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Midge (525 KP) rated The Marriage Pact in Books

Feb 9, 2019 (Updated Feb 9, 2019)

Creepy And Unforgettable

Alice and Jake have recently married and appear to have a perfect life together. Determined to keep their marriage alive, they join an exclusive group known only as The Pact.

The Pact is a group that helps to guide and support it’s members to achieve and maintain blissful wedded harmony. At first, everything seems great, with importance attached to those little things such as giving your partner regular gifts, making time for each other, answering their calls straight away and having regular holidays together. All great and perfectly reasonable until that is, you forget or omit one of the rules. If you break the rules there are serious consequences. The greatest rule of them all is that no one else must ever know about the Pact. All is well until one of them does indeed break the rules, and then their lives become a horrendous nightmare.

This is an unusual and original look at marriage and what we are willing to do to keep up appearances and I know that I read something very different in THE MARRIAGE PACT to what I had been expecting. There was a sense of apprehension in the synopsis, but Michelle Richmond definitely took me by surprise with this novel. It is psychologically deeply twisted and evil but not quite believable. As different characters were introduced it was difficult to know who was trustworthy, although I think this was the author’s intention. Referring to each other as "Friend" within the Pact adds a brilliant touch to help arouse suspicion. The novel has a fast pace that only adds to the thrill of the story.

Creepy and unforgettable, THE MARRIAGE PACT by Michelle Richmond is definitely a book to be recommended and one which will stay with me for a long time.

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Micky Barnard (542 KP) Feb 9, 2019

I agree with your points. I enjoyed this one.

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A down-to-earth, hilarious collection of stories and musings on marriage, motherhood, and country...

Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated The Secret Scripture in Books

Aug 13, 2017

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry

8.3

(3 Ratings)

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Tragic story of Irish communities

This book had a lot of similarities with Philomena. It's hugely tragic, about a woman who has been in an asylum for 80 years after being out there by malicious priests and community leaders, annulling her marriage and taking away her baby. While at times it seems improbable, the story of her psychiatrist trying to uncover her story is beautiful.

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Kate (355 KP) rated The Moonlit Cage in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The Moonlit Cage

Linda Holeman | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry

7.5

(2 Ratings)

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Read it a few years ago and it has always stuck with me, found it recently at the back of a bookshelf and reading it again. About a young girl growing up in the remote areas of Afghanistan, being forced into an arranged marriage and then finding her way in the world. Not too soppy or romantic but realistic would suggest that everyone read it.