Books by Poppy Adams
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review 1: Ok, for the majority of this book, I was highly engaged. The relationship of two sisters, long separated from each other, was fascinating to me - particularly since I have sisters myself. The writing style was interesting and the mysteries surrounding the old house and the histor...
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review 1: I think a lot of readers who've written poor reviews of this might not have liked the perspective of an unreliable narrator. But that's the whole joy of a novel like this: to have history told from one perspective and then to have to try to filter out the truth for yourself.There...
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review 1: Ginny, an expert on moths like her father before her, lives on her own in a rambling old house where she has resided all her life. Her sister, Vivien, hasn't been home for nearly fifty years, but one day she decides to return. We learn about events at the family home before Viv...
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review 1: Super book. Excellent writing for a first novel.Reminded me of "The thirteenth Tale" in the way the story gradually comes out through the narrator, Ginny. Two sisters meet again after years of estrangement. The air is heavy with resentment and grudges.We hope to get the unbiased ...
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review 1: Ohhhhhhhhh, good one....finally. But I must say, I did kind of skip over the moth details, it lost me there. I'm more about human interactions. This would make a great movie! Sisters, but in a harmful and disturbing relationship...No! Not that way! The whole family is somewhat me...