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Cargando... Unravelling Oliver (2014 original; edición 2014)por Liz Nugent
Información de la obraUnravelling Oliver por Liz Nugent (2014) Cargando...
Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book really gets mixed reviews, people seem to either love it or hate it! I loved it! I do think it's probably better on audio with the different narrators. After reading Liz Nugent's new book, Strange Sally Diamond, I decided to read her earlier books as well. So glad I read this, very good! I have another one of her books, Little Cruelties, lined up next! ( ) Personally, I had a very difficult time getting through this book. I am not one to start a book then not finish it. There were only two different sections of this book that actually held my interest and they were part of the same scenario just held at different times in the story. The ending left me feeling like it was unfinished. This book is an unusual crime-related novel in that we know from the beginning who committed the crime and what occurred: Oliver has beaten his wife into a coma. There are no detectives, police investigation, evidence collection, or a trial. Instead, it is a psychological portrait of a sociopath. Oliver and seven of his friends, neighbors, and acquaintances reveal his background, history, family issues, and other personal details, which ultimately resulted in his abuse of his wife. The hook lies in gradually revealing fragments of the story that describe Oliver’s behavior over time. Each narrator provides another piece of the puzzle, and keeps the reader turning the pages to find out more. The author does an admirable job of writing the eight first-person accounts using different voices. The writing is straight-forward, and the overall tone is sad and tragic. The characters are well-formed but be forewarned that the protagonist is extremely unpleasant, and his narrative contains statements of questionable accuracy and outright lies. Even though I do not read much crime fiction, I found myself applauding the author for constructing the story in such an engrossing manner. Unraveling Oliver is the author’s debut. It won the Crime Fiction prize in the 2014 Irish Book Awards. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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