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Cargando... The Book of You: A Novel (2014 original; edición 2014)por Claire Kendal
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 3.5 I found it a bit creepy and got frustrated with the main character at times ( ) Most of us are familiar with the stories of celebrity stalkers. Less publicized are accounts of everyday people being stalked. This is one fictionalized account of Clarissa, an office administrator at a university, who endures the unwanted obsession of a university professor, Rafe. After spending one night of non-consensual sex with him, which she feels is due to his having drugged her wine, she becomes aware that he is following her and leaving her unwelcome reminders of their evening together. Meanwhile, she is serving jury duty for an intense criminal case, where she is intrigued by Robert, a fellow juror. Their interest in each other grows while Rafe's obsession accelerates. This is a cleverly-crafted, chilling debut novel. So this is not a book that I would usually seek out but I have been reading more mystery/thriller books these days. "The Book of You" written by Claire Kendal will cause your pulse to race and your hair to stand on end at times. The main character Clarissa is dealing with an obsessive co-worker named Rafe. Clarissa is still reeling from a breakup with a man and attends an event for Rafe. Feeling lonely and a bit sorry for Rafe she stays and unfortunately one night which she cannot fully recall has caused Rafe to start stalking her everywhere she goes. Clarissa starts to keep a journal of everything that Rafe does hoping that she will eventually have enough evidence to provide to the police to keep him away from her. However, Rafe is able to twist things around to make it seem like he and Claire are in a relationship and she is just mad at him. I really thought this book worked but I gave it 3.5 stars because including the jury trial that Clarissa was part of and the actually subject of that trial (gang rape) was just too much for me to read at times. I think that delving into two women's stories ended up taking away from the main story of Clarissa and what she was experiencing with Rafe. Also I thought that the way the story was written with going back and forth between what occurred in the past with Rafe and also intermixing it with Clarissa's relationship with her ex and her friends was also hard to wade through. When the character of Robert was introduced I thought that it honestly didn't make much sense based on what Clarissa was experiencing with Rafe. I was surprised that as written the character would be okay with starting up a relationship with someone knowing that Rafe is stalking her and not going away. Additionally, I can honestly say that there were some scenes towards the end I found very hard to get through and the ending was so vague that I was left perplexed by what it all meant. Would warn potential readers that this book deals with stalking and rape. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Clarissa trabaja como administrativa en la Universidad de Bath y acaba de dejar atrás una relación amorosa. Rafe Solmes, un profesor especialista en cuentos de hadas al que conoce superficialmente, la invita a la presentación de su libro en una librería local. Siempre educada, Clarissa acepta, y allí acaba bebiendo algunas copas de vino de más. Rafe, caballeroso, se ofrece a acompañarla a casa. A la mañana siguiente Clarissa se despierta con el cuerpo dolorido, sin recordar apenas nada y con la sospecha de que ha sido víctima de algún tipo de abuso sexual. Pero la cosa no acaba ahí, porque a partir de ese día empiezan las insistentes llamadas, notas, agasajos y apariciones sorpresa de Rafe. Ante el creciente acoso y consciente de que es difícil denunciarlo con éxito, Clarissa decide llevar un diario y acumular pruebas. Y cuando la convocan como jurado en un juicio ve la oportunidad de liberarse, al menos momentáneamente, de su acosador. Pero lo que se juzga es el secuestro y violación colectiva de una joven drogadicta, y Clarissa no puede evitar establecer paralelismos entre ese caso y la situación que está viviendo, mientras intima con otro miembro del jurado que acaso también oculte algún secreto. Utilizando el nombre de la protagonista de la célebre Clarissa de Samuel Richardson, con la que se establecen ciertos paralelismos, y recurriendo sobre todo a elementos tomados de los cuentos de hadas más macabros, esta novela, que ha obtenido un sonado eco internacional y ha conquistado por el boca a boca a infinidad de lectores, es una escalofriante inmersión en la obsesión patológica y el acoso. Graduando con maestría la angustia creciente y los inesperados e impactantes giros, la autora logra un inquietante cuento de hadas sin hadas ni príncipes azules, un thriller perturbador y tremendamente adictivo. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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