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Chargement... The Girl Before: A Novel (édition 2017)par JP Delaney (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Girl Before par JP Delaney
  
Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  Katzenkindliest | Apr 23, 2024 |   BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 | The first thing I thought when I picked this up was okay who is the girl before and how are Emma and Jane connected to her. This oddly enough starts with a flat, One Folgate Street seems to be the perfect place for those wanting a decent home, yet can't afford one. But how far are people willing to go to have the perfect and affordable place to live? What will you give up and how simplistic can you be? The house is designed to measure everything that the tenants have to do and how they live. This computer system, called Housekeeper had several beneficial aspects to the home owner...recognizing who was in the shower, and their water preferences, noticing the amount of REM sleep they got, checking their stress levels. This system is also in my opinion a way of a Punishment inflicted by the narcistic over obsessive landlord Edward who by the end of this whiplash rollercoaster of a book you will Love to hate yet still connect to by the time you get off the ride. Each Possible Tenant is put through a vigrious application process designed to enhance Edwards odd tendencies. First you meet Emma a broken shattered soul who moves into the flat with the supposed love of her life Simon. Their story is short lived and Emma is swept up in the persona of Edward just the way years later Jane will be. I refuse to go into this any further then I already have but I will say if you choose to spend money on a book in 2017 this is the book to do it on! Hands down a 5 Star read. The only thing I wish I knew was who the author is behind the pseudonym so I could read more books form them! I can’t wait to see this one unfold as a MOTION PICTURE! (  ) b00kdarling87 | Jan 7, 2024 |  ) hellokirsti | Jan 3, 2024 |  ) MerrylT | May 18, 2023 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Fiction.
Literature.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a BBC One and HBO Max limited four-part series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show; Misbehaviour) and multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated actor David Oyelowo (Selma; Les Misérables) “A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense” (Lee Child) that spins one woman’s seemingly good fortune, and another woman’s mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life. The request seems odd, even intrusive—and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating. EMMA Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupant—and it does. JANE After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the space—and to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the home’s previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror, as the girl before. Praise for The Girl Before “Dazzling, startling, and above all cunning—a pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.”—Lee Child “The Girl Before generates a fast pace. . . . [J. P.] Delaney intersperses ethics questions on stand-alone pages throughout the book. . . . The single most ingenious touch is that we’re not provided either woman’s answers.”—The New York Times “J. P. Delaney builds the suspense.”—Vanity Fair “Immediate guarantee: You will not be able to put this book down. . . . Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will realize that there’s not only more where that came from, but it’s also more thrilling.”—American Booksellers Association. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Am Ende war mir dann keiner mehr so richtig sympathisch, die Geschichte finde ich trotzdem toll. Und würde mir auch manchmal wünschen, in so einem Haus zu wohnen. (Wer nicht, wo wir doch wahrscheinlich alle zu viel Krempel haben....)
Die zwei Zeitebenen haben mich diesmal gar nicht gestört, im Hörbuch war das - mit verschiedenen Vorleserinnen - prima umgesetzt.
Klare Lese- und/oder Hörempfehlung! (