- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: HarperPress (5 Mar 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007301316
- ISBN-13: 978-0007301317
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 689,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
The Reunion
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
‘Hard to put down. Thrilling.’ Cosmopolitan
'A gripping psychological thriller which breathes new life into that old cliché "unputdownable"' Waterstone's Books Quarterly
Review
'Thrilling...hard to put down.'
'Dutch crime queen van der Vlugt's first English translation is a terrifying account of victimisation and its potential consequences.'
'Dutch crime queen van der Vlugt's first English translation is a terrifying account of victimisation and its potential consequences.'
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Dutch author's first novel to be translated
into English is a captivating psychological thriller
that draws one in,keeps one's attention,and leaves one
unsettled at the conclusion.
The novel is written in the first person by Sabine,
who is 15 when Isabel disappears.Sabine had been ignored
and bullied by Isabel,her former close school friend,and
she remembers nothing about the day of Isabel's disappearence.
Nine years later ,having had treatment for depression,bit
by bit Sabine's memories return,but how reliable are
these memories? The reaction of Sabine's friends is brilliantly
conveyed,and increases our sympathy for her,as the novel moves
to its surprising conclusion.A first-rate thriller that deserves
a wide readership.
into English is a captivating psychological thriller
that draws one in,keeps one's attention,and leaves one
unsettled at the conclusion.
The novel is written in the first person by Sabine,
who is 15 when Isabel disappears.Sabine had been ignored
and bullied by Isabel,her former close school friend,and
she remembers nothing about the day of Isabel's disappearence.
Nine years later ,having had treatment for depression,bit
by bit Sabine's memories return,but how reliable are
these memories? The reaction of Sabine's friends is brilliantly
conveyed,and increases our sympathy for her,as the novel moves
to its surprising conclusion.A first-rate thriller that deserves
a wide readership.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In The Reunion Sabine Kroese tells her own story - and what a story it is!
It opens with Sabine returning to her administrative job in a big bank after a nervous breakdown. She has been away for a long time and a lot has changed. In particular Sabine's closest friend she left and a woman Sabine appointed has been promoted over her head, and seems determined to make Sabine's life difficult.
It's all horribly believable and you cannot help sympathising with Sabine, particularly when you come to realise that the problems that caused her breakdown are still unresolved
The story of Sabine's past unravels slowly.
Nine years earlier, when Sabine was fifteen, her friend Isabel had disappeared. She rode bike away from school in the small seaside town of Den Helder, apparently going to meet somebody, and was never seen again.
Isabel and Sabine were close friends when they were very young, but things changed as they grew. Isabel, bright and pretty, became the leader of the cool kids and a girl who could get whatever boy she wanted. Sabine became the child they tease dand bullied, the butt of their jokes.
All of this has been coming back to Sabine. Memories are stirred when an old schoolfriend appears at work, and they begin a relationship. And an advertisement for a school reunion appears in the newspaper. Long suppressed memories of things that happened on the day Isabel disappeared are beginning to surface, and eventually Sabine decides that the only way for her to find peace is to uncover what really happened that day.
New possibilities and questions are thrown up with every twist in the tale.
You certainly wonder if Sabine is an unreliable narrator. She is engaging though, and you cannot help sympathising with her, even as you wonder if she is fooling herself as well as you.
The story builds to a final revelation - or maybe not.
What you do have in the end though is a well-constructed and very readable debut adult novel.
It opens with Sabine returning to her administrative job in a big bank after a nervous breakdown. She has been away for a long time and a lot has changed. In particular Sabine's closest friend she left and a woman Sabine appointed has been promoted over her head, and seems determined to make Sabine's life difficult.
It's all horribly believable and you cannot help sympathising with Sabine, particularly when you come to realise that the problems that caused her breakdown are still unresolved
The story of Sabine's past unravels slowly.
Nine years earlier, when Sabine was fifteen, her friend Isabel had disappeared. She rode bike away from school in the small seaside town of Den Helder, apparently going to meet somebody, and was never seen again.
Isabel and Sabine were close friends when they were very young, but things changed as they grew. Isabel, bright and pretty, became the leader of the cool kids and a girl who could get whatever boy she wanted. Sabine became the child they tease dand bullied, the butt of their jokes.
All of this has been coming back to Sabine. Memories are stirred when an old schoolfriend appears at work, and they begin a relationship. And an advertisement for a school reunion appears in the newspaper. Long suppressed memories of things that happened on the day Isabel disappeared are beginning to surface, and eventually Sabine decides that the only way for her to find peace is to uncover what really happened that day.
New possibilities and questions are thrown up with every twist in the tale.
You certainly wonder if Sabine is an unreliable narrator. She is engaging though, and you cannot help sympathising with her, even as you wonder if she is fooling herself as well as you.
The story builds to a final revelation - or maybe not.
What you do have in the end though is a well-constructed and very readable debut adult novel.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This a great psychological thriller that goes beyond the genre stereotypes of `whodunit' to ask deeper questions about the nature of memory and friendship. It is not a simple thriller - what I really liked is that although I had my suspicions about the guilty party from early on it kept me reading, turning pages, interested in the characters nd the twists and waiting for the big reveal... and what a reveal it was! quite disturbing.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
thriller
A really thrilling psychological story.a real page turner with lots of twists.this is the second book i have read by this author and both have been brilliant,their is just... Read more
Published 10 months ago by schoolescort
A unusual and gripping tale, not of "whodoneit" but of the mind
On the Amazon forums I asked for books set in Holland and someone directed me in the direction of Simone van der Vlugt, and I'm so glad they did. Read more
Published 22 months ago by AllDayDealsUK
The Reunion
I had been treking around bookstores to try to get this book, but after a couple of clicks on Amazon - the book was ordered, delivered very quickly, and within 2 days I had read it... Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2009 by Janet Ward
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
