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The Woman Before Me (2010)

by Ruth Dugdall(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1907461159 (ISBN13: 9781907461156)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Legend Press Ltd

review 1: This novel starts in flashback with a brief mystery and then the short trial of Rose, a vulnerable young woman who is accused of killing a baby boy called Luke. She was found guilty and after several years in a Suffolk prison, she is now up for parole for the first time. Enter Cate a probation officer, new to working in prisons who must write a report on Rose for The Parole Board. The story then moves back and forth between the present and the past as we are drawn into Rose's back story which will eventually lead to the night of Luke's death. So far so good in terms of plot and the central character of Rose is reasonably well drawn, but Cate is a pitifully shallow portrayal and the supporting cast in the prison are mostly caricatures. I suppose I enjoyed it overall and t... morehough this was a debut novel, I don't think this will be an author I will be reading again.
review 2: I'm really sorry, but I have to say I didn’t enjoy this book very much. I was pulled in by a great cover, and an even greater blurb. I was expecting a dark, chilling, thriller/crime read that would pull me in hard and not let me go until the end. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, and the only way I can describe how it read was flat. To give credit where it is due though the plot is really good, but that’s about it really. There was no suspense, no need or emotion for you to hold on too, and we all know that in a book like this it is so needed. I have seen many reviews for The Woman Before Me, and it looks like it’s a marmite book. You’re either gonna love it or hate it. Try it, see what you think. less

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