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| Author: Susan Lewis
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 3778
Media: Paperback
Pages: 576
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0099492342
EAN: 9780099492344
ASIN: 0099492342
Publication Date: September 11, 2008
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 good in parts...not so in other parts November 25, 2008
What I like to do in books is find an attachment to one (at least) of the characters. This book is in my opinion missing (pardon the pun) a sense of engagement with the characters. Vivienne comes across as 'cocky' with her thoughts and comments, particularly when it involves a narrative about her baby Rufus, and his 'father'. I didn't warm to her at all, yet I suppose out of most of the characters in the book she should be the one who we need to engage with, being the one who has had to live without her 'love' for 2 years. The tragic Jacqueline is simply that - tragic. Not realistic at all. The main male character, Miles, seems to be pretty clueless where females are concerned, and seemed to invite most of the troubles he faced. I simply didn't get the inclusion of the WI squad from Devon. It detracted from the main story, and the dialogue between main characters and the WI squad was skipped over as I saw no importance to the story to read it. Too much superfluous sub-story for my liking, and like another commenter, I think many missed opportunities to make the outcome (or even the middle parts) more exciting. All in all, I wonder how much inspiration came from the Maddie McCann tragedy, and then I wonder (hope) that Maddie's mum does not read the book, as the outcome is not an inspiration for mum's who have experienced this tragic event in their own lives.
 My first, and last, Susan Lewis November 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Maybe it's my fault; maybe the missing-person scenario made me think erroneously that this was meant to be a thriller. It's a thoroughly plodding read with characters who never really come to life and an anti-climactic ending.
Perhaps if Lewis had created not quite so many minor characters who have nothing to do, she could have made the book a more manageable length and given the principal characters some sort of credibility. The 14-year-old daughter, in particular, is the worst kind of stroppy-adolescent cliché and becomes extremely tiresome to the reader.
For me, the book lacked focus. We have the main plot of the missing woman but it keeps veering off into a tiresome bunch of WI members, who are thoroughly patronised (are there really no working-class women in Devon who speak standard, grammatical English?) and a feud between Miles Avery and another newspaper editor.
I was glad to get to the end.
 Tried to like this ... October 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
... but I'm sorry I found it hard going.
This is the first Susan Lewis book I've read and I was attracted by the cover and plot synopsis.
It was a good plot, but the characters were one-dimensional and it lacked a sense of place.
As soon as Vivienne crossed the border into Devon, then everyone she met was like a caricature country bumpkin out of the 'Vicar of Dibley'!
Not realistic I'm afraid.
So much more could have been made of the plot, Sam could have turned up and Jacqueline become a nun rather than the inevitable.
The Elizabeth Barrett situation was just silly.
Less characters properly developed and a true sense of emotion could have made this plot dynamic. I felt this had been churned out and ended up skim reading just to get to the end.
I wanted to give it a chance but it was too lacking in authenticity for me and so a disappointment.
Not sure if I'll try any of her other novels.
 worth a read October 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read all of susan lewis's books, This book has a good story line, and was quite an enjoyable read, although at times became stale in parts, and little hard going, not the best book shes ever written, but wont put me off reading any of this authors future novels.
 Susan Lewis's best..... February 8, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book deserves a place in any top 10 book list. It is a superbly clever and intricate story, with many twists and turns. I was gripped from the first page, and was trying to make this book last as long as possible - I couldn't bear it to end! It was exciting, funny, tender and sad, all rolled into one. A masterpiece.
This book is by far the most superior of Susan's books - a wonderful, wonderful read. Hope there is more of this type coming from this author, who has not always produced quality such as this.
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