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Paradise (2011)

by Joanna Nadin(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1406324744 (ISBN13: 9781406324747)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Walker & Company

review 1: While it was lovely to read a book that takes place in a shore town in a different country, I found this one to be a little bit of a let down. I think it's because the entire plot revolves around a big reveal that is pretty much handed to the reader in the introduction and solidified on page 148. If you look beyond the big "wow", that really isn't that wow, then you see a family that is a mess. I wanted Billie to get her act together, and kept forgetting that she was 16 because in some parts of the book she is crazy mature for her age and in others, not so much. I just wanted to reach into the book and smack the mother. The finances really ticked me off too. At no time did Billie have to report to a lawyer's office to sign paperwork? What if the key had been delivered to t... morehe wrong address? No one stopped by to tell Billie where the checkbook was? And if Eleanor was so bent on reconciliation, why didn't she at least write a stinkin letter explaining anything? There is so much dysfunction going on here on so many levels that I just felt the addition of the artist was overkill. My head is still spinning actually, and not in a good way. I did like Billie and the author's voice. I liked Danny and Finn.
review 2: Billie Paradise is unsure of what to do when she inherits her grandmother’s estate in a small seaside village in England. All she has ever known is her small flat in London that she lives in with her mother and her half-brother, Finn. What’s more is that she never met her grandmother and her mother left the village when she was pregnant with Billie, and has never returned or communicated with her family since. However, once her mother, Het, finds out about the offer, she tells Billie that their family needs to make the move. At first Billie is bitter about being told what to do with her inheritance, but she soon complies. Billie believes that her mother needs a change, and also secretly Billie hopes that she might find more information about her father that she has never met. Once Billie and her family arrive, haunting secrets are unleashed. Why did her mother leave in the first place? What really happened with Billie’s father? The secrets are inescapable; they become an eerie and palpable presence. The book is told in multiple perspectives: Billie in the present tense, and flashbacks from Het (Billie’s mother) and Eleanor (Billie’s grandmother). Readers who enjoyed Jellicoe Road might like this title for they have similar structure (multiple perspectives), similar storyline (mysterious family pasts), and similar feeling (mysterious and eerie). less

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