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House Of The Lost (2010)

by Sarah Rayne(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1847373321 (ISBN13: 9781847373328)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: I didn't enjoy this as much as the other Sarah Rayne novels I've read. The two separate story strands did not mesh together comfortably and even when they merge at the end, it doesn't feel convincing somehow. The unnerving story set in Romania makes for disturbing reading and as it turns out, there are no paranormal aspects to the novel which is what I'd loved in her previous novels. However it's a 2 and a half rather than a 2 as especially towards the end it does become quite gripping and it does give an insight into the horrific realities of Ceausescu's dictatorship (I'm assuming that Sarah Rayne has done her research and it is all true). I went on holiday to Romania in 1995 and had a fantastic time in this beautiful country not realising the extent of the hardships and ... morefear that the Romanian people had had to endure in recent times.
review 2: This book really captured my interest, to the point I found myself researching the Romanian revolution to learn more about it. This is a story within a story, as the books main character is an author writing a new book and the two stories are interwoven perfectly, full of suspense and with enough twists and turns to keep you wondering. This is the first Sarah Rayne book I have read and I loved it. less

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