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Lädt ... The Stone Girl: A Novelvon Dirk Wittenborn
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Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
HTML: The Stone Girl is a riveting tale of deception, vengeance, and power set against the haunting beauty of the Adirondack wilderness. Deep in the Adirondack Mountains lies a speck of a town called Rangeley. There isn't much to this tiny town, but it is at the crossroads of serene fishing streams off the Mink River, pristine hunting grounds in the surrounding mountains, and vast estates of the extremely rich. It is also the gateway to the Mohawk Club, which houses the Lost Boys, an exclusive group of wealthy and powerful men with global influence and a taste for depravity. Raised wild and poor in the shadows of the Mohawk Club, Evie Quimby was a teenager when she first fell victim to the Lost Boys. Seventeen years later, she is now a world-renowned art restorer famous for repairing even the most-broken statues. After spending half her life in Paris, establishing her reputation and raising her daughter Chloé, Evie has come a long way from the girl who left Rangeley behind. But when Chloé receives a visit from an elegant stranger who claims to be an old friend of her mother's, the ghosts of Evie's past return in full force, pulling her back to the North Country of her girlhood and into the tangled, intricate web of the Lost Boys. Evie bands together with her formidable mother and an embattled heiress, both victims of the Lost Boys, in pursuit of an unusual and heart-stopping vengeance. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This book had a lot going on - mostly in a good way. It's a story of revenge intertwined with drama, suspense, dark comedy, and in the end, what it means to get justice. With dark history behind these characters, you closely follow the story of one woman, Evie, partially in her past and partially in the present. The first half of the novel ping pongs between Evie's story of growing up in the Adirondack Mountains, and how she got into the positions that changed her life forever, to present day as she tells her daughter her story. The second half of the book then dives into the revenge saga and seeking justice for who and what did her wrong all those years ago. It is filled with fascinating characters, vivid settings, and an itch to know the truth.
What makes this book a 5 to a 4 star for me is the way it was formatted. I felt it was choppy at times, and that it ultimately could have been cut down to 400 pages or less (rather than the 458 pages).
Overall, I was hooked by the story, and recommend it. I grew to truly care about the characters with the author's vivid descriptions and story telling throughout the book - which to me says it all. ( )