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Lädt ... The Next Time You See Mevon Holly Goddard Jones
   Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  stephkaye | Dec 14, 2020 |    ) viviennestrauss | Oct 17, 2019 |  ) sturlington | Jun 20, 2019 | I really enjoyed the complex characters and the way the author captured the small town southern feel. The four characters slowly unwrap their stories along with the miseries of their lives in a way that totally drew me in to the story. I thought it was a terrific character driven mystery in a setting that is perfectly captured in an authentic way. If you are looking for a standard murder mystery this is not the book for you. If you are searching for a compelling story with characters who are realistically portrayed this may be just what you're looking for. ( ) Olivermagnus | Aug 9, 2017 |  ) jjaylynny | Nov 12, 2016 | keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: A debut novel by award-winning author Holly Goddard Jones, about the people surprisingly connected to the discovery of a dead woman's body in a small town Thirteen-year-old Emily Houchens doesn't have many friends. She finds more comfort playing make-believe in the woods near her house in Roma, Kentucky, than with her classmates, who find her strange and awkward. When she happens upon a dead body hidden in the woods one day, she decides not to tell anyone about her discoveryâ??a choice that begins to haunt her. Susanna Mitchell has always been a good girl, the dutiful daughter and wife. While her older sister Ronnie trolled bars for men and often drove home at sunrise, Susanna kept a neat house, a respectable job, and a young daughter. But when Ronnie goes missing and Susanna realizes that she's the only person in Roma who truly cares about her sister's fate, she starts to question her quiet life and its value. The Next Time You See Me is the story of how one woman's disappearance exposes the ambitions, prejudices, and anxieties of a small southern town and its residents, who are all connected, sometimes in unexpected ways: Emily; Susanna; Tony, a failed baseball star turned detective, aspiring to be the county's first black sheriff; and Wyatt, a fifty-five-year-old factory worker tormented by a past he can't change and by a love he doesn't think he deserves. Their stories converge in a violent climax that reveals not just the mystery of what happened to Ronnie but all of their secret selves. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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But Jones makes all of them so human, so nuanced, and leads them to intersect in such unpredictable ways, that we want to know them as individuals, not cliches. We follow their slow, deliberate dance, waiting for the next fresh pairing, because we care where they end up. In this way Jones revives the rather tired missing-person plot, prompting us to see it anew. What happens when the body is found by the teen pariah -- and she doesn't run screaming to her parents? What happens when the killer turns out to be someone with whom we truly sympathize?
Jones reminds us how complex people really are. Over and over, she asks us not to judge a book by its cover, but to see the world through others' eyes. The Next Time You See Me combines murder mystery with the dramatic, character-driven complexity of Julia Glass's The Whole World Over. It's a thoughtful thriller. (