Phil Lovesey
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- Lovesey, Phil
- Geburtstag
- 1963
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Wohnorte
- Chelmsford, England, UK
- Berufe
- advertising copywriter
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- Lovesey, Peter (father)
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- Gregory & Co
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- 3.8
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There seem to be so many books and films around nowadays telling stories like this that I was feeling restless as I read the first few chapters, but my interest grew as I began to realise what an unreliable narrator William is. There are things he isn't telling us, events whose importance he minimises and loose ends he leaves hanging. What did Atkins do when he got out of prison? Why did William's father leave home? Did the pub landlord and his wife really die in a fire in Spain? What happened in the graveyard? It has been mentioned several times and each time it sounds a little worse than the last.
And what about the things in his past that he has forgotten while in a coma after being attacked in the street? Who is Dr. Tremaine and what is his importance? It seems unlikely that such a traumatised child would not have seen a child psychologist after his friend's death, so maybe that's who he is. I think that the authorities know more than William realises, or maybe he does remember and he is keeping us in the dark deliberately.
I was reading this book for an online book club, and posted the comments above when I had read chapters 1 to 10. By that point I was completely hooked and looking forward to finding out what was really going on! Although I have finished the book now, I am not going to add anything else, to avoid spoiling what was a very surprising story.… (mehr)