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Cassandra Brooks is a single mother-of-two, schoolteacher and water diviner. Deep in the woods as she dowses the land for a property developer, she is confronted by the body of a young girl, swinging from a tree, hanged. When she returns with the authorities, the body has vanished. Already regarded as an eccentric, her story is disbelieved- until a girl turns up in the woods, alive, mute and identical to the girl in Cassandra's vision. In the days that follow, Cassandra's visions become darker and more frequent as they begin to take on a tangible form. Forced to confront a past she has tried to forget, Cassandra finds herself locked in a game of cat-and-mouse with a real life killer who has haunted her for longer than she can remember. At once an ingeniously plotted mystery and a magical love story, The Diviner's Tale will pull you helplessly down into Cassandra's luminous world.
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Bradford Morrow is an American novelist, editor, essayist, poet, and children's book writer, and has taught at Princeton, Brown and Columbia universities. Professor of literature and Bard Centre Fellow at Bard College and winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he is the founding editor of Conjunctions literary magazine. He lives in New York City.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I read this book in just two days, which is something of a record for me! I was immediately drawn into the story line and easily sympathised with the main character: her confusion about her re-emerging gift of 'fore-visioning', her mixed feelings towards the men in her life, and her 'search' to find her inner-self in the events unfolding around her. I found all of the relationships, particularly within the family, completely believable. And the descriptions of the island on which the light-house stood were rich and beautiful.
At first I wondered where exactly the story was taking me, but later realised that this book is less of a murder-mystery and more a journey of self-discovery. And for this reason I settled into the pace of the writing (somewhat slower that your average thriller) and just enjoyed it for what it was - a gentle exploration of lives lived by different rules to most.
Without giving too much away, there are no particular surprises here.... but it is a book that has lingered in my mind since reading it and that, for me, is the sign of an excellent read. I would highly recommend it! Oh, and I had found no grammatical errors in my downloaded version, as suggested by another reviewer.
At first I wondered where exactly the story was taking me, but later realised that this book is less of a murder-mystery and more a journey of self-discovery. And for this reason I settled into the pace of the writing (somewhat slower that your average thriller) and just enjoyed it for what it was - a gentle exploration of lives lived by different rules to most.
Without giving too much away, there are no particular surprises here.... but it is a book that has lingered in my mind since reading it and that, for me, is the sign of an excellent read. I would highly recommend it! Oh, and I had found no grammatical errors in my downloaded version, as suggested by another reviewer.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This was a lot better than I thought it would be from other reviews. The main character is well-rounded and easy to identify with, and the location descriptions are very evocative of rural New England. The plot device of using the divining almost as an excuse for not revealing the crucial plot twists until later worked pretty well, although I was slightly irritated by it at times. However I thought the descriptions of dowsing were very accurate and it was obvious that the author had done his research on the subject (it transpires that he is actually a dowser himself).
There was a good range of characters in the story, and the relationships between them come across well and are very believable, particularly those of the immediate family.
I found there were a few interesting archaic or peculiarly North American words used that had me making good use of my Kindle's dictionary feature; I also found myself clipping some good one-liner aphorisms for future reference!
I'll be looking at other books by this author in future.
There was a good range of characters in the story, and the relationships between them come across well and are very believable, particularly those of the immediate family.
I found there were a few interesting archaic or peculiarly North American words used that had me making good use of my Kindle's dictionary feature; I also found myself clipping some good one-liner aphorisms for future reference!
I'll be looking at other books by this author in future.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Beautifully written. A believable and enjoyable tale with characters that you would like to meet. The central character's struggle with her 'gift' is rings true. Although the general pace is quite gentle I found that the author had injected enough tension into it to make it work. If you like exploration of the world around you, seen and unseen, buy this book.
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Well I read this in 2 days, very unusual for me... I had my reservations and admit to re-reading the reviews when I was a quarter way through the book, wondering if I was wasting... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Kindle Convert
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I got this book as part of Kindle's summer sale season, and It's an OK read. The plot is exciting with some suspense and mystery and the characters are easy to understand and... Read more
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worst book iv'e ever read
i bought this book to read on my kindle. thank god i only paid £1. of all the books i have ever read, and there are hundreds,This book has to be the worst i have read. Read more
Published 13 months ago by dasher
A Good Read
Lots of reasons to like this one. Main characters were very believable and the relationships well thought out, descriptive writing, the use of language in the speech and the pace. Read more
Published 14 months ago by mum of lots
Slow to go anywhere
This isn't a badly written book and was a bargain price on the kindle. I felt it was a slow book and didn't really seem to be going anywhere. Read more
Published 15 months ago by CoolJules
Excellent read
Excellent and original tale. Detailed descriptions allowing you to really see the setting and the characters involved. Read more
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I had to struggle to make myself finish this book. It was well written but very slow. I found I had little empathy with the main character, or interest, as her life story very,... Read more
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A subtle, yet unmistakeable, masterpiece
This is easily one of the most potently descriptive styles of writing I have encountered in a modern novel. Read more
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i loved this book. usually first person narratives are tedious for me but this one flowed beautifully and hardly a sentence began with "I". Read more
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, right up my street. If you love spooky stories you will love it. Full of detail and suspense. Read more
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