Fan of science fiction, especially time-travel.
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It is certainly a good page-turner. Lots of short chapters that frequently end on mini-cliffhangers.
I was pleasantly surprised by plot developments in the final third of the book with a real ‘I didn’t see that coming’ moment’ at one point.
However, I didn’t really feel invested in the characters and the writing wasn’t as evocative as other time-travel related books that I’ve read of late.
Station Eleven is a 2014 novel by Emily St. John Mandel, her fourth. It takes …
Really enjoyed this book. Wouldn’t have been able to read this during the pandemic but glad I got to it this year.
Beautifully written, I particularly enjoyed how the disparate threads all come together towards the end of the book.
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Warning: minor spoiler in this review
I read this book for the following reasons:
1. I’m trying to read a book a month this year
2. It’s free as part of Amazon Prime
3. It’s a thriller/mystery which hinted that it was a page-turner with a surprise ending
After I read this book, I saw another reviewer’s comment which I think captures my feelings pretty well:
“There is a new tragedy on every page.”
The initial premise of the book seemed interesting enough to justify filling the 282 pages. A college reunion between six friends where it all goes horribly wrong:
‘When Karen staggers in from the garden, bleeding and traumatised, she claims that she has been assaulted—by Ali’s husband, Mike. Ali must make a split-second decision: who should she believe? Her horrified husband, or her best friend?’
There are so many further revelations as the story progresses. You almost …
Warning: minor spoiler in this review
I read this book for the following reasons:
1. I’m trying to read a book a month this year
2. It’s free as part of Amazon Prime
3. It’s a thriller/mystery which hinted that it was a page-turner with a surprise ending
After I read this book, I saw another reviewer’s comment which I think captures my feelings pretty well:
“There is a new tragedy on every page.”
The initial premise of the book seemed interesting enough to justify filling the 282 pages. A college reunion between six friends where it all goes horribly wrong:
‘When Karen staggers in from the garden, bleeding and traumatised, she claims that she has been assaulted—by Ali’s husband, Mike. Ali must make a split-second decision: who should she believe? Her horrified husband, or her best friend?’
And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the …
