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Cargando... The Promisepor Teresa Driscoll
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Beth, Sally, and Carol met as teenagers and soon became the best of friends at boarding school, until something awful happened and Carol began to sever ties with them. Now, years later, Beth and Sally are on a mission to find Carol before a secret they promised to keep is revealed. Although this book is represented as a psychological thriller I think it would be better categorized as women's fiction. There really is no heart pounding suspense or shocking twists that one would expect from a psychological thriller. It is more an exploration of the relationship between the three girls and how the past shaped their future relationships with each other and their husbands. 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars I received an advance copy for review. I’m finding this book hard to review. At times I felt connected to the characters, but then there were moments I felt very disconnected. Everyone’s question seems to be “why do you want to find this woman so much?” Really? To me, that seems a bit irrelevant. I guess I feel a bit let down at the big secret reveal. Don’t get me wrong it’s a horrible situation, but I felt the reader was led to believe it much more horrible. And then the ending... there seems to be so much running around that I’m not really quite sure what happened and who knew what, much less who all was involved. Beth, Sally, and Carol are best friends, and have been since they met in boarding school when they were teens. Life changed for the girls one year when they were about 16 years old. They buried a terrible secret and went on with their lives, and now all these years later, Beth learns that the recent sale and proposed demolition and renovation of their old school threatens to expose the secret they have been trying to hide all these years. While Beth and Sally have remained relatively close through the years, Carol has become somewhat of a ghost, and they cannot readily find her, so Beth enlists the help of a PI to track Carol. The PI has his own secrets and demons. Together, the PI, Sally, and Beth vow to do all they can to keep the secret hidden. Things become more complicated when Beth starts receiving veiled threats urging her to give up on looking for Carol and to desist in her efforts to find out who else may know about the secret they thought was long buried. The story unfolds slowly, and then all at once, as all the secrets both new and old come into the light. The girls discover the power of the bond that has held them together through the years and as the secrets pour forward the friends can finally start to heal the old wounds that have haunted them through the years. The Promise is a solid novel, that digs deeply into the effects of psychological trauma and abuse. Like In real life, the characters here find dealing with these unpleasant truths uncomfortable and difficult, but they are finally able to pick up their lives and move forward in healthy ways. I would recommend for fans of psychological fiction. Novel supplied by Netgalley. Not for me. I just couldn’t get into this book. The characters were not really likeable. Their lives were not interesting and I just didn’t care about them. The tease of something awful that happened years ago was not enough to make me like the characters. The story was just boring and I couldn’t make myself care about what would happen next. Sorry, I didn’t like this at all. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an arc in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed are my own. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
It was their darkest secret. Three schoolgirls made a promise - to take the horrible truth of what they did to the grave. Thirty years later, Beth and Sally have tried to put the trauma behind them. Though Carol has distanced herself from her former friends, the three are adamant that the truth must never come to light, even if the memory still haunts them. But when some shocking news threatens to unearth their dark secret, Beth enlists the help of private investigator Matthew Hill to help her and Sally reconnect with estranged Carol -- before the terrible act they committed as teenagers is revealed. Beth wishes she could take back the vow they made. But somebody is watching and will stop at nothing to ensure the secret stays buried. Now, with her beloved family in peril, can Beth still keep the promise? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I have read all three books in this series. This was a total wow of a book! Every time I thought I had it figured out, something else happened. The central mystery could have been quite stereotypical, but became much more in the hands of this talented author. I also was not fond of the central character, but grew to care about and appreciate her as the story went on. Even the times that I guessed what might happen still stopped me in my tracks when the full picture was uncovered. I seriously had to stop and catch my breath and put thoughts together. I enjoyed this one and will be reading more from this author.
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