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Title: The Memory Game by Nicci French ISBN: 0-7540-1022-8 Publisher: Chivers Press Ltd Format: Paperback |
Average Customer Rating: 3.31 (16 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Had to read
Comment: I had to read this book because I had to do a class assignment. I found that the story\ plot was good but there was too much description to keep me interested. Im not one to pick a book apart because of it's faults and I never will. But there was so much description of every little thing around her that I wanted to put it down, It bored me!. Except I couldn't as with most murder, mysteries I wanted to find out what happened at the end. Overall the book was okay but it took to long with lots of unnesscary crap.
Rating: 3
Summary: Compelling, but characters are tiresome
Comment: The Memory Game is a startling and well written novel. The characters are described with great clarity and the plot is clever with several deft twists. The quality of writing is impeccable, and everything is explained in a lyrical style. Why, then, only Three Stars?
The characters may be original and three-dimensional but most are unlikeable. The very British word 'pompous' describes them all perfectly. I almost stopped reading halfway through because the characters were all so self-absorbed and stereotypically 'upper class' in an irritatingly bohemian way. The past and present actions of all the characters were made up of a mass of illicit affairs, broken marriages, secrets, lies and arguments. The one act that really underlined to me why I disliked them all so much was when Jane's brother decided to make a documentary about them all and despite initial protests they all took part in it - it was such a cold blooded thing to do and seemed so pretentious. The complex web of infidelities also wore thin, it got to a stage where there were so many affairs between different members of the same family that it was difficult to recall them all.
To some extent, I came to sympathize with the narrator, Jane, although I thought she was insufferable a lot of the time. The book was written in a first person narrative but I could not relate to nearly all of her life experiences. Even her love interest, Casper, managed to irritate me. Why the hell would any sane person want to name their daughter Fanny, which refers to a woman's genitals in Britain?
Overall The Memory Game is a competent thriller with a shocking, albeit thoroughly depressing, ending. The one thing that really shone out at me was Nicci French's writing style which was faultless. Often a new paragraph would start with a surprising opening line that would draw me in and keep me hooked.
JoAnne
Rating: 5
Summary: Death and Doubt, Mystery and Therapy
Comment: Struggling architect Jane Martello is on hand during the ground breaking for her design for an extension of the Martello retreat. However human bones are found during the ceremony and the Martello?s know straightaway they are the remains of Jane?s best friend, believed murdered 25 years ago. Jane, who is separated from her husband, feels estranged from the family and emotionally torn, so she seeks therapy. While pulling her life back together, nagging doubts about her friends death come to surface.
This book drew me right into it, making me feel as involved as Jane herself. I loved it.
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Title: The safe house by Nicci French ISBN: 0718143051 Publisher: M. Joseph Pub. Date: 1998 |
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Title: Beneath the Skin by Nicci French ISBN: 0446609781 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Killing Me Softly : A Novel of Obsession by Nicci French ISBN: 0446608386 Publisher: Warner Vision Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Land of the Living by Nicci French ISBN: 0446531510 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Secret Smile by Nicci French ISBN: 0446533475 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 22 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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