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Verdronken Hart (2012)

by Lisa Unger(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

A.W. Bruna

review 1: Three and a half stars.This is another book that features a dysfunctional mother and daughter relationship, which seems to be a common theme in fiction. Birdie is a most unlikeable character and her husband, Joe, just opts out of anything he finds too difficult. Their daughter, Kate, is a likeable character who, unlike her brother Theo, spends a lot of her life trying to please her mother, at times at the expense of her own husband and children it seems. I liked the positive mother /child relationship portrayed between Kate and her two children Chelsea and Brendan and the relationship between Chelsea and Brendan. It’s good to see some positive family relationships portrayed.The other story concerns Emily and her loser boyfriend Dean, who has been in prison. Again the re... morelationship between Emily and her mother has a lot to do with the way Emily clings to Dean for love, despite doubts that surface at times. It is this supposed love for Dean that causes her to make a series of bad choices that lead to consequences she could never imagine. This is a novel of families, secrets and how certain choices impact not only one person’s life but those around them. The ghost element added nothing to the book in my opinion and could have been dispensed with. Although I would call this suspense rather than a psychological thriller, as one of the blurbs on the back claims, this is a novel that will keep you turning the pages. The closer I got to the end the faster those pages turned. My first Lisa Unger novel and I will definitely read another.
review 2: I enjoyed this book but didn't think it was amazing. The writing was fine and I liked the characters and that they had flaws and that entered into the story. I liked that I didn't like some of the characters, in a love to hate them kind of way. The climax was pretty good.Overall it just felt maybe a little light for such a dark story and characters. It didn't have as gritty of a feel that I thought maybe it should have. less

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