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What You Did

Claire McGowan

8.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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A vicious assault. A devastating accusation. Who should she trust, her husband or her best friend? ...

psychological psychological thriller domestic domestic thriller

Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Sense of an Ending in Books

Mar 2, 2018

A chain reaction of events

Without revealing too much about the ending, the story follows retired Tony, who re-evaluates his life after receiving a letter from a solicitor. It's a fairly simple drama about how someone's inconsequential actions can have a big impact on another.

Tony is led to remember a time in which his school friend killed himself while dating his ex-girlfriend at university. And his own actions which ultimately causes him remorse. It is a poignant and tragic tale of thinking before speaking. Wonderful, humanistic writing by Julian Barnes.

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Chloe (514 KP) rated History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) in Books

Jan 28, 2019 (Updated Jan 28, 2019)

Recommend for everyone

This book is really for everyone it recounts history in a interesting way which is enjoyable to read. The book really makes you see how history can be recounted from something as simple as a letter. This book to me was the perfect way to get me excited to start university.

I recommend this book for anyone looking to get into history or just for someone looking for a good read. This book can also be useful to students struggling to Write about primary sources.

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David McK (3576 KP) rated The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1) in Books

Jan 28, 2019

I remember when I was at university, I had an English tutor who stated that he though crime fiction was the best kind of fiction there is. At the time I didn't agree with him. I still don't.

Indeed, I think that if he had read this book he would have changed his own tune: this is needlessly graphic, uncomfortable and plodding, with crime scene forensics being the main 'draw' (if I can even use such a word about this) to any potential reader.

In short: one to avoid.