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The Other Half Lives (Paperback)

by Sophie Hannah (Author)
2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 552 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (20 Aug 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340981113
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340981115
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 637,386 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Review

'The promise of the revelation is so intriguing you'll be hard pressed to put this down.'

(Western Australian )

'The eternally twisting plot keeps readers hanging to the last'

(MX magazine, Sydney )

'Ripples with twists and suspense, and is written with the emotional depth her readers have come to expect'

(The Age, Melbourne )

 'A truly gripping thriller'

(Psychologies on THE OTHER HALF LIVES )

'Beautifully written, outstandingly chilling'

(Spectator )

Praise for Sophie Hannah's novels

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'For those who demand emotional intelligence and literary verve from their thrillers, Sophie Hannah is the writer of choice.'

(Guardian )

'A real chiller; the clever plot will keep you hooked and guessing to the end'

(Choice on THE OTHER HALF LIVES )

'A superbly creepy, twisty thriller about obsessive love, psychological torture, and the darkest chambers of the human heart'

(The Times )

'Chilling, compulsive and with a genius twist'

(Elle )

'Hannah, like Rendell and Fremlin before her, takes ordinary domestic setting and turns them into something extraordinary . . . THE OTHER HALF LIVES proves that she is an established force to be reckoned with . . . a marvellous piece of literary conjuring'

(Crime Squad magazine )

'Sophie Hannah's ingenious, almost surreal mysteries are so intricately constructed that it's impossible to guess how they will end.'

(Sunday Telegraph )


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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the easiest book to enjoy, 18 Feb 2009
By Mrs. Katharine Kirby "Kate" (HELSTON, Cornwall United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Other Half Lives (Hardcover)
I usually love Sophie Hannah and was excited to have this latest big fat book. However I found it really all too much of a puzzle and sadly difficult to get involved with. I just never cared for any of the characters and the plot seemed too clever by half, in fact it was almost insane. The idea of artists being so obsessively jealous and machiavellian didn't work for me and I felt excluded from the sub plot about the detective Charlie and her past. Too many people to get to know and nearly all of them absolutely ghastly with the most disturbing ideas of brutality. Not one I could recommend or want to pass on, for me it wasn't worth the effort of reading - or, being so heavy, holding!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars a let down, 22 Feb 2009
By W. Mahon "sneaker" (england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Other Half Lives (Hardcover)
It seemed a good idea to begin with but ended up as a let down. It was over long, contrived and I couldn't really care less about any of the mostly unpleasant, cardboard characters. As for plot development, it veered between over long boring explanations and the 'with one mighty leap he was free' schools of thought.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 15 Jul 2009
By Susie "Susie" (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Other Half Lives (Hardcover)
I loved Sophie Hannah's previous three psychological thrillers, however 'The Other Half Lives' was a huge disappointment. Having looked forward to reading it I was greatly relieved to finally finish it. The plot was so convoluted and twisted that this seemed to be the entire point of the book, rather than the story itself. The book was as tedious as the relationship between the priniciple characters Simon and Charlie is becoming. There was barely another sympathetic character in the book. There were pages and pages and more pages of explanation of the dreary plot and the 'reveal' itself went on for chapters. The final scene with one of the principle characters gasping out her version of events made me cringe on behalf of the author, it was embarrassingly bad. Despite a completely ludicrous premise I feel this could have been a good book if it had been edited by about a hundred pages ? Where was the editor ? I hope Sophie Hannah goes on to write more thrillers, but that they are much more akin to her previous three than this one and that this isn't the start of a Patricia Cornwell type descent into pap.
I'm at a loss to understand the favourable reviews given to the book by some of the national press. I can only think that it's a case of Emperor's New Clothes, nobody wanted to admit that actually the plot was insanely beyond them and beyond almost anybody's boredom threshold.
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1.0 out of 5 stars What a let down!
I eagerly awaited Sophie Hannah's latest book, having thoroughly enjoyed her previous 3 thrillers, but this was such a let down. Read more
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