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Judy Finnigan

Auteur de Eloise

4 oeuvres 112 utilisateurs 10 critiques

Œuvres de Judy Finnigan

Eloise (2012) 66 exemplaires
I Do Not Sleep (1788) 29 exemplaires
Roseland (2023) 2 exemplaires

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Another hit and miss I'm afraid. Like her first book there is potential for a really good story. Sadly this isn't realised. I found it very repetitive to get going and at times like I was joining the dots. That said her love of Cornwall shines through the book. Here's hoping book number 3 will be the one that is a good read. I do believe she has a good book in her
 
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LisaBergin | Apr 12, 2023 |
I really wanted to love this book, but I found in parts it was sort of forced. Not a bad book, but not as good as I hoped it would be. Judy Finnigan does describe Cornwall really well, but the constant book titles dropped into the storyline I found a bit annoying.
 
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LisaBergin | 8 autres critiques | Apr 12, 2023 |
"I was risking my happiness, my husband and family because of my obsession with a ghost", 4 July 2016

This review is from: Eloise (Paperback)
Not my sort of book in fairness - a loan from an acquaintance that I felt obliged to have a go at.
It's pretty readable though far from being great writing. Our narrator, Cathy, is a rather drippy sort, emotionally fragile after a breakdown and struggling to cope with the sudden death of her friend Eloise. Yes, Eloise had cancer, but she seemed to die just when she was looking quite well. And Eloise's own mother, Juliana, feels the same qualms. When Cathy begins having wild nightmares in which her friend is pleading with her from the grave to look out for her children who are at risk from her husband, it causes marital disharmony with her impatient husband...

Very obviously inspired by the unquiet spirit in "Wuthering Heights", and also the unexpected hatred of a spouse for their partner as in Du Maurier's "Rebecca". Meanwhile Juliana's improbable lifestyle with her ancient, devoted retainers is aslso like something out of an old novel.
The storyline actually isn't bad with family secrets and an unexpected twist towards the end. The characters just don't have enough colour or believability to sustain one's interest or make one care what happens to them.
Maybe *2.5
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starbox | 8 autres critiques | Jul 4, 2016 |
I found Eloise to be a decent story. The author combined genres a bit to mix mystery and adventure with a hint of supernatural, and she created an interesting and fairly well written story that kept my interest. The setting, while modern day, is Cornwall, England, which is the same as the classic, Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier. It is not a remake of this classic, but Ms. Finnigan has used similar elements in Eloise, and it was obviously part of her inspiration.
Although I liked the book, I didn't love it. The element of suspense is interesting, but not gripping. The characters were a bit one-dimensional and not attractive to me. They are not people who I really cared about at the end of the story. I would still recommend it as a good read, particularly as a description of this interesting place. I think the author has put a great deal of heart into the story, and that keeps it from being a mediocre tale. If you enjoy stories of the English seacoast with a touch of mystery and some mild romance, Eloise will fit the bill.
I am thankful to the publisher and NetGalley for the chance to read this title.
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c.archer | 8 autres critiques | Oct 16, 2013 |

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Œuvres
4
Membres
112
Popularité
#174,306
Évaluation
½ 3.4
Critiques
10
ISBN
29
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