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Lädt ... The Girls in the Garden: A Novel (2022. Auflage)von Lisa Jewell (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. An unusual contemporary mystery with friendship drama. All the families live close to each other in a community that surrounds a huge park with hidden gardens and paths. The children run free in the green space and in and out of each others' homes with ease. It happens on a warm summer night during the annual Virginia Park Tombola. One of the children, 13-year-old Grace, is found by the rose garden gate in a coma with her clothes in disarray. This was a slow burner that built up in perfectly paced storytelling that creates tension and suspense as everyone tries to figure out what happened to Grace and who was responsible. The novel is told in alternating points of view between the various characters -- women and children -- who live in apartments and homes around the park. Hints, secrets, lies, lots of domestic situations and concerns kept me guessing. I was hoping to believe the best of all of the friends - both the adults and the teenagers -- and many red herrings dangled to keep me on edge. The characters were multi-faceted and intriguing. I found the climax and conclusion quite satisfying and a bit surprising. I listened to the audiobook while following along in the e-book ARC provided by the publisher. I really liked the narrator - she did an excellent job voicing all the characters and her tone and dramatic flair enhanced the experience. I'd recommend this one. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Imagine that you live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. You've known your neighbors for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? On a midsummer night, as a festive neighborhood party is taking place, preteen Pip discovers her thirteen-year-old sister Grace lying unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner of a lush rose garden. What really happened to her? And who is responsible? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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A solid (though not stunning) entry in the "not-gratuitously-violent" suspense category.
Several neighbors, each with different backgrounds and income levels, live in houses and apartments which surround a semi-private park in London. The gang of tweens and early teens who live nearby roam around (as kids that age do) until one evening -- the evening of a neighborhood block party -- when a very bad thing happens. Who is the perpetrator? Many have motives (and even more have secrets).
Jewell opens the story at the scene of the crime, then takes us back in time -- slowly peeling back the layers while the reader tries to suss out exactly what happened. It's a well-written story (for the genre) that kept my interest. Most of the characters fit a bit too neatly into standard tropes, but all in all I enjoyed the ride and would certainly be inclined to read more of Jewell's work.
Although I received a galley of this book, I listened to the audio version for my review. The audio is well-done and recommended.
Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for a galley in exchange for an honest review.
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