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The Bones of You
by Debbie Howells
The Andersons seem like a perfect family - father Neal is a successful TV reporter, Joanna is a glamorous homemaker and they have two polite daughters Rosie and Delphine. However one summer Rosie disappears and when she is found murdered shock waves pass through the comfortable village they live in. Neighbour Kate who has a daughter the same age tries to support Jo through the aftermath but as she does layers are peeled away and eventually the facade of the perfect family starts to crumble.
This book is proving to be very popular and I'm sure thousands of readers can't be wrong but I have to honest and I really heartily disliked this book. It was reminiscent of 'The Lovely Bones' in structure with beyond the grave narration and abuse in the plot, and I didn't like 'The Lovely Bones'! About a third of the way into the book I started to become really frustrated as the storyline became repetitive and didn't seem to move anywhere. There is a certain degree of ability to come up with an interesting idea for a book but for me it just didn't work at all.
This book is proving to be very popular and I'm sure thousands of readers can't be wrong but I have to honest and I really heartily disliked this book. It was reminiscent of 'The Lovely Bones' in structure with beyond the grave narration and abuse in the plot, and I didn't like 'The Lovely Bones'! About a third of the way into the book I started to become really frustrated as the storyline became repetitive and didn't seem to move anywhere. There is a certain degree of ability to come up with an interesting idea for a book but for me it just didn't work at all.