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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
Took me a hot second to get invested, but once the twists and turns started - I couldn’t put it down. Just when you think you know “who dunnit” You don’t!!
Pete ist Vollzeitpapa und kümmert sich rührend um den zweijährigen Theo. Eines Tages steht ein Mann vor seiner Tür in Begleitung eines Detektivs. Dieser Mann sieht aus wie sein Sohn. Und die Nachricht, die er überbringt, ist erschütternder als alles, was Pete und seine Partnerin Maddie je erlebt haben...
"Du gehörst uns" ist ein spannender Thriller von J.P. Delaney und hat mich klasse unterhalten. Die Geschichte ist nichts für schwache Gemüter. Der Autor geht sehr detailliert auf die Themen schwere Geburt, Frühchenversorgung und vertauschte Babys ein. Ich bin bei Romanen einigen harten Tobak gewöhnt, doch auch ich musste bei der Lektüre mehrmals schlucken und kurze Pausen einlegen.
Die Geschichte wird abwechselnd von Pete und Maddie aus ihren eigenen Perspektiven erzählt. Zu beiden Figuren fand ich sehr schnell Zugang und konnte mich gut in ihre Positionen und Gefühlslagen hineinversetzen. Gerade Pete war mir von Beginn an sympathisch, da er ein empathischer und sehr liebevoller Vater ist. Durch die Ich-Perspektive wirken die Geschehnisse noch realer und trafen mich teils unvorbereitet und mit voller Wucht.
Die Story ist spannend erzählt und der Spannungsbogen ist die gesamte Zeit über hoch. Das Finale fällt etwas aus dem Rahmen, passt aber dennoch zum gesamten Thriller.
Ich kann dieses Buch sehr empfehlen.
"Du gehörst uns" ist ein spannender Thriller von J.P. Delaney und hat mich klasse unterhalten. Die Geschichte ist nichts für schwache Gemüter. Der Autor geht sehr detailliert auf die Themen schwere Geburt, Frühchenversorgung und vertauschte Babys ein. Ich bin bei Romanen einigen harten Tobak gewöhnt, doch auch ich musste bei der Lektüre mehrmals schlucken und kurze Pausen einlegen.
Die Geschichte wird abwechselnd von Pete und Maddie aus ihren eigenen Perspektiven erzählt. Zu beiden Figuren fand ich sehr schnell Zugang und konnte mich gut in ihre Positionen und Gefühlslagen hineinversetzen. Gerade Pete war mir von Beginn an sympathisch, da er ein empathischer und sehr liebevoller Vater ist. Durch die Ich-Perspektive wirken die Geschehnisse noch realer und trafen mich teils unvorbereitet und mit voller Wucht.
Die Story ist spannend erzählt und der Spannungsbogen ist die gesamte Zeit über hoch. Das Finale fällt etwas aus dem Rahmen, passt aber dennoch zum gesamten Thriller.
Ich kann dieses Buch sehr empfehlen.
I literally let out a verbal “Eh” when I got to the end of this book.
I spent the whole book yelling, “he’s only two years old!” Some of the things Theo is quoted as saying were way too advanced for a two year old. Also, who lets a two year old go off on their own in the store to grab a melon, while you stand there reading a label, when you know you’re dealing with a psycho?
The story had so much potential, but the lack of wisdom displayed by Pete and Maddie was just dumbfounding. Like nobody thought to record conversations with Miles? No one thought to connect the dots of people being hit while on their bikes? All who were some how connected to Pete and Maddie? No one thought to report the things they knew about him, or call the police after he’d kidnapped Theo? Or made threats to kill them?
This is one book I’m glad to be done reading.
I spent the whole book yelling, “he’s only two years old!” Some of the things Theo is quoted as saying were way too advanced for a two year old. Also, who lets a two year old go off on their own in the store to grab a melon, while you stand there reading a label, when you know you’re dealing with a psycho?
The story had so much potential, but the lack of wisdom displayed by Pete and Maddie was just dumbfounding. Like nobody thought to record conversations with Miles? No one thought to connect the dots of people being hit while on their bikes? All who were some how connected to Pete and Maddie? No one thought to report the things they knew about him, or call the police after he’d kidnapped Theo? Or made threats to kill them?
This is one book I’m glad to be done reading.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sometimes you can put your hand on your heart snd say you really enjoyed a book ,to say that about this book would be missing something .I honestly read it with a gr oh song feeling of nausea and dread
As a parent it’s easy on one hand and impossible on the other to imagine what you would feel like of one day there is a knock on the door and you are told there has been a dreadful mistake and the child you thought was yours who you had been loving and getting to know intimately was not yours but instead your babies had been swapped at birth on the neonatal unit
I found the sections written about neonatal care accurate with only minor inaccuracies ( I have to say here that I used to be a neonatal consultant )
Add in the fact that the other father has a personality disorder and the elements of child protection involved in ensuring the right family ends up with the right child and you have an un put downable book
As a parent it’s easy on one hand and impossible on the other to imagine what you would feel like of one day there is a knock on the door and you are told there has been a dreadful mistake and the child you thought was yours who you had been loving and getting to know intimately was not yours but instead your babies had been swapped at birth on the neonatal unit
I found the sections written about neonatal care accurate with only minor inaccuracies ( I have to say here that I used to be a neonatal consultant )
Add in the fact that the other father has a personality disorder and the elements of child protection involved in ensuring the right family ends up with the right child and you have an un put downable book
This was mostly enjoyable and easy to get through. At times, I was a bit bored but it picked back up towards the end. I enjoyed the twist at the end and wish we could have explored more about Maggie.
Very good. But damn it made me mad. I’d call it psychological horror. And the ending was a mind bender.
JP Delaney's latest psychological thriller, "Playing Nice" is every parent's worst nightmare. Your toddler child was swapped by birth and the father of your biological father is a psychopath.
It starts out amicable. The other family is well-off, has a stable home, and your biological son seems to have everything he needs to thrive. The father though, has no boundaries, is very driven, and very particular about his biological child's future for school, extracurricular activity, and hopes for his future. After rebuffing some of the other family's desires for your son, things quickly go south.
This was a cringe-worthy read. It is both terrifying and hard to swallow. The power that the state holds without even a jury over the lives of children and their parents with little or no context into the lives of families. A social worker makes some home visits, interviews the parents, and a "specialist" comes in to make some generalized remarks--those seemingly subjective observations decide the future of an entire family.
It is a horrifying prospect to say the least.
It starts out amicable. The other family is well-off, has a stable home, and your biological son seems to have everything he needs to thrive. The father though, has no boundaries, is very driven, and very particular about his biological child's future for school, extracurricular activity, and hopes for his future. After rebuffing some of the other family's desires for your son, things quickly go south.
This was a cringe-worthy read. It is both terrifying and hard to swallow. The power that the state holds without even a jury over the lives of children and their parents with little or no context into the lives of families. A social worker makes some home visits, interviews the parents, and a "specialist" comes in to make some generalized remarks--those seemingly subjective observations decide the future of an entire family.
It is a horrifying prospect to say the least.
This book was a varied reading experience for me. I raced through the second half and found the conclusion to be mostly satisfying, and the characters were engaging. However, I found many of the plot points and actions of the characters to be so absurd that it detracted from my reading experience. Overall, this was an entertaining read.