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Devětadvacetiletá Eva několik měsíců po svatbě zjišťuje, že její manžel Jackson nebyl tím, kým tvrdil, že je, a uvědomuje si, že se zamilovala do muže, kterého vlastně vůbec neznala…
Eva je vdaná pouhých deset měsíců, když její manžel Jackson při jednom ze svých rybářských výletů tragicky zemře. Jeho tělo však není nalezeno…
Sklíčená Eva se rozhodne vzít si dlouhou dovolenou a odhodlá se k návštěvě Jacksonovy rodiny v Tasmánii, s níž se do té doby nikdy nesetkala. Doufá, že budou truchlit společně a že se tím její zármutek zmírní. Místo toho však zjistí, že muž, kterého tak hluboce milovala, byl ve skutečnosti někým úplně jiným.
Jacksonův otec a bratr jí postupně odhalí Jacksonovu temnou minulost i dávné události jejich rodiny. Eva s hrůzou zjišťuje, že jejich manželství bylo postaveno na podvodu. Že vše byla jedna velká lež… Dokáže jít Eva dál, nebo ji lži jejího manžela budou pronásledovat navždy?
„Myslela na Jacksona v mrazivém moři, za ním stál stín jeho minulosti, pozůstatek rozhodnutí, které kdysi učinil. Uvědomila si, co všechno se může změnit posledním nádechem…“

304 pages, Hardcover

First published March 27, 2014

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Lucy Clarke

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Sunday Times bestseller Lucy Clarke is the author of nine destination thrillers. They include Waterstones Thriller of the Month, The Castaways, Richard and Judy Book Club pick, One of the Girls, and international bestseller, The Hike - and her most recent novel, The Surf House. Lucy's novels have sold over a million copies in the UK alone and are published in more than 25 territories worldwide.

Lucy's thriller, No Escape has been released as a major international show for Paramount+. The Castaways has also been adapted into a five-part thriller for Paramount+ and stars BAFTA award-winner Sheridan Smith. Three further novels by Lucy are currently in development for TV/film.

When Lucy isn't away on research trips (the real reason she loves being an author!), she can be found writing from a beach hut on the south coast of England. She lives with her husband and their two children.

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Profile Image for Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡  .
4,665 reviews615 followers
March 7, 2023
England: Eva und Jackson sind noch kein ganzes Jahr verheiratet, als Jackson beim Angeln verunglückt und ertrinkt. Eva ist am Boden zerstört. Sie reist nach Tasmanien, um dort Jacksons Familie zu treffen, die sie bisher noch nicht kennengelernt hat. Doch das Kennenlernen gestaltet sich anders als erwartet, und Eva stößt auf eine Wand der Geheimnisse.
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Mein Leseeindruck:
Da ich über „Die Landkarte der Liebe“ bereits viel Gutes gehört habe, war ich sehr neugierig darauf, das neue Buch von Lucy Clarke zu lesen. Und ich muss sagen, dass mich die Geschichte von Eva und Jackson sehr berührt hat. Auch hat mich das Buch sehr überrascht, denn es gibt in dieser Geschichte so viele Wendungen und unvorhersehbare Ereignisse, dass es wirklich von Anfang bis Ende fesselnd ist. Mit Eva habe ich mich sehr verbunden gefühlt; ihre Geschichte ist mir wirklich nahegegangen.
Lucy Clarke hat einen sehr schönen und angenehmen Schreibstil. Das Buch lässt sich flüssig lesen; die Geschichte ist gleichzeitig tieftraurig und doch auch romantisch, einfach sehr bewegend und fesselnd. Auch ist die Geschichte so, dass sie länger im Gedächtnis bleibt, auch nachdem man die letzte Seite gelesen hat.
Für mich steht auf jeden Fall fest, dass ich weitere Bücher der Autorin lesen möchte, denn mit dem vorliegenden Buch hat sie mich auf jeden Fall überzeugen können!
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470 reviews184 followers
March 27, 2014
Lucy’s first book The Sea Sisters was released last year and it completely blew me away. Personally for me, it was actually one of the stand out books of last year, so I was eagerly anticipating her latest release – A Single Breath.

Eva is so in love with her husband Jackson, so when he dies in a tragic accident she is left devastated. Needing closure and wanting to know more about Jackson’s life before he met her, Eva takes a journey to Tasmania to meet his estranged family. But when she arrives, things are not all they seem…

Oh my…I was left utterly speechless by this book. I know I had high hopes after my LOVE for The Sea Sisters, and A Single Breath exceeded my hopes for a brilliant story! Wow.

I was drawn in from the very first lines, and along with Eva I quickly had many questions – Why aren’t things as they seem? What was going to happen when Eva reached Tasmania and found Jackson’s family?

A Single Breath is fascinating and surprising all at once. With every chapter I discovered something new and unexpected, and Lucy’s writing is so fantastic because although I had ideas of what might happen, I was wrong and I was left gasping in shock at all of the twists and turns I came across. I loved that I had no idea what would happen next, and I enjoyed that I was discovering all of these revelations along with Eva, so it helped me feel close to her and left me urging her on to uncover the truth about Jackson and his life.

The descriptions are STUNNING. I loved the scenes of fishing and diving in Tasmania, and when I was reading these scenes it felt as though I had been transported there and I was living those moments with the characters. Lucy’s writing had me looking up these beautiful places and wishing I was heading there myself!

A Single Breath is an intriguing story that pulled me in from the first page, and had me racing through desperate to know what would happen. I couldn’t tear myself away from this book, the words are stunning, the plot is complex and gripping and it is a story that has stayed with me since finishing. Wow.
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1,471 reviews407 followers
March 8, 2015
I received this book as a free giveaway through Goodreads. This book was a great read. Clarke is a fascinating storyteller. The plot may be a little overdone (the "my husband dies and I find out he has a secret life" saga) but Clarke adds a few extra twists and turns into this plot line that make the story highly loveable and highly readable. The reader cheers for the heroine, Eva, throughout the course of the novel. You immediately fall in love with Saul, and you go from hating Jackson, to sympathizing with him (however you ALWAYS hate Jeannette).
The book keeps a reader engaged,and it comes to a satisfactory conclusion. Throughout the book, there are hints that it could end in a multitude of ways, and this provides just enough anxiety and curiosity for a reader to want to get to the end. When the end is reached, I was definitely satisfied. It ended the way it was supposed to and the way you want it to.
I definitely recommend this book and it will be added to my list of "books to re-read". Don't overlook this book because the plot line has been done before. "A Single Breath" will enthrall you and it definitely shouldn't be passed up.
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569 reviews201 followers
June 9, 2020
(3.5 rounded up) Ok, so this book totally tricked me! It’s way more romance than I usually go for! There are definitely some convoluted questions & the general feeling of suspense.. but it’s not a thriller. Still, the characters are good & if you enjoy this romance/mystery genre I’ve been noticing lately, I think you’ll definitely enjoy this 1. (Romance is so not my preference & I still zipped right through- so that has to say something! 😊)
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549 reviews310 followers
April 9, 2022
Endlich vom SuB befreit, freute ich mich auf meinen zweiten Lucy Clarke Spannungsroman, nachdem ich „Das Haus am Rand der Klippen“ so sehr geliebt habe.
Leider war es eine Enttäuschung. Positiv sei vermerkt – und dafür gab es die zwei Sterne – dass Lucy Clarke wunderbar über Settings am Meer schreiben kann. Tasmanien – speziell Bruny Island (wenn hier auch anders benannt) – wurde wunderbar dargestellt und ich habe mich direkt zurückversetzt gefühlt in diese wunderschöne Gegend. Und auch der Schreibstil ist angenehm leicht und flüssig. Nicht zu übertrieben metaphorisch und trotzdem nicht plump.  
 
Das alles kann aber leider nicht über die sehr flache und langweilige Story hinwegtäuschen, welche ewig lang nicht in Fahrt kommt und zum Ende hin sehr abstrus aufgeklärt wird, mit diversen Logikfehlern. Hinzukommt, dass mir die Protagonist:innen alle nicht sehr sympathisch waren und für mich unverständlich gehandelt haben. Die meiste Zeit ent- und bestehen hier Probleme nur deshalb, weil keine Partei wirklich mal redet. So verbringt Eva nach dem Unfalltod Ihres Mannes Wochen in der Nähe seines Bruders und Vaters in Australien. Geheimnisse liegen in der Luft, aber so richtig Klartext redet keiner. Das erzeugte keine Spannung, sondern Augenrollen bei mir. Also entspannte ich mich mit den Beschreibungen des Meeres und der australischen Natur und wartete auf die Auflösung. Diese war teilweise vorhersehbar und teilweise nur sehr abstrus und wenig nachvollziehbar.
 
Fazit: Ich hätte das Buch ohne Probleme auch nach 100 Seiten abbrechen können, weil es mich nicht stark hingezogen hat. Dadurch, dass es leicht zu lesen war und ich am Ende doch noch auf ein spannendes und gut geklärtes Finale gehofft habe, hielt ich durch. Leider kam dieses nicht. Schade! Ich gebe Lucy Clarke aber nicht auf. Ihr demnächst erscheinendes Buch klingt sehr gut: 6 Freundinnen – Griechische Insel – Geheimnisse

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2,211 reviews609 followers
October 13, 2023
A Single Breath is Lucy Clarke's sophomore novel and now I am incredibly glad I decided to read her backlist because I loved this just as much as her 2023 release! I wasn't sure if there would be a mystery element since I didn't read the synopsis beforehand, but there definitely is one as well as some twists and turns along the way. I think this would actually make a great book club pick as well since it combines more than one genre while also making you wonder what you would do had you been in most of the character's shoes. I am still debating whether I found any of them loveable although I was a fan of both Eva and her best friend Callie. Clarke did a great job of blending romance with mystery and while I had an idea of where things were going to go, she still shocked me in more than one way once all of the secrets were finally revealed.

I listened to the audiobook and thought that Shaun Grindell & Fiona Hardingham both did a great job. Hardingham does most of the work in this book since Eva is the main focus, and I liked that she was both easy to understand as well as just doing a fantastic job in general. She really enhanced my experience, and I would definitely recommend audio if you like them. A Single Breath ended up leaving tears in my eyes with how beautiful the ending was, and I thought Clarke wrapped everything up in a very fitting and satisfying way. There are some sad topics covered as well, and I feel like it just brought even more depth and interest to the storyline. Overall, if you are looking for something that doesn't focus on just one genre and you enjoy mysteries with lots of secrets and a dash of romance, I would highly recommend getting this one into your hands.
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1,404 reviews1,407 followers
November 8, 2023
I am highlighting some awesome books I read some time ago so that keen readers can hear of some favourites to consider.

Oh my God, I absolutely adored this book!

I had it on my book shelves for a while at home, silly me thought it might be a bit average so avoided it with so many books to choose from. Big mistake! Absolutely stunning novel from a very, very talented author. I missed the boat and have not read The Sea Sisters, but I will now.

As I read this book I think I had sharp intakes of breath at least 10 times, a lot of "OMG" out loud going on and a little bit of "holy crap, you can't be serious" and one big "I knew it! I freaking knew it!" which scared my cats off the bed. Scaredy cats!

The deeper the water, the darker the secrets

There were so many times I thought about telling you the truth, Eva. What stopped me was always the same thing…

When Eva’s husband Jackson tragically drowns, she longs to meet his estranged family. The journey takes her to Jackson’s brother’s doorstep on a remote Tasmanian island. As strange details about her husband’s past begin to emerge, memories of the man she married start slipping through her fingers like sand, as everything she ever knew and loved about him is thrown into question. Now she’s no longer sure whether it was Jackson she fell in love with – or someone else entirely…


Eva..Eva...Eva - what a fantastic character she was, oh I loved her from start to finish, she is what I call a low maintenance, non-fluff type of woman, solid, flawed slightly, just enough and so easy to take to.

The book kicks off early with the tragedy of Eva's husband Jackson drowning whilst fishing on rocks, his body not able to be found despite a large search being undertaken. She has only been his wife for 9 months and she is devastated, the man she adored has now gone and left an aching hole in her heart. She met Jackson on a plane, he is from Tasmania (which if you don't know is a state of Australia, but is an island off the south coast of Oz), she is British. They live together in England, in London, as happy as can be until the fateful day he is lost in the water and her heart breaks in a trillion pieces.



Eva decides to go to Tasmania, to find out more about her husband's life and family and friends, she never got to meet anyone and is looking for closure in whatever way she can. She meets his father briefly, and then his brother, Saul who reluctantly offers her a place to stay in a kind of holiday shack on the coast not far from his house. She has no idea how long she is staying for or what she is there for, she just NEEDS to be where her husband came from. She uses this place to find out more about Jackson. She pretty soon wishes she had not.

What if the man you thought you knew was not that man at all?

From this point in the book it's just reveal after reveal and each one is delicately placed to make you gasp as it hits you in the middle of a paragraph, you might read it again to be sure you read correctly. Oh boy! I felt so many emotions for Eva and with Eva, the whole spectrum from anger and indignation to pity and grief.

Then we have Saul, Jackson's brother - he was my favourite character in this book, wonderfully written, he just took my breath away, he really did. Gush gush. I bet he is really gorgeous and I want to cast the actor to play him if this is ever a movie.




Don't get me wrong I am not a soppy romance lover, and this is not about a soppy romance, it's about heart break, deception, lies, truths, promises kept, promises broken. It's about LIFE. Oh yes, you are going to love it. I so promise you.

The setting is well described, the characters are written really well, all of them. The pace ebbs and flows but it's what makes the book so special. Each moment is written to have an impact, I was seeing this book so clearly in my head, the beach, the free diving that Eva learned to do, all of it.

Now, I guessed the BIG reveal early on, but the incredible thing was that it still was a huge shock and had an impact the way it came about being revealed that it did not matter that I knew it was coming. Really clever writing from Lucy Clarke. It hit my right in the heart.

What will become of Eva? Does she find the answers and the closure she is looking for? Will her heart heal? Will she find the truth? And what impact will all these events have on her as a person, her life? That, dear reader is for you to get this book and read it. Just trust me. It's good, very good. Now go.

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4,479 reviews154 followers
July 12, 2024
There were many things I liked about this. This was enjoyable. I liked the way the author laid out the plot points to her story, which were nicely layered. I also liked her descriptive strokes. She wasn't overly wordy and she refrained from rambling on tangents that didn't belong. All pluses for me.

My biggest hang up was the romance. I loved the whole idea of it, but I just didn't buy it. It didn't seem firmly linked to the reality I was given in the story. And I will also say that it was entirely too predictable. I like it to be a little more subtle and prefer not to be hit over the head with it. It was like a bright neon sign.
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465 reviews
March 2, 2020
When Eva meets Jackson she is swept off her feet, convinced that he’s “the one”. After a whirlwind courtship they marry and settle down to life in London, she has no reason to expect anything other than to live happily ever after. Until one weekend while visiting her mother in Dorset, the world as she knows it begins to unravel when Jackson is swept into the sea, while fishing early one morning. This isn’t a spoiler, as it happens in the prologue, and what I am not going to tell you is what happens just before he disappears into the sea. With her life in bits, Eva feels an unfathomable need to visit Jackson’s homeland, Tasmania – she needs to talk to his family, his friends, walk along the same beaches that he did, swim in the same sea, look at the same night skies – but how can she ever guess that her time in Tasmania will almost destroy her, and will crack the very core of her life with Jackson.
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2,005 reviews5,790 followers
February 22, 2022
(Review originally published on my blog, February 2014) In January this year, The Guardian published an article by the author Lucie Whitehouse titled 'The rise of the marriage thriller'. The piece pinpointed an emergent literary trend - also given the label 'chick noir' - and discussed a recent crop of female-orientated psychological/crime thrillers with domestic settings, often focusing on the secrets that can lurk within a marriage. The most obvious inspiration for this movement, such as it is, has been Gillian Flynn's mega-hit Gone Girl, the archetypal 'marriage thriller', in which a psychopathic wife and a loathsome husband are entertainingly awful to one another.

Although the phrase was coined by a female author, and one whose work I've enjoyed, personally I dislike this term. I don’t think it’s necessarily offensive in itself, but I can see how easily it could be used as another way for fiction written by, and largely for, women to be dismissed and made to seem less valid. Why do we have to fit women's fiction (itself a dismissive term) into boxes like this - something that rarely happens with male writers? Whitehouse has previously written spellbinding literary thrillers, while her most recent, Before We Met, was a good but comparatively lacklustre yarn which appeared to be clearly influenced by the Gone Girl trend. Part of what concerned me about the book was that it felt like it had been written to fit a template, and I wonder how many young, talented female authors there are who feel under pressure to force their work to conform to such a sub-genre.

At the same time I understand the need to pin down a trend and give it a name. The last few years have seen an explosion in the number of such novels, and I've often commented myself on the need for a definitive way to group them. This is sometimes because I want to compare them to one another and examine the ways in which one massive hit - yes, Gone Girl again - may have influenced hundreds of other works; it’s sometimes because I want to criticise them, since certain books within this bracket are incredibly lazy and poorly put together, and have clearly been rushed to publication just to capitalise on a trend.

The above is relevant because now the term exists, A Single Breath is likely to be categorised as a 'marriage thriller', whether it's supposed to be one or not. The initial premise is similar to that of Before We Met: in both books, a young wife, married for a short time after a whirlwind romance, starts to uncover apparent lies told by her husband, after which her suspicions spiral into a series of awful discoveries. The major difference is that in A Single Breath, protagonist Eva's husband, Jackson, is killed in an accident at the start of the book, and her discoveries occur after his death. Unable to see through her despair, she makes an impulsive decision to travel to Tasmania, where Jackson was born and brought up, where she soon begins to realise that what her husband had told her about his life was somewhat removed from reality.

As with Clarke's debut The Sea Sisters, one of the major strengths of A Single Breath is its incredibly strong sense of place. The story is primarily set in Tasmania, a place I know little about, yet I found that within pages of Eva's arrival there I could envision it perfectly. Unlike Sea Sisters it's not a travelogue, but the description is so vivid that it doesn't suffer from being largely confined to one setting. In fact, if anything, it's better for it. Eva is an instantly likeable character and it's easy to sympathise with her through grief, uncertainty about Jackson's past, and the beginnings of a new romance.

While I wouldn't place A Single Breath under the heading of literary fiction, I'm also reluctant to categorise it as anything more flimsy, because I really, really liked it and I don't want to put anyone off reading it if 'chick noir' or whatever is something they'd usually turn their nose up at. Okay, yes, it's not going to replace the classics on anyone's shelves, but the important thing about it isn't that it revolves around a relationship: it's that Clarke creates a setting so real you can almost touch it, a protagonist you can root for, and a compelling plot. Come the summer, this will be the perfect book to take on holiday.

I'm sure we won't have seen the last of the 'marriage thriller' for a long while yet, but I hope the trend continues to yield books like this one - that fit within the category, but don't feel as though they are limited by it - than those that seem deliberately calculated to attain coveted 'next Gone Girl' status.
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1,270 reviews85 followers
August 23, 2019
Auf "Der Sommer, in dem es zu schneien begann" bin ich einzig und allein nur deshalb aufmerksam geworden, weil ich für die Motto-Challenge Bücher rund um das Thema Urlaub (inkl. Sommer) gesucht habe. Ich habe mich dafür einfach mal durch die Spotify-Hörbuch-Datenbank geklickt und habe mich letztendlich für Lucy Clarkes Buch entschieden. Ich muss zugeben, dass ich bei dem Titel und dem Cover eher eine platte, vorhersehbare und kitschige Chick-Lit erwartet hätte, wurde dann aber positiv überrascht, wie traurig und teilweise tiefgründig die Geschichte letztendlich war.

Das Buch beginnt mit einem dramatischen Vorfall: Die Protagonistin Eva erfährt kurz nach ihrer Hochzeit, dass ihr frisch angetrauter Ehemann Jack bei einem Unfall einem Boot ums Leben gekommen ist. Es wird vermutet, dass Jack ertrunken ist, eine Leiche konnte jedoch nicht gefunden werden.
Eigentlich hatten Eva und Jack geplant, im Herbst eine Reise in Jacks Heimat in Tasmanien zu machen, doch nach seinem Tod, fällt dieser Plan (nicht nur sprichwörtlich) ins Wasser. Nach reiflicher Überlegung, entscheidet sich Eva die Reise vorzuziehen und fliegt im Sommer nach Tasmanien, um Jacks Familie kennenzulernen, von der sie bisher kaum etwas erfahren hat.
Dort angekommen, wird sie nicht gerade sehr warmherzig empfangen und Eva wird den Verdacht nicht los, dass es insbesondere zwischen Jack und seinem Bruder Saul ungelöste Konflikte gibt.
Erst nachdem Eva auf eigene Faust Nachforschungen zu Jacks Vergangenheit anstellen wird, erklärt sich Saul bereit, ihr dabei zu helfen. Was zuerst wie eine nette Geste scheint, hat eigentlich ganz andere Gründe, denn wie Eva sehr bald feststellen muss, ist Jack nicht der, der er vorgegeben hat zu sein. Sauls anfänglicher Grund ihr zu helfen war der, zu vermeiden, dass Eva mit ihrer Nachforschung für Wirbel sorgt, denn Jack hat nicht nur Tasmanien, sondern auch seine eigentliche, wahre Geschichte und damit Verbindungen zu ganz bestimmten Menschen, hinter sich gelassen.

Ich dachte anfangs zu wissen, wie die Geschichte sich entwickeln würde, wurde jedoch einmal mehr durch verschiedene unvorhergesehene Wendungen überrascht, die mich perplex zurückgelassen haben. Bei ihrer Suche nach Jacks Vergangenheit in Tasmanien deckt Eva immer mehr Geheimnisse über ihren Ehemann auf, dass weder sie, noch ich als Leserin gedacht hätte. Eva muss feststellen, dass Jack eigentlich ein ganz anderer Mensch ist, als er sich ihr gegenüber gezeigt hat. Doch sie deckt nicht nur Jacks Lügen auf, sondern kommt auch den Gründen dafür auf die Spur - und die sind ganz anders, als man anfangs vermutlich denken würde. Das Buch endet schliesslich in einem Höhepunkt, der noch einmal eine ganz grosse Enthüllung bereithält, die mich war überrascht hat, aber gleichzeitig mit all den vorherigen Wendungen insgesamt für meinen Geschmack etwas zu viel des Guten war.

Die Geschichte wird abwechselnd von den zwei wunderbaren Erzählern Anna Carlsson (die Evas Perspektive schildert) und Andreas Fröhlich (der Jacks Sicht schildert) erzählt. Beide schaffen es sehr gut ihren jeweiligen Charakteren und deren Geschichte Leben einzuhauchen und waren für mich eine perfekte Wahl. Das Zuhören war nicht zuletzt, durch den sehr flüssigen und bildhaften Schreibstil der Autorin sehr angenehm und hat mich insbesondere mit der Protagonistin Eva auf ihrem Leidensweg mitfühlen lassen.

Fazit:
"Der Sommer, in dem es zu schneien begann" erzählt die Geschichte einer jungen Frau, die nicht nur mit dem überraschenden Verlust ihres erst kürzlich angetrauten Ehemanns umgehen muss, sondern auch mit dem Umstand, dass er sie die ganze Zeit belogen hat. Das Buch ist emotional, dramatisch und eine Achterbahn der Gefühle. Nichts ist so, wie es anfangs scheint und ich fand es sehr bewegend, die Protagonistin auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit zu begleiten. Die vielen überraschenden Wendungen haben mich positiv überrascht. Nur die letzte grosse Enthüllung war in meinen Augen zwar unerwartet, für mich aber auch irgendwie unnötig. Von mir gibt es 4 Sterne für diesen kurzweiligen Roman, der als Hörbuch sehr zu empfehlen ist.
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70 reviews
October 18, 2015
Inhalt:

Abrupter kann das Schicksal kaum zuschlagen: Als Eva nur wenige Monate nach der Hochzeit ihren Mann durch einen Unfall auf See verliert, erstarrt sie vor Schmerz. Ihr gerade erst begonnenes Leben als glückliche Ehefrau soll schon zu Ende sein? Eva fühlt sich völlig allein in ihrer Trauer und reist nach Tasmanien, um Trost bei Jacksons Angehörigen zu finden. Doch so bezaubernd die australische Insel ist, so abweisend verhält sich Jacksons Familie. Warum nur wollen sein Vater und sein Bruder partout nicht über ihn sprechen? Auf Eva warten schockierende Wahrheiten, die sie zu einem schicksalhaften Sommer in der Vergangenheit führen - dem Sommer, in dem es zu schneien begann.


Gestaltung:

Das Cover und das ganze Buch sind einfach sooo schön. *-* Der Buchschnitt ist so toll, denn die Wellen ziehen sich über die Seiten an der Seite. Außerdem ist es innen sehr schön gestaltet, denn die Wellen setzen sich dort auch fort und in der Klappbroschur stehen ein paar tolle Zitate, die über das Buch gesagt wurden.


Meine Meinung:

Mir hat das Buch sehr gut gefallen, denn es hat mich sehr zum Nachdenken angeregt, weil die zentralen Themen dieses Buches (Verrat, Lügen, Liebe) sehr gut ausgebaut worden sind. Die Wendungen waren super unvorhersehbar und das hat das ganze Buch sehr spannend gemacht. Die Liebesgeschichte hat mir auch super gefallen, sie hat sich wie ein kleines Pflänzchen entwickelt, von dem Mann nicht gerechnet hätte, das es so groß wird. Die Personen waren mir sehr sympathisch und Evas Handlungen konnte ich sehr gut nachvollziehen, sie hat so mit sich gehadert, was sie denken sollte, als sie die ganzen Geheimnisse über Jackson herausgefunden hat und das fand ich sehr toll, weil es sehr realistisch rüberkam. Leider finde ich das sich das Buch in der Mitte etwas gezogen hat und ich beim Ende gleich von Anfang an wusste, dass es so endet. Trotzdem ist es echt eine echte Leseempfehlung, mit tollen Themen, die hier aufgegriffen werden, einem wunderschönen Cover und einer tollen Umsetzung, die aber ein paar kleine Macken hatte. (:


Fazit:
4 von 5 Sternen


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237 reviews1 follower
February 28, 2016
This is another one of those stories that just asks too much of the reader. A young (and of course, beautiful) woman loses her husband tragically after only eight months of marriage. Consumed by grief she leaves her home England to travel to his home Tasmania to learn as much as she can about him. OK. Fairly plausible. Now comes the fairy tale. She stays there for months even though back home she and hubby were living on a shoestring. She becomes involved almost immediately with hubby's brother. Passions flare. Ah, she was really grieving, wasn't she? What follows is just too unbelievable. I thought when I got this book it was a psychological thriller. Wrong. The only thrilling part was when it ended. To mention the tripe in between would be a spoiler though to me the content already did that. I'll never understand how these novels get 4 stars.
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142 reviews5 followers
September 12, 2021
Der Sommer, in dem es zu schneien begann war nicht mein erstes Buch von Lucy Clarke. Ich finde ihre Bücher haben etwas ganz Besonderes. Der Schreibstil erlaubt es, dass Buch flüssig zu lesen und ein gutes Bild über alle Personen zu haben samt ihrer Gedanken und Gefühle. Da das Setting Tasmanien war, habe ich richtiges Fernweh bekommen. Leider konnte mich diese Geschichte nicht vollständig überzeugen. Ich hatte die ganze Geschichte eine Vorahnung die sich letztendlich bestätigt hat. Außerdem finde ich hat sich die Geschichte stellenweise in die Länge gezogen.
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1,154 reviews72 followers
May 25, 2019
Добре написана и лесно четяща се книга.
Малко по-дълго продължават повторения на едно и също нещо, което може донякъде да отегчи.
Тънка е границата между кифленска история и истински драматично написана книга.
Та тази държи средата.
Не ми въздейства силно обаче, което е мерилото за мен.
И нямаше нещо много ценно , което мога да извлека от нея.
2019
Мнението ми остава същото. Добавям само това, че другото мерило дали една книга ми харесва е , дали ще я запазя в библиотеката си.
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711 reviews1,853 followers
May 31, 2014
A great read!!! Lots of twists and turns!
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545 reviews
June 18, 2020
3,5 Sterne - Diese Geschichte ist weitaus mehr als eine einfache und leichte Sommerlektüre. Sie ist sehr viel tiefgründiger als es die Farben des Covers vermuten lassen. Der Titel sagt dies aber deutlich aus.
Mir gefiel vor allem der Schreibstil sehr und die Intensität, mit der man die Charaktere kennenlernt. Ich muss zwar zugeben, dass ich keinen wirklichen Sympathieträger in diesem Buch für mich gefunden habe, doch alle Charaktere sind von ihrem Leben bzw. dem Handlungsleben so gezeichnet, dass sie im Leben schon sehr viel durchgemacht und erlebt haben, was sich in den Gefühlen und Beziehungen widerspiegelt. Das ist wirklich ein ganz großer Pluspunkt dieses Buches.
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1,118 reviews1,482 followers
July 29, 2016
I won this book from Goodreads. I had never heard of Lucy Clarke. Although the structure of the story was a bit predictable, it was a quick and fun read with good characters. Without revealing anything, the ending works well. It would make for a good beach read, and the setting of the story in Tasmania made me wang to travel to that part of the world. I expect that might be looking to read Clarke's first book over the summer.
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568 reviews38 followers
September 29, 2019
Nejslabší kniha Lucy Clark, jeden z těch příběhu, kdy tušíte, kam to směřuje a modlíte se, aby to bylo jinak. Přesto, že to nakonec tu linku drobně pozmění, nestačí to jako vykoupení lehkého zklamání. Přesto slušné čtení, které neurazí.
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34 reviews12 followers
August 12, 2024
I found this book compelling and easy reading, with tension, suspense and an ending that satisfied, although I wasn't shocked by any of the revelations.

I am enjoying my recent discovery of this author and will definitely read more.
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209 reviews
May 7, 2015
"Das Leben hat die Neigung, dich auf unerwartete Pfade zu führen - und dann schaust du dich plötzlich um und fragst dich, wie, zum Teufel, du dort gelandet bist." S. 309

Geschichte & Umsetzung
"Der Sommer, in dem es zu schneien begann" war mein erstes Buch von Lucy Clarke und gleich damit konnte sie mich überzeugen. Man beobachtet zunächst wie Eva mit der Trauer und dem Verlust ihres Mannes umgeht, ehe sie beschließt nach Tasmanien zu reisen. Dort will sie endlich Jacksons Familie kennenlernen, um mit ihnen zusammen zu trauern. Dort angekommen erfährt Eva allerdings nach und nach, dass das Leben ihres Mannes auf einem Lügengerüst basierte, dass nun zusammenzubrechen droht. Das Buch ist ein spannender Pageturner, den ich nicht aus der Hand legen konnte, weil ich unbedingt wissen wollte, was damals passiert ist. Dabei ist die Geschichte so gefühlvoll, voller Verzweiflung und gleichzeitig durchzogen von Hoffnung. An einigen Stellen ist die Geschichte etwas vorhersehbar, aber bevor es droht langweilig zu werden, trumpft die Autorin mit einigen Überraschungen auf, bevor das Buch mit einem für mich zufriedenen Ende und einem kleinen Hoffnungsschimmer für Eva endet.

Charaktere & Entwicklung
Die Charaktere wurden von der Autorin gut ausgearbeitet. Eva ist eine sehr sympathische Protagonistin, mit der ich die ganze Zeit mitgefühlt habe. Sie war eine lebensfrohe und glückliche Person. Nach dem Tod von Jackson wird sie sehr nachdenklich und als sie erfährt, dass Jackson gelogen hat, stellt sie verständlicherweise alles in Frage. Jacksons Lügen basieren auf einer Fehlentscheidung als er 15 Jahre alt war. Wenn Eva von ihm erzählt hat wirkte er immer so liebevoll. Und ich fragte mich die ganze Zeit, warum er gelogen hat und was passiert ist. In Tasmanien lernt Eva unter anderem Jacksons Bruder Saul kennen, der mir ebenfalls sehr sympathisch war. Anfangs war er sehr distanziert und schon fast abweisend zu Eva und eigentlich will er sie auch nicht da haben. Trotzdem verbringt er Zeit mit ihr, was daran liegt, dass Eva wirklich nicht locker lässt. Das fand ich irgendwie toll, weil sie trotz allem versucht stark zu sein und einfach mehr über ihren Mann und seine Familie erfahren will. Mit der Zeit kann Saul dann aber doch nicht mehr so unausstehlich sein, wie er anfangs tut und so verbringt er doch etwas Zeit mit ihr, einerseits weil er lernt Eva zu mögen und andererseits weil er sie vor der Wahrheit um Jackson schützen will.

Schreibstil
Lucy Clarke hat einen unglaublich schönen und gefühlvollen Schreibstil, der mich das Buch im Eiltempo durchlesen ließ. Das Buch wird aus der dritten Sicht geschrieben, meistens steht dabei Eva im Vordergrund, selten Jacksons Bruder Saul oder sein Vater Dirk. Immer wieder gibt es Abschnitte die in kursiver Schrift gedruckt sind und die aus Jacksons Sicht erzählen. Dabei erinnern diese Abschnitte allerdings eher an Tagebucheinträge, die einen langsam an die Wahrheiten heranführen. So wurde ein wirklich guter Spannungsbogen aufgebaut, da es immer etwas geheimnisvoll wirkte.

Abschlusswort
Lucy Clarke hat mit ihrem neuesten Roman "Der Sommer, in dem es zu schneien begann" einen spannenden Pageturner geschrieben, der mich mit der Protagonistin Eva mitfühlen ließ. Nach und nach kommen die Lügen von Ehemann Jackson zum Vorschein, bei denen man sich immer unwillkürlich fragt, warum er das getan hat und was in der Vergangenheit wirklich passiert ist. Ein wirklich gefühlvoller Schreibstil macht das Buch perfekt, bis man mit einem für mich zufriedenen Ende zurückgelassen wird.
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1,041 reviews5 followers
January 19, 2016
Eva und Jackson sind frisch verheiratet und total verliebt, als das Schicksal grausam zuschlägt. Jackson geht zum Angeln und stürzt von den Klippen, die raue See gibt seine Leiche nicht wieder her.
Gelähmt vor Trauer kann Eva nicht an seinen Tod glauben. Sie reist nach Tasmanien, um seine Familie zu besuchen, die sie noch nicht kennt. Vielleicht können sie seinen Tod gemeinsam betrauern. Doch ihre erste Begegnung mit Vater Dirk und Bruder Saul verläuft anders als geplant, sie wird nicht mit offen Armen empfangen eher mit Widerwillen.
Nach und nach stellt Eva fest, dass Jackson nicht der Mann ist, den sie meint zu kennen.
Was für Geheimnisse kommen ans Tageslicht?

"Der Sommer, in dem es zu schneien begann" von Lucy Clarke ist ein wundervoll einfühlsamer Roman über Vertrauen und Verrat, Liebe und Hoffnung und ganz vielen Geheimnisse.
Mit ihrem emotionalen aber leichten und lockeren Schreibstil hat die Autorin mich von Anfang an gefesselt, ich konnte das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen.
Die bildhaften Beschreibungen der Autorin entführen mich an wunderschöne Orte in Tasmanien, so dass man Lust bekommt, dort einmal Urlaub zu machen.

Die Charaktere sind authentisch und mit viel Liebe ins Leben gerufen worden, sie entwickeln sich im Laufe des Buches. Saul ist hier einer meiner Lieblinge, zuerst ist er sehr reserviert und trotzdem führsorglich. Nach und nach taut er auf und erzählt Eva Dinge aus seinem und Jacksons Leben.
Auch Eva ist mir sehr sympathisch, ihre Traurigkeit und auch ihre Hilfslosigkeit wurden von der Autorin authentisch dargestellt, ich könnte sie förmlich spüren. Und dann die Freude, als sie feststellt, dass sie schwanger ist und ihr etwas von Jackson bleibt. Wow, ein Achterbahn der Gefühle!
Jackson ist ein vielschichtiger Charakter, auf der einen Seite merkt man genau, wie sehr er Eva liebt und wie gerne er sein Leben mit ihr zusammen verbringen möchte, aber dann sind da seine Geheimnisse. Was hat ihn veranlasst, solch ein Lügengerüst aufzubauen?

Das Cover ist ein echter Eye-Catcher, es fällt einem sofort ins Auge. Die blauen Streifen sehen wie Wellen aus und setzen sich im Buchschnitt fort. Der Titel fügt sich farblich und vom Schriftbild her wunderbar in das Wellenmotiv. Mir gefällt das Cover sehr gut.

Fazit:
Wer eine Achterbahnfahrt der Gefühle erleben möchte, sollte diesen wunderbaren Roman lesen.
Er bekommt von mir verdiente 5 Sterne!!!
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755 reviews172 followers
May 3, 2014

Thanks to The W6 Book Cafe for this book........

One of my first ever reviews was for Lucy Clarke's debut novel, The Sea Sisters. I adored that book and bought numerous copies for family and friends. It was one of my top reads of 2013 and I genuinely could not wait for her second novel. When this popped up in a prize pack from The W6 Book Cafe, I snuck it to the top of my reading pile and retired to my bedroom with an air of "Do Not Disturb" about me!

Eva has lost her husband to a tragic drowning accident in England and feels a trip to his homeland, on a remote Tasmanian island, will help her come to terms with her loss and perhaps gain some insight into his past. She has never met his family and wants to know more about his life on the other side of the world. Unfortunately, things do not always turn out the way you expected, and Eva's whole experience of married life, and the depth of her feeling for her husband comes under question. How well did she really know Jackson? How much does she want to know now that he is gone?

Lucy Clarke has written another novel full of intrigue and mystery. The descriptive passages are, yet again, to the forefront of the book as she has such an affinity with the ocean and the wild and wonderful way it can effect people. Each chapter is lovingly peppered with locations I can only dream of and she draws the reader into this world of unspoilt beaches, sun kissed skin and amazing sea creatures. I'm not a swimmer or a huge lover of the sea (despite growing up in a seaside village in Ireland) but yet I could almost feel the experience of free diving and snorkling, catching fish for dinner and shaking sand from my hair.
The story of Eva and Jackson is a clever one, with a few twists and turns along the way and the character, Saul, sounds like every woman's idea of heaven.....Rugged, handsome and good with his hands!!

Lucy is a very talented writer who spreads her love of travel to her readers with gentle ease, with more emphasis of the descriptions than the narrative. I am curious to see if her next book will also contain epic travel based stories, or will she shake it up and stay closer to home. Either way, I will definitely be buying her next novel. I am a big fan.......


Lucy Clarke can be contacted vis Twitter @LucyClarkeBooks and is also on Facebook/ ucyClarkeAuthor
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1,002 reviews574 followers
May 10, 2014
Eva has only been married to Jackson for 8 months when he is tragically killed in a fishing accident. Devastated, she decides to go to his homeland of Tasmania in Australia to visit his family (who she has never met) to connect with people who knew him and who could tell her about his early life on the island. However, what she finds out shakes her to the core and makes her wonder just how much she actually knew about her husband.

I really enjoyed Lucy Clarke’s debut novel, The Sea Sisters, and was so looking forward to reading this. I was drawn into the story straight away. It started out as a beautifully crafted story of love and loss and then turned into something quite different with lies, deception and intrigue. As the story unfolds, Eva has to cope with ever more shocking disclosures. At first she doesn't believe what she has been told but with each layer of Jackson’s deception being revealed she begins to doubt the foundations on which their relationship was built and whether he actually loved her at all.

With clever structuring, the author has also included Jackson’s voice in the narration which adds to the mystery and gives depth to the storyline along with wonderfully drawn characters, all showing a full range of emotions from despair and loss to denial and anger.

The author’s obvious love of the water and travelling shone through in this story as the descriptions of both of the exotic Tasmanian landscape and seascapes, including the underwater diving scenes were mesmerizing. I've never been that keen on sea swimming but even I could imagine myself under the water looking at a whole new world.

Part psychological thriller/mystery/ love story this is a book that you won’t be able to put down. I loved it and can’t wait for Lucy Clarke’s next book.

My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the digital copy to review.
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2,870 reviews412 followers
September 8, 2014
I haven't read anything by this author before although I did buy her first book.

This book has fab reviews to it and now I feel honoured to add mine. I was gifted this book by Touchstone via Net Galley which I am so pleased about.

Being made a widow early on in your marriage is traumatic enough without all the complications that arise from his death along the way.

This book is a real page turner as there are hidden depths that keep you turning pages and reading more so that more gets revealed.

If this poor widow had questions, so did I!!! I was following on her tail from moment to moment.

Her dead husbands brother turned out to be a sensitive hot guy. I was following they're growing relationship bit by bit.

I was just intrigued how the author carried this story along without me loosing the plot as one thing you thought would happen....didn't, then the things you knew couldn't happen.....did.

Hats off to this new author I've found! I can't wait to read the other book I own from her now!

Highly recommended.
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6,337 reviews228 followers
April 4, 2014
I enjoyed this author's first book, Swimming at Night. So of course, I had to check out Mrs. Clarke's next book. She does not disappoint with her latest book. Instantly, I fell for Eva, Jackson, and Saul. Yes, even Jackson. HIs and Eva's story as they intermingled into one another was memorizing. I really loved how the author lended Jackson's voice by him narratoring his story and explaining why he lied like he did. While I saw the ending coming, I was happy with it. It ended on as strong a note as this story started.

Eva stayed strong throughout the whole story. Well most of the time but even when she broke down, it was because she was human and had a good reason. Saul could have been so mean towards Eva but he was a sweetheart. The chemistry they shared was a forever one. I pretty much read this book in two days. Now I am sorry that I have to wait to read the next book by Mrs. Clarke. A Single Breath is a heart-felt, must read!
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Author 11 books478 followers
March 18, 2015
A deliciously transporting and atmospheric book. Eva arrives on the shoreline as her husband, Jackson, is being swept away into the sea. Shattered by his loss and hungry for more details about his upbringing and those who loved him, she travels to Tasmania. Eva meets Jackson's brother and little by little, her picture of who she thought Jackson was and others' recollections of him, collide. The lies she's been told begin to unravel her entire marriage - except who is lying? And why?

There's a deep mystery running through the book, but also a turbulent love story. The twists and turns keep the story alive within the context of pure escapism. I was swept away myself, by the delicate, beautiful language and imagery of the remote islands and in particular, the descriptions of the sea. Freediving, the underwater world, the beach at night, first thing in the morning - it was all so perfectly described. A superb and gripping read.
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12 reviews
May 18, 2014
I loved this book! It took less than a day to finish. More later!
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931 reviews26 followers
November 1, 2019
This is one really good mystery; I couldn't put it down.
A fairly newly married wife wakes up to discover that her husband had gone fishing early in the AM and been swept into the sea by a huge wave and drowned. She decides to go to his homeland of Tazmania to learn more about him and meet his family. She is on a path that will lead to learning way more tyhan she ever wanted to know. What a superbly well-written novel!

This is the first book byb Lucy Clarke that i've read and it won't be the last.
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