Renée Knight
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.59 | 22914 Users | 2864 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Disclaimer |
| ISBN: | 0857522817 (ISBN13: 9780857522818) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.transworldbooks.co.uk/editions/untitled/9780857522818 |
| Characters: | Catherine Ravenscroft, Robert Ravenscroft, Stephen Brigstocke |
| Literary Awards: | Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2016) |
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WHAT IF YOU REALIZED THE TERRIFYING BOOK YOU WERE READING WAS ALL ABOUT YOU?A BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED, DEEPLY DISTURBING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A WOMAN HAUNTED BY SECRETS - AND THE PRICE SHE WILL PAY FOR CONCEALING THE TRUTH
When a mysterious novel appears at Catherine Ravenscroft's bedside, she is curious. She has no idea who might have sent her The Perfect Stranger - or how it ended up on her nightstand. At first, she is intrigued by the suspenseful story that unfolds.
And then she realizes.
This isn't fiction.
The Perfect Stranger recreates in vivid, unmistakable detail the day Catherine became hostage to a dark secret, a secret that only one other person knew - and that person is dead.
Now that the past Catherine so desperately wants to forget is catching up with her, her world is falling apart. Plunged into a living nightmare, she knows that her only hope is to confront what really happened on that terrible day... even if the shocking truth might destroy her.
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| Title | : | Disclaimer |
| Author | : | Renée Knight |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | April 9th 2015 by Doubleday (first published 2015) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Suspense. Mystery Thriller |
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Ratings: 3.59 From 22914 Users | 2864 ReviewsWrite Up Containing Books Disclaimer
Some of my most trusted Goodreads friends gave high marks to Disclaimer & I truly was pleased when we chose it for the Kindle English Mystery group read for April. But tho it held my attention to the very end, a sinking feeling kept growing that there would be no big twist - that the cliched ending Id feared would turn out to be it. But an all too predictable backstory is not the books principal artistic flaw. Rather its the basic conception. Although Catherine Revenscrofts secret involves aIf you trust me at all, then trust me on this one. Take a chance and read it. Disclaimer It took me awhile to get into this. I had almost given up, but thenFrom the reviews Im reading I liked Disclaimer more than some. The Hook - The blurb - What if you realized the terrifying book you were reading was all about you? Come on now, isnt that enough to reel you in?The Line All I felt was soft filth, and it got into my skin and under my fingernails, and its stink invaded my nostrils, clinging to
I would have otherwise rated this as a mediocre 2-3 star thriller, decent enough to pass a summer day but nothing special. Then came (view spoiler)[the gratuitous sexual assault. I've had enough with rape as a plot device. It is a cheap and lazy gimmick and the author does nothing to salvage it and can't, in a book where the characterization is so paper thin. If I could have one wish, it would be to have all authors read this article: http://io9.com/something-to-think-abo.... (hide spoiler)]
Cathrine discovers an intriguing novel on her bedside table but is soon horrified to learn that she is one of the key characters.The initial concept peaked my interest, but I found it slightly frustrated as was left waiting for clues. I was invested enough to want know the conclusion though.
I read this book..............I 'thought' I wrote a review --- (isn't the first time the the ghost buster ate them) -- but 'thanks' go to Maureen for the reminder today! :) I can't remember what I rated it --(I 'think' I might have rated it 'less' than 4 stars --- 3.5 maybe?Either way --there are tons of other reviews.
I've mentioned several times before that I'm not normally keen on stories set in Blighty - just too close to home. The settings remind me of work and the prevailing weather is normally dismal too. Two things that hit the wrong note for me from the get go. So the London setting of this debut novel from a former film documentary maker had ground to make up from the start. However, it did kick off in interesting fashion with Catherine Ravenscroft (also a film documentary maker) finding a book
DNFed @ 54%The story is centered around a mysterious book the main character Catherine (I'd forgotten her name) finds in her home. Even though she doesn't remember buying it, she's just moved to a new place and figures it was probably something that'd gotten lost in the midst of her things before. She starts reading it, and horrified she discovers that the story is actually about a secret she thought would never see the light of day; a secret only she and someone dead for the past 20 years
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