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natwc's review against another edition
4.0
I liked the book fairly well with it's plot and ending. However, I did find it simplistic for a mystery novel. It was pretty easy to figure out who did it even though everyone made the main character, Julianna, suspicious of majority of them. I also didn't like how repetitive the book was about Julianna's suppressed memories and ranting suspicions.
wombat_88's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
corbear's review against another edition
3.0
This book was okay. I think as a teenager, I would have loved it. The mystery wasn't very complicated. I knew who the culprit was immediately, and perhaps as a result of this, Juliana's increasing paranoia kind of got on my nerves. Nancy Drew, she is not.
williamsdebbied's review against another edition
3.0
During a trial separation, Juliana's mother takes Juliana and her little brother and sister to live in a tiny artist's colony in England. Juliana's mother plans to find some solitude and peace so that she can start painting again and recapture her artistic self. Juliana understands none of this and misses her dad.
Shortly after Juliana arrives in Blackthorn, her mother's school friend, a nosy and obnoxious woman, is murdered. Though a suspect is jailed right away, Juliana is convinced that the real killer is still on the loose and investigates on her own.
Juliana's investigation leads her to make some mysterious connections with her own past. Can she find the real killer before he - or she- strikes again?
Shortly after Juliana arrives in Blackthorn, her mother's school friend, a nosy and obnoxious woman, is murdered. Though a suspect is jailed right away, Juliana is convinced that the real killer is still on the loose and investigates on her own.
Juliana's investigation leads her to make some mysterious connections with her own past. Can she find the real killer before he - or she- strikes again?
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