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Benjamin Constable

Autore di Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Constable, Benjamin
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Groot-Brittannië
Luogo di nascita
Bristol, Groot-Brittannië
Attività lavorative
copywriter

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Het orgineel van mijn review kan je vinden op mijn blog:
http://www.linda-linea-recta.nl/
http://www.linda-linea-recta.nl/de-drie-levens-van-tomomi-ishikawa-door-benjamin...

Hoewel mijn verwachtingen hooggespannen waren , begint het verhaal heel rustig. Te rustig naar mijn zin. Maar eer ik het in de gaten had, had het mij in zijn greep. Vooral het begin las wat mij betreft niet lekker weg. Maar al snel moet ik gewoon doorlezen, ik moet het weten. Leeft ze nog? Is ze gevaarlijk? Of zijn het grapjes? In het begin had ik medelijden met Tomomi (Vlinder) maar naarmate het verhaal vorderde ontwikkelde ik een afkeer jegens Vlinder.

Ze had genoeg van zichzelf,zin in iets anders , wil zichzelf opnieuw uitvinden. Als ze naar haar leven kijkt, naar alles wat er is gebeurd, zou ze het liefst willen dat het er allemaal niet was ik heb niets gedaan waar ik trots op ben. Ik wil met een schone lei beginnen.

Tijdens het lezen dringt de vraag op, is Vlinder werkelijk dood? Is het een griezelig complot? En Beatrice? Te mooi om waar te zijn? Is zij soms Vlinder? Naarmate het verhaal vorderde bekroop me een vreemd gevoel. Was ze een serie-moordenares? Is ze wel zo aardig? En waarom doe Ben blindelings alles wat ze aan hem vraagt? Ben Constable, iemand die zijn eigen moeder niet op straat herkent omdat hij aan Prosopagnosie lijdt.

Ik moest denken aan wat ik de laatste avond in het Bryant Park had geconstateerd: in het echte leven is geen ontknoping. Hoe ver ik ook reisde en hoeveel moeite ik ook zou doen om Vlinder te vinden, ik zou nooit tevreden zijn. Ze kon zeggen wat ze wilde, maar ik zou het toch niet begrijpen, er was niets wat het goed kon maken. Het verhaal was al afgelopen, hoe frustrerend dat ook was.

Het verhaal word vanuit de ik-persoon geschreven, de auteur Benjamin Constable, die dit verhaal vanuit zijn eigen beleving zag.

Als je nagaat dat dit de debuutroman van Benjamin Constable is, zet je dan maar schrap! Ik ben nu al benieuwd naar zijn volgende roman.
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‘Een perfecte dag voor literatuur‘
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LindaKwakernaat | 12 altre recensioni | Nov 29, 2018 |
It was hard for me to stop reading this book once I started. I zipped through it in just a few days. I found this book to be like a fairytale mystery with the darkness of a horror story. I would definitely recommend this book, but I would warn that the ending is unexpectedly complex and sad compared to the simplicity of a scavenger hunt that the beginning focuses on.
 
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ceciliachard | 12 altre recensioni | Oct 17, 2016 |
Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa by Benjamin Constable is an absolutely unique novel that should be considered one of the must read books of the summer. Ben Constable (yes, the main character is named after the author) is good friends with Tomomi “Butterfly” Ishikawa. Butterfly has left Ben a suicide note, sent him emails, and left him her computer. On Butterfly’s computer, and in the emails, are enigmatic clues which eventually send Ben on a mission to find the final answers to all the questions Butterfly has managed to raise.

Ben, sometimes accompanied by his invisible/imaginary Cat, begins searching for the clues and notebooks/writing that Butterfly has left for him in Paris and New York City. Ben follows the clues and uncovers stories Butterfly has written, which seem to indicate that she is a serial killer. While he questions the validity of her stories, he also begins to doubt everything he thought he knew about Butterfly – including her suicide.

Butterfly indicates that she wants Ben to write about her life, but has she just set him up with her dark tales? How well do we know our friends? Can we trust them? And is everything exactly how we think it is in the story, or are we misjudging the clues.

While all of this sounds dark, it is a very balanced novel with playful and humorous moments too.

Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa is an exquisite novel. Constable’s writing is luscious and stunning. His descriptive abilities and marvelous character development are incredible. I just can’t adequately express how completely I was entranced by the plot and how truly thoughtful and captivating I found Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa.

Very Highly Recommended

Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Gallery Books via Netgalley for review purposes.
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SheTreadsSoftly | 12 altre recensioni | Mar 21, 2016 |

Blogged at River City Reading:
Too often, it seems, we attempt to pigeonhole books into genres rather than giving writers the freedom to create something different. While I certainly see the purpose of categorizing for the sake of recommending or finding books, I hate the thought of novels being overlooked or edited simply because they straddle genre lines.

Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa succeeds, in part, because it is not easily categorized. While it has the bones of a mystery or thriller, the novel has much more imagination and whimsy than either genre alone. When was the last time the protagonist in your spy series stopped following a trail to talk to an imaginary cat?

At the same time, however, the characters are incredibly self-aware. Constable's voice is always a step ahead of any criticism the reader may have - he even takes a moment to explain why his cat is not restricted by the laws of science. His fantastic ability to play with words and language is an added bonus, as it gives the novel a quirky tone and infuses the book with phrases that act as an extra puzzle.

I hesitate to share too much about the hunt Butterfly left behind and the trail of stories Ben ultimately discovers in hopes of avoiding spoilers, but I was pleasantly surprised by how well suspense and humor were blended to the tail end. Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa is an unexpected, playful jaunt woven by an author with a talent for navigating language that you won't want to miss.
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rivercityreading | 12 altre recensioni | Aug 10, 2015 |

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