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Sto caricando le informazioni... Bitter Orange (2018)di Claire Fuller
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. 2 and a half. A dreary tale full of intense characters. ( ) I don't love the format of "old person reflects back on the past, which is where the story actually takes place". It feels tired and doesn't add anything to the story. However, I can see that the author wanted to tease out the secret of Frances being in jail, slowly revealing it and then having it hanging over our heads during the final chapters of her time with Peter and Clara, rather than it being a big reveal in the ending chapters. I don't love that structure, but I understand why the choice was made and it didn't ruin the flow (as I had feared at first). The story itself was good, although it got off to a pretty slow start. Once Peter and Clara have some weirdness on them things finally get interesting. The best part of the book by far was the ending, where we learn that Frances murdered her mother. I was not at all expecting it, and it one-upped my little fantasy revenges on Frances's behalf; I was left thinking "Oh ok, you've got this one handled, holy shit." The ending definitely left a good final impression. This story is revealed slowly, developing suspense as it proceeds to a shocking conclusion. From her death bed, Frances Jellico tells the story of the summer of 1969 when she, with Peter and Cara, a troubled couple, were commissioned to survey landscape and buildings of a once-grand country home that is becoming a ruin. Fuller beautifully portrays their fall into a summer of indolence as they neglect duties in favour of the well-stocked wine cellar. It's well-written but the story has too many unbelievable elements such as gourmet cooking when kitchen equipment consisted of tin cups and little else, or a massive furniture move that would have required a team of movers. And while some fanciful tales showed the unreliability of the characters, others were so far-fetched that like hiccups they hindered fluency and reduced the overall effect of a languid, dreamy summer. Bitter Orange, Claire Fuller’s third novel, is a literary mystery that fans of Sarah Waters, Daphne Du Maurier, and Shirley Jackson won’t want to miss. The narrator of Fuller’s new novel, Frances Jellicot, is in her 60s in ailing health. Bits and pieces of her memories from a few fateful weeks in her past are scattered through her conversation with a visitor, as are hints about her current living situation. The tale she tells is of a love triangle gone wrong (do those ever go right?) in the creepiest of places, a decaying English country manor that has sat empty since World War II, during which the Army requisitioned it. Read the rest of my review on Criminal Element. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them--Cara first: dark and beautiful, then Peter: striking and serious. The couple is spending the summer of 1969 in the rooms below hers while Frances is researching the architecture in the surrounding gardens. But she's distracted. Beneath a floorboard in her bathroom, she finds a peephole that gives her access to her neighbors' private lives. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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