- Hardcover: 260 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review; First Edition, First Printing edition (3 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755323297
- ISBN-13: 978-0755323296
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,822,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Candida Clark's previous novels:
'A treat to be lingered over...[an] intense, and profound, pleasure'
'A treat to be lingered over...[an] intense, and profound, pleasure'
Paul Theroux, Guardian
‘Candida Clark is one of the most gifted and prolific novelists of her generation'
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a well written book. My main criticism is that it is described as a Psychological Thriller. I found it very heavy on the Psychology and very short on the thrills.
I rather grudgingly recommend it.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Finding a starting point, from which to level criticisms at this book, is similar to choosing your first chocolate out of the box - so many choices, but which one do I want first?
Put simply, this book manages to fail to deliver on just about every level that it possibly could. The writing style, whilst competent, lacks all creativity and imagination and as for character development? Well, there is none. Instead, a compilation of stereotypes are brandished at us, into which we invest no interest or consideration. The plot links are so unlikely that the word 'tenuous' falls short of really describing them and whenever any artistic referrence is made towards photography the reader is left feeling nausious. The so called 'startling' revelations would be hard pushed to alert a sleeping donkey, and as for the laboured romantic and nostalgic whims of the elderly character 'Edie' - everything that she says leaves one reaching for a bucket in which to vomit.
The entire book reads like the inhibited daydream of a middle-class college girl who likes to be told that she's 'clever' and 'oh so bright', but completely fails to demonstrate any such quality.
All in all, a dull book that has stolen approximately three-hours of my life; time that I shall never, sadly, retrieve!
Whilst there are leaflets knocking about giving information on how to service your central heating system there is always going to be something more stimulating to read than 'a house of light'!
Put simply, this book manages to fail to deliver on just about every level that it possibly could. The writing style, whilst competent, lacks all creativity and imagination and as for character development? Well, there is none. Instead, a compilation of stereotypes are brandished at us, into which we invest no interest or consideration. The plot links are so unlikely that the word 'tenuous' falls short of really describing them and whenever any artistic referrence is made towards photography the reader is left feeling nausious. The so called 'startling' revelations would be hard pushed to alert a sleeping donkey, and as for the laboured romantic and nostalgic whims of the elderly character 'Edie' - everything that she says leaves one reaching for a bucket in which to vomit.
The entire book reads like the inhibited daydream of a middle-class college girl who likes to be told that she's 'clever' and 'oh so bright', but completely fails to demonstrate any such quality.
All in all, a dull book that has stolen approximately three-hours of my life; time that I shall never, sadly, retrieve!
Whilst there are leaflets knocking about giving information on how to service your central heating system there is always going to be something more stimulating to read than 'a house of light'!
Format:Paperback
This really is dreadful. Badly drawn characters lumber through an obvious and over-wrought plot. I ploughed on through it in the hope of some decent plot twists or revelations but was disappointed. Possibly the worst book I've ever read.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Better than average
I'll have to agree with bookaholic Liz - I have certainly been highly entertained by this book, fascinated by its story-telling and strong atmosphere. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2008 by mettest
Like watching paint dry!
I'm with Colin Robertson on this one. This has to be one of the most dull books I have read. The cover promised a "page-turner" and "psychological thriller" but I started to... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2008 by Seasider
What on earth!
I don't know where Mr Colin Robertson (one of the above reviewers) is coming from. This book is fabulous! I couldn't put it down! Read more
Published on 30 May 2007 by Bookaholic
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