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A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky.
For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined. Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate. It is a challenging, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.
For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined. Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate. It is a challenging, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.
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8 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have enjoyed Alice Sebold's other 2 books and I enjoyed this one as well. Without giving too much information, I did finish it wishing to have clearer answers. More information about her father's life..and more of a closure at the end of the book. Let me say-this book will leave you wondering a few things. Thankfully, in this case, it left me pleased to wonder and not annoyed and cheated. Excellent book, but not as good as The Lovely Bones.
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
The beginning confession grabbed me, but it was a slow read after that. I felt myself becoming as murky as the characters the more I read and was grateful for the end, though its not the clear or tidy conclusion I was hoping for. There are interesting parts to the book and I admit I kept going back to find out what happened, but it was more like slowing down to watch an accident or a fight in progress.....it's not necessarily that you want to look, yet at the same time you can't look away. Final analysis: The book is confusing, it jumps around often between memories and the present and it felt pretty damn depressing too. Not recommended.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I finished this book because I never give up on a book, just in case what's worth reading comes at the very end. Well... it never came. The main character was missing a moral compass as a human being & pathetic in her thoughts & feelings for others, even for those who cared about her. She wouldn't have been a friend of mine. I'm happy to put this book back into the swap. Maybe someone else will benefit from it.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Her first novel, Lovely Bones, is one of the books in my favorite books list. So I couldn't wait to read this book. Well, I am very disappointed. It was a slow plot, I just couldn't get into the story or characters.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was very slow, hard to get into. I was disappointed overall. I liked this authors first two books (Lucky, and Lovely Bones) not so much this one though.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
It wasn't my favorite books of hers. It was a slow read and I couldn't wait to finish it.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have loved Alice Sebold's other two books, but found this one confusing, slow, depressing and with unlikeable characters.
It is interesting because the topics covered in her two other books (murder of a child and rape) are equally depressing, and yet the books do not come off as depressing themselves.
I would not recommend it.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have loved all the other Sebold books but, this one is a little to crude for me. I decided not even to finish reading it.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I did not like this book as well as others written by this author. I would give it 3 out of 5 stars.
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I'm a Sebold fan, but this book was strange. Good plot, good story, but I had a hard time getting into the characters. I was absorbed by it, but when I finished, it just left me a little unsatisfied.
MG D. (Very unique perspective; written from the point of view of a woman who murders her own mother. I find Alice Sebold a bit too edgy, but she seems to have a loyal following.
Deann T. (I liked this book, but it was not quite as good as The Lovely Bones.
This book was hard to read due to the subject matter but I'm glad that read it. It was excellent.
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