Caroline Mitchell
Autore di Silent Victim
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Opere di Caroline Mitchell
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- Sesso
- female
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READ in 2023 (3)
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- Opere
- 25
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 827
- Popolarità
- #30,854
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 87
- ISBN
- 77
- Lingue
- 3
Darkly disturbing and filled with dysfunctional characters ~ thought provoking and not exactly what I was expecting. I came away wondering if any of the characters were or could ever be truly happy…I hoped at the end that perhaps some might find their way to being content, though, at some point in the future.
In some ways this reminded me of a gothic romance but without the romance. The setting was dark and filled with secrets that one by one were exposed only to reveal more disturbing issues from the past. More than one person was not what was implied, and many had behaved questionably and even criminally. The psychological issues being dealt with were more than a handful. I had trouble relating to any of the characters. At times I wanted to reach into the story and give more than one character a talking to, or warn them, or ask them how they could justify what they were doing.
This is a book I will think about and one that might revisit me unexpectedly, but it is not one I would be likely to reread. It is told by four people: the islander who feels that the island and its inhabitants must stay as it is and will do anything to keep it so; Mary who was the mother of three children and drowned with her husband and others in a storm twenty years before this book begins; Daniel who grew up on the island and is returning with his family though he dreads going back; and Claire who is dealing with issues that are deep and heavy and has not worked as a pediatrician for a while.
Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC – this is my honest review.
4-5 Stars… (altro)