Books by Emily Barr
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review 1: Intriguing book from Emily Barr, of whom I had good expectations having read some of her other books. Her previous books have seemed to acquired a "serious chick-lit" tag, perhaps because she writes strong female lead characters. This was quite different and much more of a thrill...
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review 1: In order to enter an Audible Easter egg competition, I downloaded free first chapters of selected audiobooks - The Sleeper was one. I gave it a listen-to whilst ironing, and surprisingly, wanted more. I suspect my enjoyment of the story might have been heightened by listening rat...
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review 1: Couldn't give anything but 5 stars because I sat in bed for 8 hours reading this yesterday. I loved the format of the book, as it was easy to follow and added to the mystery of why Lucy was running away from her old life. Although I had worked out a lot of the story before I read...
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review 1: Not my favourite of Emily Barr's novels, but a good read nonetheless. In some ways this was a return to some of her earlier themes - assuming a false identity, running away from a former life - and it reminded me of her novel Baggage, but the back story was very different and qui...
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review 1: This book looks like it would be a light hearted chick lit read, but it's NOT. It is VERY dark and is a thriller. Emily Barr has weaved an addictive, fast paced novel that I would HIGHLY reccomend to all of my friends. It is very complex but is presented in a realistic and absorb...
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review 1: Kept me up latish at night reading this, and delayed me getting to work one morning as I kept having to read one more chapter! Had initially got a bit annoyed with the main narrator for her little bit over the top innocence and naivety (too many sentences in the style of "I'd nev...
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review 1: First of all, I already loved Emily Barr. I was interested in reading another of her books but excited when I realized it was linked to Backpacking. This novel once again had everything I was looking for. Adventure and travel, an interesting cast of characters and an unexpected s...
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review 1: I’ve previously read and reviewed some Emily Barr novels and I find this book to be very much in the same genre and style of writing and positively so.If you are used to my reviews you will know that I hate ‘chick-lit’ and happily the writing that Barr produces is always darker a...
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review 1: I always enjoy Emily Barr’s books. They are what could be described as chick-lit with sinister overtones. Whilst I found that this book was rather predictable, the pace of it and the way it is divided into sections of either Liz’s story or Helen’s story - with the occasional bit...