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ImperfectCJ
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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Overall, I enjoyed this one even though the town is a little stereotypical and despite the very odd reason that most everyone in town shuns the main character but that I could never really accept as plausible. Even with these shortcomings, the novel makes me want to visit Tasmania.

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ImperfectCJ
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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Solo sunset walk with the tagged book in my ears. I also saw bats out hunting, which always gives me a thrill!

PaperbackPirate When I told a coworker we have bats in our city she couldn‘t believe it and asked me to take a picture of one. 😂🦇💙 2w
PaperbackPirate Beautiful sunset photo! Thanks for sharing! 🦇🌇 2w
TieDyeDude Bats are not super common in Alaska; I haven't seen any yet. I liked walking around at dusk in Colorado and glimpsing the few we had nearby. Beautiful photo! 2w
ImperfectCJ @PaperbackPirate @TieDyeDude Thanks! As always with sunset photos, the colors aren't as vibrant as they were in real life, and yet I keep trying to photograph sunsets! I got a video of a bat, but it's not great. I bet if I had video editing skills, I could improve it. 2w
Gissy 😍👌❤️ 2w
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ImperfectCJ
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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Dinner prep and an audiobook. The calm between busy spells on this lovely but packed Saturday.

mcctrish Yum 2w
DogMomIrene ?Yummers! Going to need to work sautéed mushrooms into my meal plan this week. 2w
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SailorJohn
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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Took a little time to get into the plot. the ending was sad.

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bthegood
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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Kieran returns to his coastal home town to help his parents move. Years earlier a violent storm hit the town and Kieran's brother Finn and two other people died. Kieran has carried the guilt of his brothers death for decades as Finn was coming out into the storm in his boat to rescue Kieran. When a murder occurs during Kieran's visit it opens up the past and what really happened the day the storm hit. Overall a very good thriller. ⬇️

bthegood I have read one other book by the author – The Lost Man - which I enjoyed even more than this one – so far Harper has not disappointed –
Storygraph monthly wrap up –
Make a great day everyone 😎
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quietlycuriouskate
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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I really enjoyed this!
It put me in mind of the drama Black Snow, with Travis Fimmel: it's Australian, has dual timelines, a young woman is murdered and the past gets raked up again, to the distress of the inhabitants of a close knit town. (Could wish for greater victim-diversity, but, as Kieran observes, "they don't go after men and babies.")

I ended up having several longer than usual cardio workouts because I didn't want to stop listening. ?

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Abailliekaras
Question 7 | Richard Flanagan
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An idiosyncratic memoir with much about Flanagan‘s father, WW2, the atomic bomb & invented vignettes about H. G. Wells & the physicists who developed the bomb. It‘s artfully woven together in his usual muscular style. His writing is jaw-droppingly good & he‘s distilled this tapestry of a life history to its essence. Humble, Australian & acutely aware of injustice in Tasmania 1780s through to the war, & how precarious life is, including his own.

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BarkingMadRead
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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Oatmeal and a book after yoga 🧘 I keep changing my mind about who I think did the deed. I am probably completely wrong 🤣 #authoramonth

5feet.of.fury Loved this mystery! 7mo
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RebelReader
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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Mehso-so

This is the third Jane Harper I‘ve read and was my least favorite. I almost bailed at one point, but glad I finished it as I did like the ending. Next up: The Lost Man to wrap up #authoramonth for March.
Think it‘s appropriate to be reading this title as March Madness is all about survivors. Purdue to win it all I hope!

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dariazeoli
The Survivors | Jane Harper
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Mehso-so

Hm. Well, this was my first Jane Harper, and I‘m not sure how to feel. Seems like such an abrupt ending, with no resolution.

I did like the atmosphere and I think I‘d give the author another try, but I‘d say I‘m just whelmed by this one.

#AuthorAMonth

Eyelit I was underwhelmed by this one, myself. Luckily I had already listened to The Dry (which was so much better imho) that I wasn‘t thrown off Harper completely 7mo
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