Adeline
Psychological thriller following Catherine a documentary film maker who receives a manuscript but recognises herself as one of the characters and Stephen a widower who discovers some mysterious objects left by his late wife.
Overall this was such an intense story. The plot seemed straightforward at the first but the author created a real page turner of a story with enough twists and suspense to make me rage through this.
There was a mix of povs (one 1st person and others as 3rd omniscient) and the author did a great job fleshing out the two main point of views, showing them as fully formed characters, each with a lot negative traits and some positive traits, so while I wasn’t particularly fond of them (for most part of the story), they felt compelling to read. The other two points of view that follows Catherine’s family felt a bit superfluous for me and even some elements from the two main points of view didn’t add anything interesting.
Pacing wise the majority of the novel was a slow burn which I like, as the author slowly unfolds the story and interlocks the each stories together. However, towards the end (where the most important twist is revealed), everything happened a bit too quickly, like how the characters accepted what is said, that felt a bit rushed so the emotional impact was not really there for me. That being said I really liked Catherine’s scenes with her son during that part of the story.
While not perfect this felt like a good slow burning but fast paced page turning thriller, I’ll definitely check out the tv adaptation with Cate Blanchett.
Psychological thriller following Catherine a documentary film maker who receives a manuscript but recognises herself as one of the characters and Stephen a widower who discovers some mysterious objects left by his late wife.
Overall this was such an intense story. The plot seemed straightforward at the first but the author created a real page turner of a story with enough twists and suspense to make me rage through this.
There was a mix of povs (one 1st person and others as 3rd omniscient) and the author did a great job fleshing out the two main point of views, showing them as fully formed characters, each with a lot negative traits and some positive traits, so while I wasn’t particularly fond of them (for most part of the story), they felt compelling to read. The other two points of view that follows Catherine’s family felt a bit superfluous for me and even some elements from the two main points of view didn’t add anything interesting.
Pacing wise the majority of the novel was a slow burn which I like, as the author slowly unfolds the story and interlocks the each stories together. However, towards the end (where the most important twist is revealed), everything happened a bit too quickly, like how the characters accepted what is said, that felt a bit rushed so the emotional impact was not really there for me. That being said I really liked Catherine’s scenes with her son during that part of the story.
While not perfect this felt like a good slow burning but fast paced page turning thriller, I’ll definitely check out the tv adaptation with Cate Blanchett.