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madiesue's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
thaiteconta's review against another edition
1.0
De fato, o título desse livro o descreve perfeitamente. O problema é que a história fica em fogo lento pelo que parece uma eternidade e depois queima. E não no bom sentido.
Paula Hawkins decidiu criar um mistério lento que poderia ser útil para aumentar a tensão e aumentar as expectativas dos leitores à medida que o ritmo fica mais rápido no segundo tempo. Mas, infelizmente, este livro não pode ser definido como um mistério. Parece uma ficção contemporânea sobre conexões de personagens lotados e muito improváveis uns com os outros!
A leitura é lenta e pouco envolvente. Quando você começa um dos capítulos dos narradores, você se pergunta quem era esse personagem e volta para ler a história dele mais uma vez para refrescar a memória. Você fica se perguntando por que está fazendo isso porque releu sobre um personagem de quem já não gostava e não prestou atenção suficiente para lembrar por que realmente não gostava dele.
Depois de obter a imagem completa e entender as histórias e conexões dos personagens, sua jornada de leitura fica menos acidentada, mas ainda está lutando e exigindo esforços extras.
No geral: talvez se esse livro tivesse sido promovido como ficção contemporânea, eu poderia ter gostado mais. Desde o início do romance, eu esperava que algo grande, devastador, surpreendente acontecesse ou algo tão inteligente surgisse para me enganar, mas nenhum deles aconteceu. Decepcionante.
Essa está perto de ser uma das minhas piores leituras desse ano e só perdeu pra A mulher da cabine 10, porque pelo menos eu consegui chegar até o final sem pular páginas mas demorei uma semana.
Paula Hawkins decidiu criar um mistério lento que poderia ser útil para aumentar a tensão e aumentar as expectativas dos leitores à medida que o ritmo fica mais rápido no segundo tempo. Mas, infelizmente, este livro não pode ser definido como um mistério. Parece uma ficção contemporânea sobre conexões de personagens lotados e muito improváveis uns com os outros!
A leitura é lenta e pouco envolvente. Quando você começa um dos capítulos dos narradores, você se pergunta quem era esse personagem e volta para ler a história dele mais uma vez para refrescar a memória. Você fica se perguntando por que está fazendo isso porque releu sobre um personagem de quem já não gostava e não prestou atenção suficiente para lembrar por que realmente não gostava dele.
Depois de obter a imagem completa e entender as histórias e conexões dos personagens, sua jornada de leitura fica menos acidentada, mas ainda está lutando e exigindo esforços extras.
No geral: talvez se esse livro tivesse sido promovido como ficção contemporânea, eu poderia ter gostado mais. Desde o início do romance, eu esperava que algo grande, devastador, surpreendente acontecesse ou algo tão inteligente surgisse para me enganar, mas nenhum deles aconteceu. Decepcionante.
Essa está perto de ser uma das minhas piores leituras desse ano e só perdeu pra A mulher da cabine 10, porque pelo menos eu consegui chegar até o final sem pular páginas mas demorei uma semana.
onesleepygirl's review against another edition
3.0
The first 2/3 of the book is slow and everything reveals at the last 1/3. Not quite a bad read because the last 1/3 saved it; however, just not my style of murder mysteries. I like the ones where small bits of evidence are revealed and where you feel like you are solving the mystery together with the book.
milly_mv_'s review against another edition
3.0
3.5 ⭐️
predecible, pero me divertía leer, me alegra que laura e irene tuvieran un buen final, se lo merecen
predecible, pero me divertía leer, me alegra que laura e irene tuvieran un buen final, se lo merecen
abbey_road's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
cindy_f's review against another edition
4.0
A Slow Fire Burning
I thought Ms. Hawkins wrote quite the ambitious novel. The story starts off with the brutal murder of Daniel in his houseboat. Laura was identified as someone fleeing the area with blood on her clothes. She has quite the interesting back story. At a young age, Laura was in a hit-and-run accident and suffers from physical and mental disabilities. She’s used to being blamed for things.
There are many complex characters whose lives inter-connect in some way. We get all their perspectives. So part of the mystery is “Who killed Daniel?”
There’s novelist Theo and his ex-wife Carla- years ago, their son Ben died in a tragic fall while under the charge of her sister Angela. Daniel is Angela’s son.
Irene is an elderly widow who employs Laura to help her around the house and deliver groceries to her. Irene is Angela’s neighbor.
Miriam is a woman who delivers books and has keen observational skills, the nosy neighbor type. She has some secrets and has it in for one of the other characters.
There are also an array of subplots, such as plagiarism, kidnapping, incest, sexual assault and petty theft. A book within a book is thrown into the story. It depicts an event that occurred to one of these characters, and we get flashbacks of that.
I thought the plotting was very good, and the characters were interesting (some quite despicable). I felt Hawkins captured the emotions really well. Maybe there was just a little too much to keep track of. I felt there was a lot of back and forth. Irene makes a remark about Theo’s book, “all that jumping around in the timeline …just start at the beginning for God’s sake. Why couldn’t people tell a story straight any longer, from start to finish?” I had to snicker at that. But it was suspenseful and the ending was very satisfying.
I thought Ms. Hawkins wrote quite the ambitious novel. The story starts off with the brutal murder of Daniel in his houseboat. Laura was identified as someone fleeing the area with blood on her clothes. She has quite the interesting back story. At a young age, Laura was in a hit-and-run accident and suffers from physical and mental disabilities. She’s used to being blamed for things.
There are many complex characters whose lives inter-connect in some way. We get all their perspectives. So part of the mystery is “Who killed Daniel?”
There’s novelist Theo and his ex-wife Carla- years ago, their son Ben died in a tragic fall while under the charge of her sister Angela. Daniel is Angela’s son.
Irene is an elderly widow who employs Laura to help her around the house and deliver groceries to her. Irene is Angela’s neighbor.
Miriam is a woman who delivers books and has keen observational skills, the nosy neighbor type. She has some secrets and has it in for one of the other characters.
There are also an array of subplots, such as plagiarism, kidnapping, incest, sexual assault and petty theft. A book within a book is thrown into the story. It depicts an event that occurred to one of these characters, and we get flashbacks of that.
I thought the plotting was very good, and the characters were interesting (some quite despicable). I felt Hawkins captured the emotions really well. Maybe there was just a little too much to keep track of. I felt there was a lot of back and forth. Irene makes a remark about Theo’s book, “all that jumping around in the timeline …just start at the beginning for God’s sake. Why couldn’t people tell a story straight any longer, from start to finish?” I had to snicker at that. But it was suspenseful and the ending was very satisfying.
lydsomtimesreads's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75