Helpful votes received on reviews:
100% (12 of 12)
|
|
Reviews
|
Like the book jacket asks, I will not give away any part of this superbly written novel. However, I will say that this book is one of the most amazing, emotional, thought- provoking, intelligent, eloquent, honest, heart-wrenching, hopeful and essentially life changing books that I have ever read. It made me wonder what kind of a person I was, and what kind of a person would I be, faced with the same situations as these characters. I dare anyone to read this and not fall in love with Little Bee like I did.
|
|
|
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I had heard of Gudenkauf's debut novel, The Weight of Silence, and how it had been praised by critics and readers alike. When I went to my local bookstore to purchase it, they were sold out but they did have a second book by the author, which is These Things Hidden. Having heard Gudenkauf's writing style is comparable to Jodi Picoult, who I also enjoy, I bought the book and took it with me on my recent vacation. Let me just start by saying that I finished this book in a day. Not only was the storytelling seamless, the plot twists were so good that I had to keep turning the pages to see what was going on. Told in alternating narratives, each character had me scrambling to figure… Read more
|
|
|
For a first time author, Tana French is a wonderful writer. She weaves two intriguing murder mysteries together and has the reader looking forward to solving both of them. While I do applaud her for originality (I was not completely surprised by the identity of the murderer but instead the author's take on the character) and for her deep character development,French makes a grave mistake in not solving one of the story's main mysteries. Anyone can create a locked room mystery- it's finding out the who, the why and the how that makes it delicious. French's novel, however, was completely unsatisfying. At nearly 600 pages, the novel tends to drag on and leaves the readers with no… Read more
|
Wish List
|
