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kileymcr14's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
chrispy_chips's review against another edition
2.5
god what a great premise....fully wasted on the least likeable main character to ever exist. louise might be a bitch but i mildly rooted for her because god damn eli makes me want to run a stake through her left lung
stephlyons's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-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? Yes
3.0
bpelle0207's review against another edition
3.0
This book was a struggle for me in two ways:
1. The main character is just kind of letting people push her around (especially her mother) and just running from everything - head in the sand style. It’s hard to root for her at all.
2. It didn’t take long to know the “big twist” and the payoff didn’t quite feel worth it by the end. Everything just escalated 0-3000 and it was finished
Overall I tried to let the author take me on a journey and it was an alright ride.
1. The main character is just kind of letting people push her around (especially her mother) and just running from everything - head in the sand style. It’s hard to root for her at all.
2. It didn’t take long to know the “big twist” and the payoff didn’t quite feel worth it by the end. Everything just escalated 0-3000 and it was finished
Overall I tried to let the author take me on a journey and it was an alright ride.
wildgurl's review against another edition
4.0
Apple Of My Eye
by Claire Allen
due Jan. 2019
Avon, London
Constable William Dawson was called to the home of Martin and Eliana Hughes when a rock with a not attached was thrown through the front window in the middle of the night. The note hinted that Martin may be having an affair, maybe he isn't being honest.....maybe "You shouldn't believe everything he tells you."
Martin denies having an affair, but Eli, 6 months pregnant, decides to go stay with her mother, Angela in her childhood home in North Belfast.
A mothers love for her child is like nothing else in the world...
Jealousy and tension build, Eli is suspicious of everyone and is not sure who she can trust. The suspense is high and gains momentum with each page and the story will lead you in so many directions.
But the ending will leave you speechless.
Fantastic. A true psychological thriller.
Thank you to Avon, London and Net Galley for an e-book ARC of this book.
#AppleOfMyEye #NetGalley
by Claire Allen
due Jan. 2019
Avon, London
Constable William Dawson was called to the home of Martin and Eliana Hughes when a rock with a not attached was thrown through the front window in the middle of the night. The note hinted that Martin may be having an affair, maybe he isn't being honest.....maybe "You shouldn't believe everything he tells you."
Martin denies having an affair, but Eli, 6 months pregnant, decides to go stay with her mother, Angela in her childhood home in North Belfast.
A mothers love for her child is like nothing else in the world...
Jealousy and tension build, Eli is suspicious of everyone and is not sure who she can trust. The suspense is high and gains momentum with each page and the story will lead you in so many directions.
But the ending will leave you speechless.
Fantastic. A true psychological thriller.
Thank you to Avon, London and Net Galley for an e-book ARC of this book.
#AppleOfMyEye #NetGalley
lisam0183_bookworm's review against another edition
5.0
A great book full of lies, deceit, manipulation and mystery.
mpr2000's review against another edition
5.0
This book will be published within a month, so you should make a pre-order or mark your calendar for the 24th of January to run to the bookshop, this is not only a very good book; twisted, chilling and dark; but it talks about tabu themes that are never mentioned in the books. I highly recommend you to read Apple Of My Eye, you’ll be delighted.
First of all the story is told between two characters, Eli and Louise, one is heavily pregnant and the other has lost her child during the pregnancy. Their lives will be linked in a dangerous way making this story nail bitting, but their stories are real and touching, making the reader to want to hug both characters and tell them everything will be fine.
Eli is not having a good pregnancy, she is having Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a prolonged and severe nausea and vomiting that keeps her on the edge all times, so when she starts receiving some anonymous letters regarding her marriage, she can only think the worse. I really liked Eli and all her story, she doesn’t feel happy to be pregnant, her illness makes her sad and without energy to do anything and her husband is always working, so you can totally emphatize with her when she decides to take a few days off and stay with her mother. Eli is a strong woman, she doesn’t know yet how to love her daughter, but she knows she has to fight for her and discover who wants to harm her.
It was refreshing to read about a character that didn’t have a happy pregnancy and was scared of how she was feeling about her unborn child. I could totally understand her, it has to be difficult to be happy and open minded while being ill all time, you have to admit it.
Louise is not a likeable character, but reading her story makes it easy for the reader to understand her thoughts. It would not been easy having an abortion after another, and the last one on the 33th week making her loose all the hopes forever to have the opportunity to try it again. Of course she needs a lot of help, but it seem that no one near her can understand her pain and loneliness, stillborn is still a tabu on our society. I think hospitals and midwifes try really hard to help all mothers and their own problems, but if the people around them don’t try to understand them and help them, it would be helpless.
While we read both stories we get hooked on the story, making the reader eager to know who is really behind all this hunting plot and hope there will be a happy ending!
Ready for The Apple Of My Eye?
First of all the story is told between two characters, Eli and Louise, one is heavily pregnant and the other has lost her child during the pregnancy. Their lives will be linked in a dangerous way making this story nail bitting, but their stories are real and touching, making the reader to want to hug both characters and tell them everything will be fine.
Eli is not having a good pregnancy, she is having Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a prolonged and severe nausea and vomiting that keeps her on the edge all times, so when she starts receiving some anonymous letters regarding her marriage, she can only think the worse. I really liked Eli and all her story, she doesn’t feel happy to be pregnant, her illness makes her sad and without energy to do anything and her husband is always working, so you can totally emphatize with her when she decides to take a few days off and stay with her mother. Eli is a strong woman, she doesn’t know yet how to love her daughter, but she knows she has to fight for her and discover who wants to harm her.
It was refreshing to read about a character that didn’t have a happy pregnancy and was scared of how she was feeling about her unborn child. I could totally understand her, it has to be difficult to be happy and open minded while being ill all time, you have to admit it.
Louise is not a likeable character, but reading her story makes it easy for the reader to understand her thoughts. It would not been easy having an abortion after another, and the last one on the 33th week making her loose all the hopes forever to have the opportunity to try it again. Of course she needs a lot of help, but it seem that no one near her can understand her pain and loneliness, stillborn is still a tabu on our society. I think hospitals and midwifes try really hard to help all mothers and their own problems, but if the people around them don’t try to understand them and help them, it would be helpless.
While we read both stories we get hooked on the story, making the reader eager to know who is really behind all this hunting plot and hope there will be a happy ending!
Ready for The Apple Of My Eye?