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Cargando... The Dark Backward (1995)por Gregory Hall
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When Mary's husband suggests they buy a cottage in Norfolk, she reluctantly agrees. The move goes well, but strange events start to unsettle her and her husband unexpectedly dies. She soon starts to discover that nothing was what it seemed and that her husband had spun her a web of lies and deceit. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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In this book we have an American woman (Mary) who marries a Brit (Gregory) relatively late in life. She doesn’t think or speak in the least like an American despite being raised in New York, going to college in New York and working for a New York-based book publisher. After Gregory’s sudden death she finds that he wasn’t the man she thought he was. The hints, clues and connections in the book are delivered well and the pacing is good. It’s not an action-driven book and I think the writer made Mary too weepy and eaten by self-doubt. She constantly thinks other people think she’s crazy and she cries way too damn much. But the way the plot comes together and resolves is satisfying. Of course everything is connected to everything else and the cover up is pretty thick. It was fun, but I kept getting distracted by how non-American Mary was. There wasn’t any reason to make her one.
Things an American would really say -
We don’t have them (We’ve not got them)
Trash bags (dusbin liners)
Dishes (crockery)
Boxes (cartons)
Mothballs (naptha)
Bag/Duffel/tote bag (holdall)
What nerve (what cheek)
Liquor cabinet (drinks cupboard)
Bottle of perfume (bottle of scent)
two -lane road (dual carriageway)
Make decisions (take decisions)
Tylenol (paracetamol) ( )