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Gone Again (2013)

by Doug Johnstone(Favorite Author)

3.19 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0571296602 (ISBN13: 9780571296606)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Faber & Faber

review 1: Doug Johnstone was a new name to me. He's described on the book cover as a 'major discovery'. I enjoyed very much the first half of the story where a man's wife goes missing, she's pregnant and there seems to be no reason other than that she once did something similar. Mark has to comfort his young son Nathan while searching for his wife. So far so good. The writing is relatively sparse but creates atmosphere and tension. However, the story then seems to gallop away, becoming ever less credible. This is Edinburgh and it begins to feel like the wild west. I would try another of his books however.
review 2: I've given this three stars because although I enjoyed it, there were aspects of it that didn't sit right. The book starts off with Mark getting a phone ... morecall from his son's school because his wife hasn't picked Nathan up from school. As you learn more about Mark and Lauren's past you discover things that throw you a curve ball, and makes you think about and reassess what you thought you'd figured out. There were things that happened (can't say what as it would spoil it) that were in my opinion a bit unbelievable, they happened too neatly for them to be realistic. Maybe this is just me though! I hadn't read any Doug Johnstone's books before and I would try another, but maybe not straightaway. less

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