- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (10 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340840315
- ISBN-13: 978-0340840313
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 16.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (145 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 976,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"* 'She ranks among the best recent practitioners of light verse, sharing with Ewart fluency and a good ear, emulating Wendy Cope in her sly wit and blending an eye for the absurdities in human behaviour with compassion.' - Alan Brownjohn, The Sunday Times * Hannah has a keen ear for her characters' foibles, snobberies and hypocrisies, and the observation remains acute throughout.' - Observer * 'Sophie Hannah's novels define originality...Funny, gripping and unputdownable! She has put "You must read this" back into books and we love her for it.' - B Magazine"
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'This taut psychological thriller is full of heart-thumping suspense'
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56 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well written psychological thriller,
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This review is from: Little Face (Paperback)
It must be a nightmare to come home after leaving your baby for the first time, to find that the infant you return to is not the one you left. Even more so when you cannot convince those around you, who put your story down to post-natal depression. This is the starting point for this well-written psychological thriller. It is written in two voices, that of the mother, and of one of the detectives who is sent to investigate the mystery at "The Elms", (the home of Alice's mother-in-law, and devoted grandmother of 'little face'). This 'dual voice' actually works well and the pages turn swiftly. This is a gripping read.
The ultimate resolution is perhaps slightly predictable, although it is always easier to set up mysteries than to resolve them satisfactorily. However, the characters are sufficiently believable, and the steps towards reaching the conclusion are sufficiently intricate to make this an enjoyable, if slightly disturbing read. The scenes played out between Alice and her husband are particularly chilling. I will certainly look out for Sophie Hannah's next novel. I wonder, incidentally, if she will give the detectives in this novel a second outing, as there is certainly scope to develop their characters further!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
So disappointing after Hurting Distance,
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This review is from: Little Face (Paperback)
This is a compelling page-turner right up until the incredibily disappointing ending. Unless I've missed something vital, it doesn't make sense given that the key character's narration is in the first person. I felt misled as a reader, hence the two-star rating. Not a patch on Hurting Distance, which I read first, though probably still worth reading as it introduces some of the characters who appear in Hurting Distance.
Having said all that, Sophie Hannah writes very well and achieves fantastic characterisation (I totally disagree with the reviewer who says otherwise, it's not necessarily about liking them, or approving of their language, it's about finding them believable). None of her characters are one-dimensional, they're realistically changeable and flawed, just like real people. But I still think the plot of this novel is horribly misleading!
106 of 120 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best, most gripping thriller I've read for years,
By Lady Who Lunches (Bridlington) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Little Face (Paperback)
I read a lot of crime and thrillers, and I have to say this one blew me away. The writing is as clear, beautiful and compelling as the plot is complex, and the ending, when the truth is revealed, literally made the hairs on my arms stand up, it was so exciting. I then thought back over everything I'd read and realised how expertly the end of the novel was woven into the very beginning, though of course I hadn't spotted it at the time. Though very different to Daphne Du Maurier's 'Rebecca', this book reminded me of 'Rebecca' and is certainly as good. I would say 'Little Face' is destined to become a classic of the spine-tingling thriller genre.
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