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Razorhurst (2015)

di Justine Larbalestier

Altri autori: Hannah Janzen (Map)

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Suspense. Thriller. Historical Fiction. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:"Vivid and bloody and bold and fast??I feel like Razorhurst is in my bones now."
??#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert
The notoriously bloody history of a mob-run Sydney, Australia neighborhood is fertile ground for this historical thriller with a paranormal twist: two girls' ability to see the many ghosts haunting Razorhurst.
 
Sydney??s deadly Razorhurst neighborhood, 1932. Gloriana Nelson and Mr. Davidson, two ruthless mob bosses, have reached a fragile peace??one maintained by ??razor men.? Kelpie, orphaned and homeless, is blessed (and cursed) with the ability to see Razorhurst??s many ghosts. They tell secrets that the living can??t know about the cracks already forming in the mobs?? truce.
 
Kelpie meets Dymphna Campbell, Gloriana??s prize moll, over the body of the latest of Dymphna??s beaus to meet an untimely end??a string that??s earned her the nickname the ??Angel of Death.? Dymphna can see ghosts, too, and she knows that Gloriana??s hold is crumbling one henchman at a time. As loyalties shift and betrayal threatens the two girls at every turn, Dymphna is determ
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Not a fan. Didn’t care about the characters, found the dialog repetitive and annoying and the part about ghosts truly served no purpose.

Extra big creep factor that one of the main characters “Glory’s best girl” is a seasoned prostitute with a city wide reputation and seemingly huge list of dead lovers and it’s revealed that she’s only 16......which is just gross in about 1000 ways. The main talking ghost is her dead boyfriend...who is 36.

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  hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 |
I really enjoyed this book set in Surry Hills in 1932. Echoes of Ruth Park and Kylie Tennant. ( )
  secondhandrose | Oct 31, 2023 |
The first half of this book felt pretty slow, which is weird because the book essentially takes place over the course of a single day; I wasn't sure if I felt compelled to keep reading. It took me a while get all the characters down and the structure of the book (and to get less annoyed by Jimmy's relentless character), but when I was able to read a larger chunk of it at once, it really started to pick up. The second half zoomed by. This whole crime world of early-20th century Sydney (based on the actual history of the place) was really fascinating. I love the way it ended, and I love that I wasn't able to totally guess the ending. It seems like this book could go either way between being a standalone or the first of a series, but I would definitely read the next installment just to follow the survivors on their next escapade. ( )
  LibroLindsay | Jun 18, 2021 |
DNF ( )
  daisy887 | Jan 14, 2021 |
Great audiobook, and a really fascinating story. I loved the characters and there was real suspense from scene to scene. Even with the ghost element, I think it's a solid choice for any fan of historical fiction, as the ghosts really add to the atmosphere and elaborate on the historical details.

My only issue is that the resolution felt a bit too quick after all the build up. Also I can't really bring it on our middle school visits, since there's some fairly frank discussion of brothels and sex workers (the word whore is used quite a bit, which makes sense in historical context) along with the oodles of swearing and violence. I think there are definitely middle school kids that it will work for, but it's not a great fit for our class visits. ( )
  bookbrig | Aug 5, 2020 |
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Justine Larbalestierautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Janzen, HannahMapautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Agro, JanineDesignerautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Yuen, SammyProgetto della copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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Suspense. Thriller. Historical Fiction. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:"Vivid and bloody and bold and fast??I feel like Razorhurst is in my bones now."
??#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert
The notoriously bloody history of a mob-run Sydney, Australia neighborhood is fertile ground for this historical thriller with a paranormal twist: two girls' ability to see the many ghosts haunting Razorhurst.
 
Sydney??s deadly Razorhurst neighborhood, 1932. Gloriana Nelson and Mr. Davidson, two ruthless mob bosses, have reached a fragile peace??one maintained by ??razor men.? Kelpie, orphaned and homeless, is blessed (and cursed) with the ability to see Razorhurst??s many ghosts. They tell secrets that the living can??t know about the cracks already forming in the mobs?? truce.
 
Kelpie meets Dymphna Campbell, Gloriana??s prize moll, over the body of the latest of Dymphna??s beaus to meet an untimely end??a string that??s earned her the nickname the ??Angel of Death.? Dymphna can see ghosts, too, and she knows that Gloriana??s hold is crumbling one henchman at a time. As loyalties shift and betrayal threatens the two girls at every turn, Dymphna is determ

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