Does Amazon actually proofread the content that goes onto the site from these 'authors'? These quotes in the 'review' section:
A book of simple naivety and intense movement. --Louise M,Leento Library Worrying story. The world seen through the eyes of a baby girl. I almost wanted to find her --Sara Kidman, Book Central Thought provoking. I will not visit a museum without it.' --Charles Lemart - Antique Virtues I have never read a book before. Highly recommended --Lavitina Beronzky -Rzenu Book reviews
Has anyone checked to see whether these comments are legitimate? They're clearly not. 'Leento Library' doesn't exist, the only Google search result for 'Sara… Read more
It's a little disconcerting that the plot summary on the jacket of this book, and even the tagline on the cover ('what has happened to Ingrid?'), give away key points of the plot before you've even begun reading. The blurb describes this as a story about a young Australian woman, Ingrid, who goes missing in New York on 9/11, and the search undertaken by her two best friends, Julia (the narrator) and Ralph, to uncover the truth of what really happened to her. While it's true that this forms the centre of the story, 9/11 - and, therefore, Ingrid's disappearance - doesn't occur until almost 200 pages in. Additionally, the short prologue - the only part of the book narrated by Ingrid rather… Read more
I read and enjoyed Erin Kelly's debut novel, The Poison Tree, a couple of months ago, and when I saw this new book was being released I couldn't resist snapping it up. I was glad to find that, while The Sick Rose is completely recognisable as the work of the same author, it's quite different from The Poison Tree - the storyline is fresh, the characters original, and thankfully it seems much less like it's partly targeted at the chick-lit market.
The Sick Rose has two main characters. 39-year-old Louisa is a botanical expert working on the restoration of the gardens of a crumbling country house. 19-year-old Paul is a petty criminal sentenced to community service at the site, the… Read more
