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The Girl On The Landing (2009)

by Paul Torday(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0297855255 (ISBN13: 9780297855255)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Weidenfeld and Nicolsen

review 1: So I went into this book not knowing what it was about and I went out of this book still unsure of what I just read.The story is narrated by two narrators, Elizabeth and Michael, who lead a rather cold marriage. Nothing exciting happens, Elizabeth keeps going on about how she got into this situation and that she is okay with her dull, desinterested husband.Until things start changing and he starts paying attention to her, showing her what her marriage could have been like and she falls in love with this new version of her husband.Unfortunately this new version only existst because he stopped taking some medication which suppressed things that are resurfacing now and have to be dealt with.I really had problems with the writing of this novel, it was really difficult to get i... morento, and the change between narrators (or who the narrators were in the first place) was not well done.Then I didn't like the characters and their behavior all throughout the book.Then the issue with the medication and everything connected to that was so superficial and to some extent unbelievable that it drove me up the wall.The mystery part of the novel kept me going, as I was hoping for a resolution at the end, but there was none. There was just more confusion and no real statement was made on anything.I really cannot recommend this book.
review 2: very strange book. I hesitate to say that I liked it, I did like the idea of alternating characters as the story was told, but ultimately I found it disjointed I kept reading, expecting some revelation about the girl on the landing...but unless I missed something, there wasnt one. There seemed to be lots of questions with not many answers. I was disappointed with the ending also. I felt there was plenty of scope for a satisfying end to a quirky book... but that didnt happen either.... less

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