- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Anchor Books; Reprint edition (7 July 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 030738831X
- ISBN-13: 978-0307388315
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,097,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Born into a long line of distinguished lepidopterists, scientists who study moths and butterflies, Ginny and Vivien grew up in a sprawling Victorian home. Forty-seven years later, Ginny lives there alone, tending to her moths and obsessions amid the ghosts of her past.
But when her sister Vivien returns to the crumbling family mansion, dark, unspoken secrets rise, disrupting Ginny's ordered life and threatening the family's fragile peace. Told in Ginny's unforgettable voice, this debut novel tells a disquieting story of two sisters and the ties that bind-sometimes a little too tightly.
But when her sister Vivien returns to the crumbling family mansion, dark, unspoken secrets rise, disrupting Ginny's ordered life and threatening the family's fragile peace. Told in Ginny's unforgettable voice, this debut novel tells a disquieting story of two sisters and the ties that bind-sometimes a little too tightly.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I wanted to read another novel by Poppy Adams, which is why I chose 'The Sister', but to my disappointment, it is 'The Behaviour of Moths' but under this different title.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
THE SISTER by Poppy Adams is a novel with "hidden agendas" narrated by the book's most puzzling and complex character (Ginny). The reader meets the narrator/protagonist in the very first page of the book when she is anticipating the return of her sister Vivian after a lengthy absence. When the novel begins, the reader is filled with hope and anticipation as to why this sister is returning and what kind of a homecoming this will be. At the onset there are hints that this is a welcome reunion which might diminish Ginny's isolation. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are all sorts of things that the reader learns and figures out solely on their own as they discover the tricks that the human mind can play on a person. It is quite a good psychological probe into the human mind in its varied states.
The book could have been filled with all sorts of answers to the many questions that the reader would have after meeting the Stone family . However, for some inexplicable reason, many more facts were given which validated the behavior of moths versus the behavior of Ginny or other characters. If you are interested in moths and their unique characteristics and features; this book is most definately the one for you. I am not too keen on insects so you can figure out already how delighted I must have been with these extensive discussions.
Overall, there was a Hitchcock atmosphere to the novel and if you are a reader who likes to come to your own conclusions, then you will love this book; if you like well developed characters and like to trust in the validity of your narrator; then this novel will twist and undermine your literary beliefs. I found the book and the plot development unsettling; but the ending did surprise and maybe at a deeper level even shock me.
I think if you give this book a whirl it may unsettle you in parts as it did this reader; but Adams does have more than a few surprises in store for the reader in this her debut novel.
A good first effort; but not an outstanding one.
Bentley/2008
3 stars
The book could have been filled with all sorts of answers to the many questions that the reader would have after meeting the Stone family . However, for some inexplicable reason, many more facts were given which validated the behavior of moths versus the behavior of Ginny or other characters. If you are interested in moths and their unique characteristics and features; this book is most definately the one for you. I am not too keen on insects so you can figure out already how delighted I must have been with these extensive discussions.
Overall, there was a Hitchcock atmosphere to the novel and if you are a reader who likes to come to your own conclusions, then you will love this book; if you like well developed characters and like to trust in the validity of your narrator; then this novel will twist and undermine your literary beliefs. I found the book and the plot development unsettling; but the ending did surprise and maybe at a deeper level even shock me.
I think if you give this book a whirl it may unsettle you in parts as it did this reader; but Adams does have more than a few surprises in store for the reader in this her debut novel.
A good first effort; but not an outstanding one.
Bentley/2008
3 stars
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I found this to be one of the most depressing books I have read for a long time. I felt that her descriptions of butterfly research were lifted from research papers of academics not her own writing. I would not recommend this book.
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