Reviews

A Room Swept White by Sophie Hannah

stellies's review against another edition

2.0

Wasn't a fan. Don't think I'll read anymore of her books.

essentiallymeagan's review against another edition

1.0

I didn't enjoy this book at all. Maybe because I hadn't read other books in this series? I don't know, I just feel icky now.

allisonplus's review against another edition

1.0

"It takes me a few seconds to realize that what he think he's doing is kissing me."

frickative's review against another edition

3.0

Sophie Hannah's books are endlessly frustrating to me, chiefly because she has excellent ideas and solid execution, but her characters are just dreadful. There's no one to like or root for, and her recurring cast is abysmal to the point that I wish painful deaths on all of them. But her plots are so compelling. At least a year has passed since I last read one of her Spilling books, so I braved another and did enjoy it on the whole. Yes the characters are a miserable, pathetic bunch, but it didn't seem quite as bad as in the last one I read (high praise!) and the plot kept me guessing right up until the end. It was a solid page turner that I finished within two days, and I'm sure that I will read more of her books in future. And I'm sure that I'll hate the characters and get frustrated all over again, because Hannah has so much potential, and squandering it on her idiotic cast is a crime in and of itself.

canadianbookworm's review against another edition

3.0

This is a novel with psychological twists and turns that will keep you glued to your chair. The focus is women who have been accused of murdering either their own children or children they have been minding. The main characters is Fliss Benson a television producer, a lower rung producer at her firm until something happens that causes her to be in charge of a documentary already partially done. At first she is reluctant to take on the job, feeling manipulated and wary of her own past, but soon finds that her zeal for truth and attention to detail make her the perfect person to take on the project.
The police are also on the case following the murder of a woman acquitted on retrial of her children's murders. There are divisions within the police ranks, some very interesting personalities both in the police and in the other characters, and stories with no easy answers.
Fliss develops from a mousy woman with no sense of her own worth into a confident woman driven by her zeal for truth. A great read.

gnome's review against another edition

2.0

I generally love Sophie Hannah's writing but just found this one so disappointing and very put down able.
Charlie and Simon are both terrible people who treat everyone around them badly, not just each other. JUST HAVE SEX ALREADY or don't, tbh, just don't get marrie first ffs.
The anti vaxxer stuff almost made me give up on the book completely.
The ending was utterly unsatisfying.
Hope the next one is better.

textandtunes's review against another edition

3.0

It seemed very promising and then it came to the last pages and it was a mess. Really didn’t enjoy the reveal and ending of this so nicely introduced tragedy

ellemnope's review against another edition

3.0

The plot started out very promising, but I got really tangled up and confused about 3/4 of the way through. Not a horrible read, but I got frustrated with the ending. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2013/01/four-for-price-of-one.html