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"Myerson's writing is fastidiously honest, almost supernaturally sensitive, fluent and very moving."
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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'Chillingly convincing-Myerson leaves us teetering emotionally at the edge of the cliff, without a safety net' Independent
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An absolutely absorbing story. It wraps around your heart stealthily without you knowing, right up to the very end. It has a murder and a romance, but these are quite secondary to the haunting otherness of the place and above all the ordinarily unacknowledged feeling of safety in routine which shatters so profoundly and unexpectedly. Wonderfully, unpretentiously written, yet so acurately, that even Livvy the baby is vividly realised!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Did the previous reviewer read the same book as me?! I finished it in two nights - it would have been one but when I got to 2am I had to reluctantly put it aside to finish the following night. I was gripped and absorbed throughout. Julie Myerson's stunning evocation of place, beauty of language, masterly storytelling and above all(for me) heart-rending truth of Tess's predicament - her overriding love for her children, told in such loving small detail, and indeed for her husband, coming up against the baffling but gnawing and ever-growing certainty that there must be more than this -it pierced me to the core. I could identify with Tess's plight (how many thinking independent mums out there couldn't?) in a way that found me constantly putting the book down and staring into space, contemplating a particularly piquant truth, which only the finest weavers of real-life situations and fictional settings can achieve. The on-the-face-of-it main theme of the loss of Tess's best friend and the way she died was told in startling, shocking detail, yet never overdone - but this isn't what the book is about. It is about taking for granted what we have, assuming as we are all inclined to do that that which is in our gift is ours forever, and dealing with the fallout when something happens to make us realize that we are all connected to this life by a slender thread that can be broken at any moment. It moved me to tears, something that happens seldom.
Bravo Julie Myerson - and if you are indeed the queen of the Islington lit pack, self crowned or no, all I can say is, long may you reign!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is incredibly unrealistic and I really struggled to feel anything for any of the characters. The original death is dealt with well but the pointless gratuitous sex and the two main events that happen near the end are forced, almost laughable in their proximity to each other and just their likelihood of actually happening... I didn't see anything in this book that made me want to read her other books or even read this one again.
I'm moving house soon and this is definitely going to be going to the charity shop...
I'm moving house soon and this is definitely going to be going to the charity shop...
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Preserve us from Islington!
The book is clever and I think that there is a reason for the lack of punctation - it gives the impression that one is actually there and thinking at the same time as the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Margot
Captivating , chilling, sexy, story in fabulous setting
Julie Myerson, there's a name that raises a lot of hackles! The author of The Guardian's' Living with Teenagers' column, here crafts a story around a less dysfunctional family... Read more
Published 9 months ago by smartesthorse
Very readable but ending is unsatisfactory
This is a whodunnit, at least it starts like a whodunnit and sets off down that familiar track. Tess lives in the picturesque seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk (easily identified,... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Tim Frost
.......Nothing did
The title of the book is certainly apt; I waited for "something to happen" and thus found myself struggling to the end of a poorly written and apparently pointless book. Read more
Published 15 months ago by P Julian
But then it might not
The first Myerson novel I read was 'The Touch' which received some scathing reviews on here. I enjoyed it enough to read her other novels, however, so I'm not surprised to find I'm... Read more
Published on 24 May 2010 by D. J. H. Thorn
unconvincing and lacklustre
This was my first Julie Myerson book and I was really looking forward to reading it. Disappointment soon set in. Read more
Published on 2 April 2010 by Helen
punctuation
The inadequate punctuation, no distinction between narrative and dialogue, make this reasonable tale very difficult to read. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2010 by John M. Whyte
Good potential but....
Potential for a really great story but the lack of quotation marks to separate thought from conversation and dialogue from one to another was a very large distraction for me and... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by Maureen M. Rich
Something Should Have Happened
This novel begins promisingly and is a refreshing change. It is not a whodunnit, focusing instead on the friends and family of the deceased following the murder of Lennie, wife... Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2009 by Chaucer
Couldn't put it down.
I loved this book.
It is the first Julie Myerson book i have read, last week on holiday, and i followed it up by reading, "The story of you", which was also excellent. Read more
It is the first Julie Myerson book i have read, last week on holiday, and i followed it up by reading, "The story of you", which was also excellent. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2008 by J. Willcox
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