- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd (27 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719568080
- ISBN-13: 978-0719568084
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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'Characters that grip and a story that resonates long after the book is finished.' -- Tangled Web UK 'A strong debut thriller in which Jaskunas really gets into the head of a woman attacked and left for dead' -- Sue Baker, Publishing News 20051125 'An unusual, very well-written novel, which draws the reader into the mind of the narrator.' -- Sunday Telegraph 20050731 'A shifty low-key thriller, half Spellbound, half Daphne du Maurier' -- Stewart O'Nan 20050731 'A mesmerising first novel that wraps character-led drama around a thriller-like core.' -- Observer 20050522 'Jaskunas's descriptive prose has a hallucinatory and ominous vividness.' -- Independent on Sunday, Laurence Phelan 20050522 'Hidden is not really like anything you've read before' -- Anna Quindlen 20050522 "Hidden' is a page-turner, poignant and powerful. I was transfixed' -- Chris Bohjalian 20050125 'Magical ... provides both the racing pulse pleasure of a thriller and the quieter deep waters of character-driven literary fiction' -- The Washington Post 20040606 'Impressive ! a considerable achievement ...a narrative that is as original as it is well structured' -- Natasha Cooper, TLS 20051028 'While coming to grips with bald truth, Jaskunas drives the narrative forward to its dark denouement in this muscular, vividly superior page turner' -- Herald 20060520 'A mesmerising, unnerving novel.' -- Crime Time, Ralph Travis 20060601 'Powerfully compelling, this intelligent thriller about a woman's search for the truth maintains a vice-like grip' -- Sainsbury's Magazine 20060601 'An intriguing tale well-told' -- Evening Mail 20060601 'Hidden... is a first novel of both powerful and poignant emotions...' -- Birmingham Post 20060601
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Format:Paperback
This is the second book I've read recently for which the blurb does not match the content of the novel. The front cover of 'Hidden' states: 'Left dead by her attacker. Five years later, he knocks on her door.' This is plain wrong. Neither of the protagonist's suspected attackers ever knocks on her door. (Amusingly, I have seen two versions of the cover - one with 'Five years...' and one with 'Six years...')
The back cover blurb describes the book as 'A chilling psychological thriller and a gripping journey into the hidden corners of a young woman's mind.' Again, this is misleading - the book is not a thriller. There is a lot of pseudo-psychology, but this is neither chilling nor gripping in my view.
The back cover blurb goes on to say that the protagonist 'receives a call from the lawyer who helped put her husband in jail. Told that another inmate has confessed to the crime...' Actually this is all given in backstory in the novel itself and so the use of present tense here is also misleading.
A more accurate description of the novel would be along the lines of 'Self-obsessed Maggie Wilson never tires of replaying the same old fragmented memories round and round and round in her head, achieving the quite impressive feat of making a frenzied attack seem dull dull dull, and making the reader wish it had been more successful.'
That being said, the writing was often very good, and I enjoyed the parts about Maggie's life as a student and her relationship with her husband.
The back cover blurb describes the book as 'A chilling psychological thriller and a gripping journey into the hidden corners of a young woman's mind.' Again, this is misleading - the book is not a thriller. There is a lot of pseudo-psychology, but this is neither chilling nor gripping in my view.
The back cover blurb goes on to say that the protagonist 'receives a call from the lawyer who helped put her husband in jail. Told that another inmate has confessed to the crime...' Actually this is all given in backstory in the novel itself and so the use of present tense here is also misleading.
A more accurate description of the novel would be along the lines of 'Self-obsessed Maggie Wilson never tires of replaying the same old fragmented memories round and round and round in her head, achieving the quite impressive feat of making a frenzied attack seem dull dull dull, and making the reader wish it had been more successful.'
That being said, the writing was often very good, and I enjoyed the parts about Maggie's life as a student and her relationship with her husband.
Format:Paperback
A chilling psychological thriller and a gripping journey into the hidden corners of a young woman's mind.: thats what is written as the blurb of the book, and i was thoroughly disappointed.
The book is not a thriller, its a back and forth story of a woman who went through some hard times with her husband.
To begin with, i was gripped, i thought that, considering what was said about it, that there was a background story, and that she was going to be running away from her killer.
She didn't even hear from her killer, the real killer.
Total rip off, do not buy.
The book is not a thriller, its a back and forth story of a woman who went through some hard times with her husband.
To begin with, i was gripped, i thought that, considering what was said about it, that there was a background story, and that she was going to be running away from her killer.
She didn't even hear from her killer, the real killer.
Total rip off, do not buy.
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I was lucky enough to read this book when it first came out. I've never heard of Paul Jaskunas but since reading this have spent my time checking if he's written anything else. This is a beautifully written novel, with gorgeous prose and a driven narrative. The characters are full and rounded. All in all a superbly written book which deserves to be more well known than it is. Love it, love it, love it
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