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It seems to be the year of thrillers. First Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and now this one. It's USP lies in its simplicity. Once you get past the names and boring initial chapters, the story sucks you in. Not a whodunit, but a how-it-was-done, character-driven thriller with nail-biting, hair pulling tension, especially the last few chapters and an ending that will leave you reeling.
I particularly liked the way the protagonist-Ishigami's character shaped.As if Sherlock Holmes did a volte-face.
Haven't read any other books by this author and picked this one purely on a friend's recommendation. And it turned out to be the perfect summer read..!
I particularly liked the way the protagonist-Ishigami's character shaped.As if Sherlock Holmes did a volte-face.
Haven't read any other books by this author and picked this one purely on a friend's recommendation. And it turned out to be the perfect summer read..!
I related to this book so much that I was nodding in assent at each page. Being a dieter (not serial though and definitely not the way Purie does) and having lived in fatland for a long time, I get where Purie is coming from. This book is about weight loss. Not in the sense that it suggests diets and stuff. It's about weight loss in that it chronicles what a fat person feels. Like mentioned in the book, it is an emotional (and sometimes traumatic) journey.
Dieting is not something you do. It's the way of life (at least the way of my life).
However, there are certain things Purie indulged in which I would never suggest a person trying to lose weight even consider (Like Bulimia or the insane champagne diet). But for most part, she's got the weight loss regimen and fad diets people try down to pat. Not just that, even the way people react to your weight loss (Classic example? My Mom comparing my modest S self to my XL self of previous years, not understanding that each bulge and not toned muscle is an eyesore :/)
Loved the book and will make my family & friends read it.
A caution however, this is NOT a bedtime/time=pass read. Its for people who've gone there and come back again (and lived to tell the tale, if you know what I mean).
And I shall diet happily ever after ;)
Darker and more terrifying than Gollum's lair, Flynn's debut novel is for people like me who have a love-hate relationship with everything gothic.
I read Gone Girl (GG) earlier this summer and was bowled over by the story and the f***ed up characters and finally managed to get my hands on the other two novels by this pretty author with a Machiavelli approach to writing. And oh boy, let me tell you GG pales in comparison to this one. Amy has nothing, nothing on Amma.
The book suffers from the same issue as GG, slow in the beginning and pow. Everything about the book is dark - the darker side of the human psyche, creepy little town complete with nasty people, a creepy family home and an evil Mrs. Havisham type of a Momma.
It is an utterly twisted and compelling novel that despite its morbid theme fascinates the hell out of you. In Flynn, Poe and Mrs. Radcliffe would've found a worthy adversary. She definitely has proven to be a worthy heir. Nevermore, Lenore!
Can't wait to read Dark Places!
I read Gone Girl (GG) earlier this summer and was bowled over by the story and the f***ed up characters and finally managed to get my hands on the other two novels by this pretty author with a Machiavelli approach to writing. And oh boy, let me tell you GG pales in comparison to this one. Amy has nothing, nothing on Amma.
The book suffers from the same issue as GG, slow in the beginning and pow. Everything about the book is dark - the darker side of the human psyche, creepy little town complete with nasty people, a creepy family home and an evil Mrs. Havisham type of a Momma.
It is an utterly twisted and compelling novel that despite its morbid theme fascinates the hell out of you. In Flynn, Poe and Mrs. Radcliffe would've found a worthy adversary. She definitely has proven to be a worthy heir. Nevermore, Lenore!
Can't wait to read Dark Places!
Dark Places has got to be the blandest of Gillian Flynn's books. Vanilla characters (Libby Day is annoying. Very annoying.) and a mystery I solved after the initial few chapters.
It has it perks. Gloomy atmosphere, some graphic violence and an unexpected twist in the end, but doesn't make up for the rest of the book.
Slightly disappointed with this one.
It has it perks. Gloomy atmosphere, some graphic violence and an unexpected twist in the end, but doesn't make up for the rest of the book.
Slightly disappointed with this one.