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Träume Süss, Dornröschen Roman (2009)

by Lesley Thomson(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

3404923197 (ISBN13: 9783404923199)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

BLT

review 1: In 1968 Eleanor Ramsey is almost 9, a tomboy, and a handful. Her imagination runs wild, as does she. Alice, a few months older, is seen as a calming influence and a shining example of how little girls should behave. She says please and thank you, keeps her clothes neat and clean, and does what she is told. Her good behaviour is supposed to rub off on Eleanor and they are forced to play together. All it does, of course, is rub Eleanor up the wrong way. Within a couple of days she has decided she hates Alice. Not surprisingly, Alice feels the same way. Eleanor is a mystery to her, a messy, unruly, child who doesn't seem to know how to do what she is told. Neither, however, know how to extricate themselves from the situation. Then, Alice goes missing and Eleanor's life c... morehanges completely. Thirty years later, Eleanor's father dies and it becomes clear that the wounds left by Alice's disappearance have never healed. Her body has never been found - so the question remains, just what happened to Alice? A Kind of Vanishing is a great novel. It is a good story that is well written and keeps you turning pages. At the same time, it keeps you slightly off balance...just when you think you have it figured out, something happens to make you question yourself. Well worth a read!
review 2: The story started off really well, immersing me into the lives of two little girls who didn't really like each other but made play with each other. One day during a game of hide and seek, one girl goes missing and never returns. The book then propels forward 30 years and the life of Alice is slowly revealed until the ending reveals the truth about the missing girl. In the opening chapters set in 1968 I had rightfully guessed who the murderer was so found the most part of the book predictable. It still made for a good read. less

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