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Cargando... The Child (edición 2017)por Fiona Barton (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is the first book I've read by Fiona Barton. And, yes, I read #2 in the series before reading #1. I like the way the story was told - alternating between 4 different women and how their stories aligned. I felt that the ending was a bit rushed, especially the wrapping up of the Will and Al storyline(s). This story focuses around the bones of a baby found during demolition of a home. Kate Waters is a journalist and is instantly intrigued and wants to follow the story of who was found at the site? As Kate starts investigating, she is drawn into a story that goes back almost 30 years and involves the residents that were living on that road at the time of the burial. I read "The Widow" when it came out and enjoyed it very much. This story was another great story. I do not want to give anything away but just like "The Widow" there is surprise that you do not expect. Kate, Emma and Angela tell the story from different points. Kate is the reporter following a story that turns in much more than was thought. The author does a really good job weaving the story together. While part of the story does not seem possible, it has happened. Abduction of a newborn has happened. But the author puts an interesting story around it. I read this in 1 day. I hope the author writes another book with Kate as the reporter. An infant's skeleton is found buried in the back garden of a house being demolished. The story follows several women who have an interest in the mystery of the baby's identity and the circumstances that led to its burial: A still-grieving mother whose baby was snatched from the hospital's maternity ward; a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems who once lived in the house where the infant was buried; her mother with whom she still has a rocky relationship; an investigative reporter who is determined to solve the mystery and break the story. The mystery is not entirely predictable, but I was really more interested in the characters as they were revealed. The only real clunker in this story is really unlikely plot twist where Still, the story was compelling, and the characters well drawn, and the writing is good enough that I didn't really notice that one character's POV was written in the dreaded First-Person-Present-Tense until I was most of the way through the book. Audiobook, borrowed from my public library, with an excellent performance by a cast of several.
FIONA BARTON’S debut novel The Widow was a bestseller last year and her second psychological thriller deserves to follow suit...It is gruesomely compelling, mawkish and macabre with abundant twists and turns to keep the interest levels high...The Child is not only a fast-paced missing baby yarn it also casts light on how people can manipulate and lie until someone such as Waters exposes their true natures. Enjoyable as those scenes are, however, the rest of “The Child” should have been sent to the publishing equivalent of Kate’s rewrite desk....“The Child” is a middling and much-too-long suspense story that would have benefited from a ruthless red-pencil. As she did in “The Widow,” Barton relies on multiple points of view to tell (and retell) the larger story of the “Building Site Baby” as the unidentified infant comes to be known....“The Child” isn’t a terrible novel; it’s simply much too much of a just okay one. Some books tell you a great deal, while other books show even more. I'm happy to report that Fiona Barton's second novel, The Child, falls firmly into the second camp....The Child is told from several perspectives — in this case, Kate's, a grieving mother named Angela, and a younger wife named Emma who is afflicted with terrible anxiety. Kate is looking for a story. Angela is looking for closure. Emma isn't sure what she's looking for, but she knows the answer lies in her past as the daughter of a single mother named Jude.. You're in medias res with Kate, Angela, and Emma, and the spliced action-narration is an excellent way of reminding you that no crime affects just one person, and each person it affects has many other people in her life. The frequent, fast chapters (86 of them!) highlight all of those people and their daily routines. Pertenece a las seriesKate Waters (2) Distinciones
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Un escueto prrafo en el peridico anuncia el hallazgo de unos restos antiguos de un beb en una zona en construccin de Londres. Muy pocos lectores siquiera le echarn un vistazo. Para tres mujeres, sin embargo, la noticia es imposible de ignorar. Para la primera, es el recuerdo de lo peor que le ha pasado en la vida. Para la segunda, la peligrosa posibilidad de que su secreto ms oculto sea revelado. Para la tercera, la periodista Kate Waters, la primera pista en una carrera para descubrir la verdad. Secretos guardados durante aos, enterrados bajo tierra y en el fondo del corazn, saldrn a la luz para cambiar tres vidas para siempre. Fiona Barton vuelve con su protagonista Kate Waters en un nuevo thriller imposible de olvidar. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This is the second book in a series featuring Kate Waters, a British journalist. As I write this, I've already finished book #3, so this one's not as fresh in my mind. I think I did like this one better than book #1, and while Kate was not a particular likeable character in the first book, she grew on me a little more this time around. Fiona Barton does a good job intertwining stories and keeping the reader guessing, with somewhat of a surprise near the end. This author was on the edge of my radar, but after now reading two of her books, I'm impressed enough to want to read more. ( )