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Sleep With Me
Ian McEwan meets Josephine Hart in this modern gothic page turner about a treacherous love triangle set in contemporary London. "Sleep With Me" reveals the dark side of infidelity as a married couple and a mysterious interloper lie, cheat and betray each other with tragic consequences.
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
June 5th 2006
by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
(first published October 1st 2005)
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This book drove me mental.
The first 170 pages are difficult to get through, and it is only through sheer will power and hatred of not completing books that i forced myself to continue and read on. It moves at such a slow pace that you begin to wonder what the point of this is going to be.
The characters are all really annoying and ridiculous. The plot is a good idea but so much more could've been done with it.
The last 30 or so pages move much quicker yet at the same time seem to drag in certain p...more
The first 170 pages are difficult to get through, and it is only through sheer will power and hatred of not completing books that i forced myself to continue and read on. It moves at such a slow pace that you begin to wonder what the point of this is going to be.
The characters are all really annoying and ridiculous. The plot is a good idea but so much more could've been done with it.
The last 30 or so pages move much quicker yet at the same time seem to drag in certain p...more
Out of all the millions of books there are to read why did I pick out this one? Because I liked another book of Briscoe (You) and I guess it was meant as a sort of snack in between but it turned out quite heavy to digest. For a thriller the book takes far too long to become exciting and I just couldn't like the main characters Richard and Lelia. They are presented as a young, happy couple about to have their first child but it was all a bit too cliché for my taste. Both fall for the charms of a...more
The day our child was conceived, someone else arrived. She was there as the cells fused, like a ghost.~ We had fucked, my love and I, moments before going out to diner.
Richard and Lelia hardly register the mousy-ish girl at their friends' diner table. Yet it won't be long until Richard meets her again. Sylvie. He thinks she's plain. Little does he know that Sylvie is about to creep into Lelia's and his lives, ever so subtly. Her presence seems sinister yet harmless at first.
Briscoe wrote a eery...more
Richard and Lelia hardly register the mousy-ish girl at their friends' diner table. Yet it won't be long until Richard meets her again. Sylvie. He thinks she's plain. Little does he know that Sylvie is about to creep into Lelia's and his lives, ever so subtly. Her presence seems sinister yet harmless at first.
Briscoe wrote a eery...more
This story of Richard and Lelia, an English couple, whose relationship is tested by an unplanned pregnancy and by a strange French woman was initially entrancing, much like the mysterious Sylvie herself. The plot was multilayered, the writing rich and evocative, the characters not too sympathetic. After all, it wouldn't do to feel too much fondness for people who would be swayed from their commitments and loves so easily. Their worlds come crashing down, as they must, then reform from the rubble...more
weird book - weird story. started off decent and the story is actually ok. but what i don't get is ...... how in the world could a couple that has hot sex before leaving for a party - go so wrong. the couple arrives and leaves the party never even noticing the "mousy girl" standing there. so, if this Sylvie is so unnoticeable - how does this character insinuate herself into their lives? how in the world does everyone including the couple's friends and co-workers all become so obsessed, in love,...more
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Sleep with me is about a couple who aren't having the most harminous time, partly due to the man's uncertain reaction to his partner's pregnancy. A mysterious young French (I think) girl enters their lives and everything gets weird and complicated. A few friends are involved in the tale, one of which is very irritating! I didn't much care for any of the characters, the story was okay but nothing more.
This was quite the dirty little book. This story is about Richard and Leila, a couple who are madly in love. Leila gets pregnant, and Richard isn't too sure about how he feels about that. Enter: Sophie (I think this is her name, there was a sophie and a sylvia and it was getting confusing). Sophie is this plain, quite young woman from France, and for some reason everyone falls in love with her. Richard's friend talks about having an affair with her (although at first you don't know its Sophie be...more
Why on earth does this book have a 2.84 overall rating?! Troubling... I loved it. The prose is intimate and fresh and the whole novel is veiled with a sense of foreboding. Generally, I wish every book ended slightly differently, and the same goes for this one. Doesn't really matter though, as the rest of the writing makes up for it. Give it a go
Creepy, suspenseful and beautifully written. Richard and Leila meet drab, almost invisible Sylvie. Unbeknownst to each other, they each develop a relationship with her. I couldn't put it down, but sometimes I just couldn't keep reading.
I have to say, I really enjoyed this book - I did almost give up at page 50 as it was a bit slow and 'odd', but I'm so glad I persevered as I found it to be quite addictive in the end!
I did find parts of it rather predictable, but was still taken by surprise in others!!
There really are some nutters about LOL!
I did find parts of it rather predictable, but was still taken by surprise in others!!
There really are some nutters about LOL!
Amazing - the characters (written from both a male and female perspective) are compellingly written - you completely empathise with both of their predicaments. One of my all time faves.
Het is een literaire thriller, maar ze hadden het ook een psychologische thriller kunnen noemen. Heel mooi geschreven, wel een beetje poetisch, soms wat wazig, vooral in het begin. Hoe verder naar het einde wordt het steeds spannender, even doorbijten in het begin dus.
Aug 25, 2012
Lorewra
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The story began quite slow and tedious but after perseverance it proved to be an incredibly consuming and interesting read, literally unputdownable.
Creepy, disconcerting, gripping, a real page turner. I really enjoyed this and will be looking out for other books by Joanna Briscoe.
The plot was predictable and the majority of the characters quite dislikable. That said, it helped me while away a day, ill in bed.
It is an interesting book in the way that the writer tell stories from different perspectives. Ending is a bit disappointing.
Aug 24, 2011
Val Williams
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intruiging book... keeps you reading until the very last page with surprises and twists and turns all the way!
Fabulous book - beautifully written, emotive, thought-provoking, and a book that I literally could not put down.
Made it to page 60 and I just can't get trough. Not my book.
Dit was nou regtig 'n lekker boek om mense se dark sides bietjie te bekyk. Daar word gebéúr aan die grensdrade van elke verhouding.
The book had a slow start and peaked my interest during the second act and I was truly vested in finding out what was the true story and motives of the mysterious Sylvie. But at last, after I finished reading my only thought was, "this is the journey you lead me on?" Snore!
Great book. Great story.
good read.
This book was okay. All about obsession - kind of Fatal Attraction-esque. But a little too twisted for my taste.
Feb 26, 2010
A. Non
marked it as to-read
Library
While it was a page-turner, it was creepy, such that I will take a break before moving on to another one of this A-List London lesbian's books.
Don't be fooled by the chit lit cover - this is an insidious tale.
Hmm, sex. And mice. Interesting.
My daughter's just pulled this out of our bookshelves to read, probably because of the title.
Umm, it's Ok, a 'thriller' beach read really about a woman who inveigles herself into a couple's life and proceeds to wreck it. Quite well put together, well written, but not earth shattering. 2 and a half stars really.
Is 'inveigles' the right word... you know what i mean..
Umm, it's Ok, a 'thriller' beach read really about a woman who inveigles herself into a couple's life and proceeds to wreck it. Quite well put together, well written, but not earth shattering. 2 and a half stars really.
Is 'inveigles' the right word... you know what i mean..
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Joanna Briscoe is the author of two novels, Mothers and Other Lovers, which won the Betty Trask Award; and Skin, which was runner-up for the Encore Award. Her short stories have featured in several anthologies. She was a columnist for the Independent and the Guardian and writes regularly for all the major newspapers and magazines. Joanna Briscoe lives in London with her family.
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