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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Swimming Lessons in Books
Jul 24, 2017
Great series of letters let down by monotony
Claire Fuller's writing is poetic and haunting in this novel especially as we read a series of letters left by a wife who has been missing for 12 years.
The story surrounds Ingrid, and her horribly destructive relationship with her writer husband Gil. Her youngest daughter Flora has to come to terms with these revelations, after idolising her father for so long.
My only concern is while the back and forth narrative between Ingrid's letter and the present day is well laid out, the story itself becomes lacklustre and the epilogue is a little misleading leaving a question mark over her death. Good writing but plot could be more rich.
The story surrounds Ingrid, and her horribly destructive relationship with her writer husband Gil. Her youngest daughter Flora has to come to terms with these revelations, after idolising her father for so long.
My only concern is while the back and forth narrative between Ingrid's letter and the present day is well laid out, the story itself becomes lacklustre and the epilogue is a little misleading leaving a question mark over her death. Good writing but plot could be more rich.
Tallulah22 (211 KP) rated Klaus (2019) in Movies
Jan 4, 2020
Beautiful story about the beginnings of Christmas. I watched this with my nephew and then the following day with his dad. The imagery is stunning and I love how they manage to bring joy to the long-feuding town through some letters and toys. I particularly love the bit when they are making the boat.
Suzanne Vega recommended Letters to Olga in Books (curated)
Alison Pink (7 KP) rated The Good Luck of Right Now in Books
Jan 15, 2018
It took me a while to get in to this book. I'm not sure why. It is well written and the characters have dimension. The idea of a story written entirely as a series of letters to Richard Gere was intriguing but in the end I think that's why I had a tough time getting in to the story.
Chloe (778 KP) rated Sophie's World in Books
Feb 2, 2020
Boring (1 more)
Long winded
Just a book about philosophy
Perhaps not my kind of book, I didnt really enjoy the concept and found the philosophy lessons quite long and boring. The plot was interesting but I didnt finish the book. Found it a but strange that a young girl just trusts an old man who sends her letters.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated P.S. I Hate You (P.S., #1) in Books
Jan 12, 2021
It was OK
I wasn't all that impressed with this. Not all that much happened, and as with a lot of books with written letters in them-i feel I missed out on a lot of the story.
It didn't pull me in and make me excited for them to get together. My feelings were rather bleh.
I won't be continuing the series.
I wasn't all that impressed with this. Not all that much happened, and as with a lot of books with written letters in them-i feel I missed out on a lot of the story.
It didn't pull me in and make me excited for them to get together. My feelings were rather bleh.
I won't be continuing the series.
Billie Wichkan (118 KP) rated The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11) in Books
May 22, 2019
DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although the letters are anonymous, they are somehow familiar. They read like the letters that first drew him into the case of The Crossing Places, and to Ruth. But the author of those letters is dead. Or are they?
Meanwhile Ruth is working on a dig in the Saltmarsh - another henge, known by the archaeologists as the stone circle - trying not to think about the baby. Then bones are found on the site, and identified as those of Margaret Lacey, a twelve-year-old girl who disappeared thirty years ago.
As the Margaret Lacey case progresses, more and more aspects of it begin to hark back to that first case of The Crossing Places, and to Scarlett Henderson, the girl Nelson couldn't save. The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
Another great episode in Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway series.
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths is the 11th in the Ruth Galloway mystery series.
This 11th instalment of the series bids homage to the first book which was really nostalgic.
I really like the plot of this one it's paced perfectly.
Love all the twists and turns we experience and the flashback brought in.
I adore all the characters and can just picture it all.
There is nothing not to love about this book.
Looking forward to the next book in the series!
Enormous thanks to NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions are my own.
Meanwhile Ruth is working on a dig in the Saltmarsh - another henge, known by the archaeologists as the stone circle - trying not to think about the baby. Then bones are found on the site, and identified as those of Margaret Lacey, a twelve-year-old girl who disappeared thirty years ago.
As the Margaret Lacey case progresses, more and more aspects of it begin to hark back to that first case of The Crossing Places, and to Scarlett Henderson, the girl Nelson couldn't save. The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
Another great episode in Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway series.
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths is the 11th in the Ruth Galloway mystery series.
This 11th instalment of the series bids homage to the first book which was really nostalgic.
I really like the plot of this one it's paced perfectly.
Love all the twists and turns we experience and the flashback brought in.
I adore all the characters and can just picture it all.
There is nothing not to love about this book.
Looking forward to the next book in the series!
Enormous thanks to NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions are my own.