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'Time-slip novels are tricky to get right and this one nails it.' (Amanda Ross SHE )
'A modern day Rebecca, complete with an eerie house, beautiful dead wife and nail-biting happenings.' (ESSENTIALS )
'A modern day Rebecca, complete with an eerie house, beautiful dead wife and nail-biting happenings.' (ESSENTIALS )
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When Eve falls for the secretive, charming Dom, their whirlwind relationship leads them to purchase Les Genevriers, an abandoned house in a rural hamlet in the south of France. As the beautiful Provence summer turns to autumn, Eve finds it impossible to ignore the mysteries that haunt both her lover and the run-down old house, in particular the mysterious disappearance of his beautiful first wife, Rachel. Whilst Eve tries to untangle the secrets surrounding Rachel's last recorded days, Les Genevriers itself seems to come alive. As strange events begin to occur with frightening regularity, Eve's voice becomes intertwined with that of Benedicte Lincel, a girl who lived in the house decades before. As the tangled skeins of the house's history begin to unravel, the tension grows between Dom and Eve. In a page-turning race, Eve must fight to discover the fates of both Benedicte and Rachel, before Les Genevriers' dark history has a chance to repeat itself.
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I've read and enjoyed Deborah Lawrenson's books before - I can heartily recommend "The Art of Falling" and "Songs of Blue and Gold" - so I was delighted to receive this one for review, especially as it's now been selected for The TV Book Club Summer List. I'm always a fan of dual time frame stories, although I would say the structure of this one takes a little getting used to with its alternating short chapters. But both stories are highly engaging, the modern one dealing with Dom and Eve and the mystery around the disappearance of his wife Rachel, and the earlier story (1920s on) of Benedicte, her blind perfumiere sister Marthe and her cruel and evil brother Pierre. This is a book with a wonderful sense of place - the hamlet of Les Genevriers lives and breathes, and I'd highly recommend a look at the actual setting in the YouTube video - although the author's descriptions are so vivid you feel you've seen it already. This book is an absolute feast for the senses, particularly the sense of smell , and Provence is magnificently present throughout its pages. There's also a real sense of magic and mystery, and a touch of the supernatural. An enthralling read, and I loved it.
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The lantern pitches itself as a modern Gothic novel, centered around the Luberon region of France and more specifically a run down parochial village.
I've actually visited this picture postcard area of France, and Ms Lawrenson captures it beautifully in this story. It's the kind of area that people who've never visited the country expect everywhere to look, in a perfectly harmless but romantic and naive kind of way.
The story centers around a young girl from the aforementioned tiny town, and her a mysterious beau who captivates her heart and mind, in standard romantic fiction fashion. The story has been compared to Daphne Du Mauriers Rebecca in this way, but the story unfolds in many different directions, making it stand on it's own merits.
As the author herself admits "Along the way it became a novel about perfume and blindness and the past life of houses, and also about books, reading and the imagination"
Nothing bad to say about this book at all really, it's not going to overwhelm or surprise anyone, and will fit perfectly for the easy reader, or those who like some harmless escapism on the beach, or on a traveling vacation to fill the down time. 4 stars
I've actually visited this picture postcard area of France, and Ms Lawrenson captures it beautifully in this story. It's the kind of area that people who've never visited the country expect everywhere to look, in a perfectly harmless but romantic and naive kind of way.
The story centers around a young girl from the aforementioned tiny town, and her a mysterious beau who captivates her heart and mind, in standard romantic fiction fashion. The story has been compared to Daphne Du Mauriers Rebecca in this way, but the story unfolds in many different directions, making it stand on it's own merits.
As the author herself admits "Along the way it became a novel about perfume and blindness and the past life of houses, and also about books, reading and the imagination"
Nothing bad to say about this book at all really, it's not going to overwhelm or surprise anyone, and will fit perfectly for the easy reader, or those who like some harmless escapism on the beach, or on a traveling vacation to fill the down time. 4 stars
22 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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An engrossing read, rich in the scents and sights of Provence. If you want to lose yourself in a book this summer, this could be the one for you, with romance, a hint of dark suspense, a mystery and a nod to Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.
It isn't Rebecca, actually (though that's one of the points of the novel), but a lovely weave of a past story of a run-down house in the South of France and the present-day experiences of a book-reading heroine, "Eve". In between her fertile imaginings and the very real fears she has to face, there are great vistas of lavender fields and hill-top villages, and tiny telling details about perfume and music, psychological insight and the possibilities of spirits. The writing is beautiful and I was utterly enchanted and gripped.
It isn't Rebecca, actually (though that's one of the points of the novel), but a lovely weave of a past story of a run-down house in the South of France and the present-day experiences of a book-reading heroine, "Eve". In between her fertile imaginings and the very real fears she has to face, there are great vistas of lavender fields and hill-top villages, and tiny telling details about perfume and music, psychological insight and the possibilities of spirits. The writing is beautiful and I was utterly enchanted and gripped.
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A great disappointment
The storyline was promising;not taxing but an easy summer read.However,I grew tired of the author`s tedious devices to introduce her knowledge of Provence and the lavender... Read more
Published 6 days ago by benjake
Harry
I loved the idea of this book. Deborah caught the magic and atmosphere of Provence but I feel there was a lot of descriptive text where she was repeating herself. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Janet Strode
Illuminating a perplexing Provencal past with more than a nod to D du...
I found this to be a thoroughly likeable, entrancing and often deeply joyful celebration of life during the last one hundred years or so, in Provence. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Katharine Kirby
Perfumed Out
By half-time I'd just about had it with the angry mistral winds, the orange glows of clouds trickling like honey, and the bands of yellow ochre singing with stinging clarity... Read more
Published 2 months ago by C. Gordon
Sensing Something
Where do you start when trying to review such a book as The Lantern. Well at the beginning but actually with this book the beginning is the end to which we need to keep on reading... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Joanne D'Arcy
A Gem of a Book
If anyone tells you that author blogs don't work, just say phooey. If I hadn't read Deborah Lawrenson's blog I doubt I'd have heard about her novel "The Lantern". Read more
Published 4 months ago by Susan Roebuck
Dark secrets under a sunny facade
Eve meets Dom while on a work trip to Switzerland. They fall in love and move to a deserted and derelict farmhouse in Provence. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Julia Flyte
"There are plenty of cynics who would say that it was too good to be...
I actually started this book about four times before I made it past the first couple of chapters and wasn't sure if I would be able to get into it at all as the flowery prose took... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Nicola F (Nic)
The Lantern
I really enjoyed this book. Set in France with the backdrop of the lavender fields it gives it a romantic feel. I liked the link from present to past and the hint at a ghost story. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. C. L. Warrilow
Beautiful and captivating
Bought this book on a whim as I'd not read anything by the author before but liked the sound of the story. Did not disappoint. Read more
Published 6 months ago by S. Parmar
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