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Vakavasti Sairas Perhe (2011)

by Denise Mina(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Egmont Kustannus Oy

review 1: Löysin Denise Minan kymmenisen vuotta sitten ja ahmin psykologisen sairaalloisen Garnethill -trilogian kerralla. Ihan mieletön dekkari-idea. Sitten Minaa alettiin kääntämään, ja jotenkin taika alkoi haihtua. Ihan samalle tasolle kirjailija ei minusta enää päässyt.Vakavasti sairas perhe houkuttelee monella tavalla. Se on sarjakuvaromaani, uutta Pulp-sarjaa (jossa muuten on aivan loistava kustannuspolitiikka ja hyviä valintoja!) ja omaa karmean kansikuvan. Heti ensimmäisillä sivulla lukijalle selviää, että tarjolla ei ole perusdekkari - Usherin perhe on kokoontumassa syömään kun alakerran naapur(e)ille käy köpelösti. Todella köpelösti.Suora Poe-viittaus johdattaa goottilaiseen kauhu/dekkari-kirjaan, jossa on pieneen sivumäärään saatu hurja tarina... more, pulleita henkilöhahmoja, ahdistava ilmapiiri ja koukku. Ehdottomasti kauhuvinkkaukseen soveltuva ja itselle hankittava kirja, mutta joku voisi kertoa minulle Pulppien kuvituksesta.Varmasti on olemassa nimi ja taidesuunta tuolle suttuiselle, ohuelle, smack- ja pam- efektejä kuvallisesti esittävälle amerikkaiselle piirrostyylille. Se on varmasti arvostettu. Robin Hood jäi kesken nuhruisuuden vuoksi, mutta Minan tarina jaksoi kantaa loppuun häilyvistä tunnistuksista ja halvasta paperista huolimatta.
review 2: The Ushers, a dysfunctional family, are celebrating Christmas. Dinner has been taken over by fighting and sarcasm, drowning out the noise of the fight between their downstairs neighbors. When Sam, the adopted outsider in the Usher family, checks on the neighbors, he discovers a horrifying scene. Darota has snapped, killing her abusive husband and herself. In the aftermath, Ted Usher, Sam’s father, buys the apartment and has a hole knocked out for a staircase to join the two spaces. That’s when things really get weird. Grandma Martha falls through the hole one night; a drop of almost thirty feet. She suffers a stroke and can no longer take care of herself. The rest of the family could care less, and it is up to Sam to care for Martha. Ted and his wife Biddy are having problems and seeing a marriage counselor, William is kicked out of school, and Amy just wants money. Sam seems to be the only sane member of the family. Sam searches the Internet and discovers that a witch had been burned at the stake right where the Ushers’ house now stands. Could the witch be haunting the house and driving the family further apart? Is the murder/suicide of Darota and her husband a result of that haunting? Then family members begin dying one by one. Who is responsible for the fall of the family of Usher? Denise Mina has created a fantastically dysfunctional family in the Ushers. None of them, with the exception of Sam, seem to care about anyone but themselves. Biddy hates Ted, but Ted will do anything to keep her. Amy and William hate their adopted brother…they don’t even consider Sam part of the family. Grandma Martha was emotionally abusive to her daughter Biddy. It’s like a soap opera with an edge. I really felt sorry for Sam and did like him, especially when he tried to hold things together as his relatives started dying mysteriously. A Sickness in the Family is a very engaging story that is well-written and beautifully illustrated. The end was a shock and totally threw me. It was a very enjoyable read. Recommended. Contains: adult language, images of drug use, and violence Reviewed by: Colleen Wanglund less

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