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“Sensationally good psychological suspense…exactly what a great thriller should be.” — Lee Child Bestselling author Renee Knight delivers a brilliant and deeply unsettling psychological thriller about a woman haunted by secrets, the consuming desire for revenge, and the terrible price we pay when we try to hide the truth. What if you realized the terrifying book you were reading was all about you? Finding a mysterious novel at her bedside plunges documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft into a living nightmare. Though ostensibly fiction, The Perfect Stranger recreates in vivid, unmistakable detail the terrible day she became hostage to a dark secret, a secret that only one other person knew—and that person is dead. Intertwined with Catherine’s narrative is that of Stephen Brigstocke, a grieving widower who discovered among his late wife’s possessions a manuscript that horrifies him. Convinced that it tells the truth, he cannot rest until he shares it not only with Catherine but also with her husband and son. As Catherine’s world falls apart, she knows that the only way forward is to confront Brigstocke and tell him what really happened that day, even if the reality is even more agonizing than what he currently believes. Disclaimer is about a normal woman whose entire life is changed in one fateful day, when her past finally catches up with her. A breathtakingly suspenseful debut novel, it captures the consuming desire for revenge, and the terrible price we pay for hiding the truth.
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Problemet med mange thrillere er at de virker veldig konstruerte. Denne psykologiske thrilleren gir den opplevelsen i stor grad. Når den samtidig ikke er velskrevet, hjelper det ikke på opplevelsen. Men så er det det rare da, at jeg likevel slukte boken og levde meg inn i historien til en gjeng med mennesker der ingen hadde spesielt sympatiske trekk. Men folk famler, og denne famlingen er som regel lesbar.
Heavy Handed and Awkward
Nothing about this book was useful or necessary. The writing, for the most part, is good. However, the story and characters are woefully lacking. No one is likeable and while that isn't a requirement for a book, it certainly helps. The plot is dense and filled with unnecessary detours that are only meant to be red herrings and add nothing to the overall takeaway of the book. I wouldn't recommend it. There are are several other authors in this genre who do this type of book much better.
Amazing! I give it a 4.5
Although I felt it a little slow towards the beginning, the way things start picking a pace and the awesome ending (although a bit predictable) made me love the book.
Not a lot to say about this book that wouldn't ruin it but I really enjoyed it. It's pulpy and a bit graphic, in sometimes maybe unnecessary ways, but it's really well put-together and unpredictable start-to-finish.
