Reviews - The Stargazers: The Utterly Engaging Story of a House, a Family, and the Hidden Secrets That Change Lives Forever

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The Stargazers: The Utterly Engaging Story of a House, a Family, and the Hidden Secrets That Change Lives Forever

Harriet Evans

3.73 AVERAGE

louise_gardner's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book felt like a real, solid peice of storytelling.
It's got well rounded characters, decent back story and a well thought out storyline. The plot is satisfactory, but it wasn't enough of a humdinger for me to quite justify it with a five star. But, it's a decent book to get your teeth into if you want to be lightly swept away.

I'd happily recommend it as a good holiday read

daydreamerjade's review against another edition

3.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lizzles's review against another edition

2.5

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annie14's review against another edition

4.0

Having not read any of Harriet’s previous books I read this with an open mind - it is very different to what I normally read .

A book about two sisters and their relationship with their mother ( who by all accounts is evil )!

Focusing on Sarah , a musician with a very busy lifestyle , living in Hampstead heath with her husband David , life is chaotic and at times fragile but she is happy . A life far away from the one she had when younger , with her mother sister and their family home Fane.

Fane which brings with it the darkest fear and the whispers of secrets that are bursting from the seams of the house . Was the home her mothers obsession or did fane posses her mother?

When Sarah left she thought she would never have to return until now ….

Superb book , utterly breathtaking in parts , good pace of story and although it does go back ward and forward over time we’ll written so not to confuse , I was invested and utterly gripped ! Add to your TBR .