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girrllie's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.25
Excruciating to finish. This book lacked a good editor. The characters are awful except for Hazel but the author even adds a detail in the end that makes her less likable. I'm not even sure why I made myself finish it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Racism
Don't read unless you want to spoil your week.coralrose's review
3.0
This book is better than Richard Power's didactic The Echo-Maker which addresses love and memory in a different direction.
moirastone's review against another edition
3.0
In a strange way, I almost feel as if this novel, though a gripping read, was a rehearsal for Livesey's decidedly more accomplished The House on Fortune Street. Again a quartet of voices, and again explorations of performance, falsity, and what, exactly, we owe to our friends, lovers, and family when disaster strikes. She's such a precise writer that I found pleasure on most every page, though, and there is much cool, creeping horror to be found in this book.
sherferguson's review against another edition
This book and "Eden Close" both were a little scary in that both had male protagonists that seemed to take advantage of a woman with a disability (Eden Close was blinded as a teenager and Hazel (in The Missing World) had accident-induced amnesia). But at least the ending of The Missing World was optimistic.
hyzenthlay76's review against another edition
3.0
A disturbing and twisty little tale peopled with quirky British characters, exploring memory and the "reasoning" of a madman.
wildflower37's review against another edition
3.0
I love this author's writing, particularly the first book of hers I had read [b:Eva Moves the Furniture|824768|Eva Moves the Furniture|Margot Livesey|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312002998s/824768.jpg|556881]. When I found this yesterday at a book sale, it seemed the perfect book for my plane ride home. It was quite good - the transition of the Jonathan from protagonist to antagonist was interesting; I despised him by the end of the story. The various forms of selfishness in nearly all hpthe characters made me like the human race just a little bit less for a while. I did find the story line of the roofer-as-hero to be too far fetched for my liking, but as a character, he was quite satisfying and redemptive amidst the others.
coralrose's review against another edition
3.0
This book is better than Richard Power's didactic The Echo-Maker which addresses love and memory in a different direction.
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