha! One wasn't even on it! 7mo
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jenniferw88 This is giving me Jane Eyre vibes! 7mo
squirrelbrain Great list! 7mo
Megabooks Nice choices!! 7mo
TheBookHippie These look good. 7mo
Caroline2 Great selection 😃 7mo
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TrishB
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Another great read this week 👍🏻 thanks to Helen‘s original review and it‘s all over book Twitter!
Nostalgic, but tackling some dark subjects. Had a tear in my eye at the end.

squirrelbrain Glad you liked it too. ❤️ 9mo
erzascarletbookgasm I‘ve stacked this after Helen‘s review too! Waiting for it to be available 👌 9mo
Tamra Love that cover! 9mo
Cathythoughts Sounds good 👍🏻❤️ stacked. 9mo
TrishB @Cathythoughts I really enjoyed it ♥️ 8mo
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squirrelbrain
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It‘s Yorkshire in 1979 and 12 year old Miv overhears her father talking about moving away, which Miv is convinced is due to the Yorkshire Ripper murders so, along with her best friend Sharon, she decides to try to catch him.

Along the way she encounters many other dirty neighbourhood secrets, including racism and domestic violence, so it‘s not an easy read but I still loved it.

#netgalley Published in the UK 15th Feb.

squirrelbrain I grew up in Yorkshire and, although I‘m a bit younger than Miv, I still recall being petrified of the Yorkshire Ripper. Interesting though that some of the Yorkshire dialect (one word in particular - laiking ) wasn‘t used at all where we lived, but you could place Miv almost to the nearest town (I think Wakefield 🤔) by that dialect and some of the things mentioned in the book. 10mo
Itchyfeetreader Stacking this sounds great 10mo
LeahBergen Ohhh, stacked! 10mo
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Vansa
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#Sundayfunday no, the setting is Yorkshire during the late 70s and early 80s, when the Yorkshire Ripper was active! The book was a huge disappointment, sadly.

BookmarkTavern That‘s disappointing! Hope your next read is better! 14mo
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