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The Therapist
From the mind of a psychologist comes a chilling domestic thriller that gets under your skin.
What happens when a psychologist begins to question her own sanity?
Sara runs a private psychology practice for troubled youth in the newly inherited house she is refurbishing with her husband, Sigurd. One morning, a voicemail from Sigurd tells Sara he’s arrived at a holiday cabin for a weekend away with the guys. A couple of hours later, Sigurd’s friends call from the cabin asking where he is — according to them, Sigurd never arrived.
Sara is irritated by what she thinks is a practical joke. But as the hours stretch out, her anger turns to fear, and the large empty house begins to feel increasingly threatening.
To get to the root of Sigurd’s disappearance, Sara must question everything she knows about their relationship. But can she trust her own thoughts? And where is she safe?
What happens when a psychologist begins to question her own sanity?
Sara runs a private psychology practice for troubled youth in the newly inherited house she is refurbishing with her husband, Sigurd. One morning, a voicemail from Sigurd tells Sara he’s arrived at a holiday cabin for a weekend away with the guys. A couple of hours later, Sigurd’s friends call from the cabin asking where he is — according to them, Sigurd never arrived.
Sara is irritated by what she thinks is a practical joke. But as the hours stretch out, her anger turns to fear, and the large empty house begins to feel increasingly threatening.
To get to the root of Sigurd’s disappearance, Sara must question everything she knows about their relationship. But can she trust her own thoughts? And where is she safe?
336 pages, Paperback
First published July 26, 2019
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Helene Flood
9 books159 followersPseudonym used by Helene Flood Aakvaag
Helene Flood is a psychologist who obtained her doctoral degree on violence, revictimization and trauma-related shame and guilt in 2016. She now works as a psychologist and researcher at the National Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress. She lives in Oslo with her husband and two children. The Therapist is her first adult novel. It has been sold in 27 counties and film rights have been bought by Anonymous Content. Her second novel, The Lover, will be published in English in 2022.
Helene Flood is a psychologist who obtained her doctoral degree on violence, revictimization and trauma-related shame and guilt in 2016. She now works as a psychologist and researcher at the National Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress. She lives in Oslo with her husband and two children. The Therapist is her first adult novel. It has been sold in 27 counties and film rights have been bought by Anonymous Content. Her second novel, The Lover, will be published in English in 2022.
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January 28, 2022
All righty! Definitely gripping domestic thriller picked my interest as soon as I read the blurb!
Slow burn high tension psychological thriller with lost husband theme and twisty ending is a great formula for my lazy grey cells who need a fun escape to solve a quick mystery!
Pros: therapist wife- missing husband- secrets- great conjunction between now and then always attract my attention.
Cons: twist was too foreseeable, pacing was too slow.
Summary of plot: Sara stay at home therapist ( it’s not a term, I made it up) specializing to cure the young adults. When her husband Sigurd decides to have a weekend getaway at his buddy Thomas’ cabin, she fully approves. Sigurd leaves a voice mail message to inform her, he reached his destination safe and sound. But… when Sara talks with Thomas and Jan Erik who declares Sigurd never made it to the cabin, it rings a lot of alarm bells. Ding ding! Husband on the run!
Unfortunately this is not the only mysterious thing Sara has to deal. Things start getting missing in the house. She finds the front door open that she can swear she didn’t leave it that way!
You keep reading to learn more about husband and wife’s past to solve the mystery. I wish I didn’t solve it too early so I would enjoy it more!
It was still well written, interesting, slow burn psychological/ domestic thriller I can recommend to the genre lovers.
Special thanks to NetGalley and Mobius Books for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest thoughts.
Slow burn high tension psychological thriller with lost husband theme and twisty ending is a great formula for my lazy grey cells who need a fun escape to solve a quick mystery!
Pros: therapist wife- missing husband- secrets- great conjunction between now and then always attract my attention.
Cons: twist was too foreseeable, pacing was too slow.
Summary of plot: Sara stay at home therapist ( it’s not a term, I made it up) specializing to cure the young adults. When her husband Sigurd decides to have a weekend getaway at his buddy Thomas’ cabin, she fully approves. Sigurd leaves a voice mail message to inform her, he reached his destination safe and sound. But… when Sara talks with Thomas and Jan Erik who declares Sigurd never made it to the cabin, it rings a lot of alarm bells. Ding ding! Husband on the run!
Unfortunately this is not the only mysterious thing Sara has to deal. Things start getting missing in the house. She finds the front door open that she can swear she didn’t leave it that way!
You keep reading to learn more about husband and wife’s past to solve the mystery. I wish I didn’t solve it too early so I would enjoy it more!
It was still well written, interesting, slow burn psychological/ domestic thriller I can recommend to the genre lovers.
Special thanks to NetGalley and Mobius Books for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest thoughts.
August 22, 2021
Rounded up from around 3.5 stars ⭐️
The therapist tells the story of Sara, who’s life is turned upside-down when her husband Sigurd goes missing.
I absolutely loved the beginning chapters of this book. I could not stop myself reading them and felt a deep tension as I desperately tried to read as quickly as possible. I really enjoyed the sections involving therapy from the therapists perspective. Additionally, Sara’s sanity seemed to be spiralling and I found this both exciting and wonderfully written. The gothic noir and thrilling nature slightly petered out for me later on in the book.
The biggest downside for me was the length of the chapters in this novel. I love short chapters but the ones in this book were pretty long, which sometimes made it feel like it was dragging. I would also warn those with chronic health issues or disabilities to read this with a little caution. There was a small section of this book that I found very tough to read as someone with health issues/disabilities. Although Helene Flood made it very obvious that the opinion expressed by the character wasn’t acceptable, it didn’t make it easier to read. That being said, I found the ending of this book satisfying even if I wasn’t shocked by the twist.
I would recommend this novel to anyone that likes thrillers, especially if you like them to have a noir feel. I would like to thank Netgalley, Quercus Books and Helene Flood for allowing me to read this and give my personal thoughts.
The therapist tells the story of Sara, who’s life is turned upside-down when her husband Sigurd goes missing.
I absolutely loved the beginning chapters of this book. I could not stop myself reading them and felt a deep tension as I desperately tried to read as quickly as possible. I really enjoyed the sections involving therapy from the therapists perspective. Additionally, Sara’s sanity seemed to be spiralling and I found this both exciting and wonderfully written. The gothic noir and thrilling nature slightly petered out for me later on in the book.
The biggest downside for me was the length of the chapters in this novel. I love short chapters but the ones in this book were pretty long, which sometimes made it feel like it was dragging. I would also warn those with chronic health issues or disabilities to read this with a little caution. There was a small section of this book that I found very tough to read as someone with health issues/disabilities. Although Helene Flood made it very obvious that the opinion expressed by the character wasn’t acceptable, it didn’t make it easier to read. That being said, I found the ending of this book satisfying even if I wasn’t shocked by the twist.
I would recommend this novel to anyone that likes thrillers, especially if you like them to have a noir feel. I would like to thank Netgalley, Quercus Books and Helene Flood for allowing me to read this and give my personal thoughts.
April 2, 2023
Writing: 3/5 | Plot: 3/5 | Ending: 3.5/5
SYNOPSIS
Sara's husband left her voicemail saying he arrived at the cabin with his besties, but hours later, said besties call and say he's not there. Tres mysterieux....
MY OPINION
I always ignore the Goodreads ratings for Nordic Noir, because I know the writing style isn't for everyone. So despite the questionable 3.37, I threw caution to the wind because I'm a hoe for Nordic Noir with a psychologist as a main character. But I have to agree with the ratings this time; this was very okay, much average, many meh.
Like all Nordic Noirs, this was very character driven, but I felt like it didn't go deep enough, especially with her father. Idk if it was the translation, but a lot of the relationships between Sara the MC and other characters wasn't explained until later. For example, her sister Annika is mentioned, but we don't find out it's her sister until a couple chapters later. Also, you glean that her dad must be an academic of some sort, but she doesn't come right out and say of what... ever tbh LOL. You just kinda put it together yourself. Also, maybe I was in the wrong degree or the wrong country or it's the fact I went to a glorified high school for my undergrad, but do students really fawn over their profs and camp out at his office? Seems like something you see in a movie but IRL this would be a major HR issue.
Anyways, I had a hard time with Sara's character too. She's a psychologist and while she's not as off the chain as Dr. Avery (hi, Derek) or the chick from Never Lie, she doesn't act or think like one. She randomly flies off the handle at her husband's friend's wife, but it's written in a way where this behaviour is acceptable to her? She never really delves into why she's dragging her feet about finding clients, etc... she just is who she is, and the reader has to accept this at face value.
The best part of this book is 1) the MC actually gets a state-of-the-art security system when suspicious things start occurring at her house and 2) the the final twist. The breadcrumbs were left behind, so I appreciate that, even if the baddie's actions were a lil OTT. There was no "catching up with a friend" type ending where everyone gets a happy ending thank fuck. I always just skim over those like I really don't care what the protagonist's sister is up to now. Are hoes in jail yes or no???
Not one of my fave Nordic Noirs, but not the worst. Maybe pick it up if you have no other options or it's on sale for zero dollars.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: had to respect the last twist because it was subtly foreshadowed, finally a MC gets some security cameras when spooky shit starts happening in her house
Cons: characterizations didn't go deep enough, just missing that "wowza" factor
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SYNOPSIS
Sara's husband left her voicemail saying he arrived at the cabin with his besties, but hours later, said besties call and say he's not there. Tres mysterieux....
MY OPINION
I always ignore the Goodreads ratings for Nordic Noir, because I know the writing style isn't for everyone. So despite the questionable 3.37, I threw caution to the wind because I'm a hoe for Nordic Noir with a psychologist as a main character. But I have to agree with the ratings this time; this was very okay, much average, many meh.
Like all Nordic Noirs, this was very character driven, but I felt like it didn't go deep enough, especially with her father. Idk if it was the translation, but a lot of the relationships between Sara the MC and other characters wasn't explained until later. For example, her sister Annika is mentioned, but we don't find out it's her sister until a couple chapters later. Also, you glean that her dad must be an academic of some sort, but she doesn't come right out and say of what... ever tbh LOL. You just kinda put it together yourself. Also, maybe I was in the wrong degree or the wrong country or it's the fact I went to a glorified high school for my undergrad, but do students really fawn over their profs and camp out at his office? Seems like something you see in a movie but IRL this would be a major HR issue.
Anyways, I had a hard time with Sara's character too. She's a psychologist and while she's not as off the chain as Dr. Avery (hi, Derek) or the chick from Never Lie, she doesn't act or think like one. She randomly flies off the handle at her husband's friend's wife, but it's written in a way where this behaviour is acceptable to her? She never really delves into why she's dragging her feet about finding clients, etc... she just is who she is, and the reader has to accept this at face value.
The best part of this book is 1) the MC actually gets a state-of-the-art security system when suspicious things start occurring at her house and 2) the the final twist. The breadcrumbs were left behind, so I appreciate that, even if the baddie's actions were a lil OTT. There was no "catching up with a friend" type ending where everyone gets a happy ending thank fuck. I always just skim over those like I really don't care what the protagonist's sister is up to now. Are hoes in jail yes or no???
Not one of my fave Nordic Noirs, but not the worst. Maybe pick it up if you have no other options or it's on sale for zero dollars.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: had to respect the last twist because it was subtly foreshadowed, finally a MC gets some security cameras when spooky shit starts happening in her house
Cons: characterizations didn't go deep enough, just missing that "wowza" factor
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June 14, 2021
I wish to thank NetGalley and The House of Ansai Press for an early copy of The Therapist by Helene Flood in return for an honest review. This domestic psychological thriller was originally written in Norwegian by a psychologist and has been translated into English. There are preparations for a movie version. Its title may cause some confusion, as both this book and The Therapist by B.A. Paris are due to be published in July. I chose to read this one as I usually enjoy Nordic Noir.
The premise was clever and suspenseful, with some surprising twists and a satisfactory conclusion. I did find the story overly long and drawn out, with some unnecessary fillers and repetitions.
Sara, a psychologist, was an unreliable narrator. I found her an unstable woman with emotional problems. I should have been more engaged and sympathetic but thought she was an unlikeable protagonist. I wondered how effective her therapy sessions were with her young clients and all her sadness. She and her husband, Sigurd, have inherited an old home. Sigurd, an architect, drew up plans to renovate it. The couple has drifted apart, and he has become cold and detached from her. He is frequently away from home on business. When he returns, he lacks the interest or energy to devote to house repairs. He is unhappy to settle for employment that was less than he expected. He urges Sara to take on more clients in her therapy sessions as they require extra income. She has no inclination to do so.
She nags Sigurd about starting the much-needed renovations and about his frequent absences from home. There are descriptions of her profound loneliness and her misery during evenings spent crying, drinking, and watching TV. She often complains about taking showers in the cold, unfinished bathroom and feeling tired. She desperately wants people she can confide in and depend on but has drifted away from her former friends. Sara describes herself as socially awkward.
One morning, her husband says he is heading to a wilderness cabin to spend time with two male friends. Later in the day, she learns he never showed up. When she tries to report him missing to the police, they say it is too early to begin an investigation. Sara begging to feel uneasy alone in the house. Random objects have mysteriously disappeared or have been moved from their places at night. She feels she is being watched.
After several days, Sigurd's body is found. He was shot to death in an area different from his stated destination. The police are now actively involved in the murder case. The terrified Sara hears an intruder wandering inside the home at night, and more objects have been rearranged. The police regard her fears as being the result of a disturbed and confused mind following the murder of her husband. Sara admits she is unsure of what she remembers or has seen.
Increasingly frantic in her desire to learn the truth about her marriage and her sanity, Sara is confronted at gunpoint. The solution to the mystery is more elusive than first believed but is resolved satisfactorily.
The premise was clever and suspenseful, with some surprising twists and a satisfactory conclusion. I did find the story overly long and drawn out, with some unnecessary fillers and repetitions.
Sara, a psychologist, was an unreliable narrator. I found her an unstable woman with emotional problems. I should have been more engaged and sympathetic but thought she was an unlikeable protagonist. I wondered how effective her therapy sessions were with her young clients and all her sadness. She and her husband, Sigurd, have inherited an old home. Sigurd, an architect, drew up plans to renovate it. The couple has drifted apart, and he has become cold and detached from her. He is frequently away from home on business. When he returns, he lacks the interest or energy to devote to house repairs. He is unhappy to settle for employment that was less than he expected. He urges Sara to take on more clients in her therapy sessions as they require extra income. She has no inclination to do so.
She nags Sigurd about starting the much-needed renovations and about his frequent absences from home. There are descriptions of her profound loneliness and her misery during evenings spent crying, drinking, and watching TV. She often complains about taking showers in the cold, unfinished bathroom and feeling tired. She desperately wants people she can confide in and depend on but has drifted away from her former friends. Sara describes herself as socially awkward.
One morning, her husband says he is heading to a wilderness cabin to spend time with two male friends. Later in the day, she learns he never showed up. When she tries to report him missing to the police, they say it is too early to begin an investigation. Sara begging to feel uneasy alone in the house. Random objects have mysteriously disappeared or have been moved from their places at night. She feels she is being watched.
After several days, Sigurd's body is found. He was shot to death in an area different from his stated destination. The police are now actively involved in the murder case. The terrified Sara hears an intruder wandering inside the home at night, and more objects have been rearranged. The police regard her fears as being the result of a disturbed and confused mind following the murder of her husband. Sara admits she is unsure of what she remembers or has seen.
Increasingly frantic in her desire to learn the truth about her marriage and her sanity, Sara is confronted at gunpoint. The solution to the mystery is more elusive than first believed but is resolved satisfactorily.
September 14, 2020
As a hardcore fan of the Nordic noir genre I thought this book would be a sure winner and oh boy, was I wrong!
There are two main problems with it, in my opinion:
1. It’s boring.
2. Did I say it’s VERY boring?
PLAIN AND SIMPLY BORING! I listened to the audiobook and two hours in nothing relevant to the plot had happened. Instead I listened to almost two hours of Sara’s therapy sessions with three different patients. This had all the thrills of watching grass grow! 😒
We assist to drawn-out therapy scenes and Sara’s inner thoughts in a loop, making this a pretty hard read for me. And it was not helped by the fact that Sara was such an unfriendly character. Her actions were so out of tune with her current situation that I found it most distracting.
Being told in the first person we don’t get any details into the police investigation so, when the ending is revealed, there’s no sense of surprise at all as we had no facts available to reach that conclusion. It’s only after the fact that we’re told along Sara how the investigation developed. There was no tension at all in the 8 hours that took me to listen to this!
The final twist felt like it was added just for shock value, as that character’s actions went against the way it was presented throughout the story.
This book will be published in English next July but I couldn’t honestly recommend it to my English speaking friends. 🤷🏻♂️
There are two main problems with it, in my opinion:
1. It’s boring.
2. Did I say it’s VERY boring?
PLAIN AND SIMPLY BORING! I listened to the audiobook and two hours in nothing relevant to the plot had happened. Instead I listened to almost two hours of Sara’s therapy sessions with three different patients. This had all the thrills of watching grass grow! 😒
We assist to drawn-out therapy scenes and Sara’s inner thoughts in a loop, making this a pretty hard read for me. And it was not helped by the fact that Sara was such an unfriendly character. Her actions were so out of tune with her current situation that I found it most distracting.
Being told in the first person we don’t get any details into the police investigation so, when the ending is revealed, there’s no sense of surprise at all as we had no facts available to reach that conclusion. It’s only after the fact that we’re told along Sara how the investigation developed. There was no tension at all in the 8 hours that took me to listen to this!
The final twist felt like it was added just for shock value, as that character’s actions went against the way it was presented throughout the story.
This book will be published in English next July but I couldn’t honestly recommend it to my English speaking friends. 🤷🏻♂️
February 24, 2021
2.5⭐
Había leido malas reseñas sobre este libro pero soy una cabezota y me llamaba la atención, así que quería descubrirlo por mi misma. Y he de reconocer que no esta mal pero no era lo que esperaba. Al principio todo comienza bien, te engancha y quieres seguir leyendo para descubrir que pasa. Pero después la lectura se vuelve lenta, demasiadas páginas de relleno, en todo el libro prácticamente no sabes como va la investigación policial, simplemente viajamos por los pensamientos y acciones de la protagonista, que muchas veces no me parecen reales dada su situación. Creo que se le podría haber sacado mucho mas jugo a esta historia. Lo más positivo del libro a sido el final que ha logrado sorprenderme.
Había leido malas reseñas sobre este libro pero soy una cabezota y me llamaba la atención, así que quería descubrirlo por mi misma. Y he de reconocer que no esta mal pero no era lo que esperaba. Al principio todo comienza bien, te engancha y quieres seguir leyendo para descubrir que pasa. Pero después la lectura se vuelve lenta, demasiadas páginas de relleno, en todo el libro prácticamente no sabes como va la investigación policial, simplemente viajamos por los pensamientos y acciones de la protagonista, que muchas veces no me parecen reales dada su situación. Creo que se le podría haber sacado mucho mas jugo a esta historia. Lo más positivo del libro a sido el final que ha logrado sorprenderme.
February 14, 2021
Devoured it in less than 24 hours. Although it does take a slight nosedive at the end, overall very exciting and impressive for a debut in this genre. Really enjoyed the writing as well.
March 6, 2020
De verdad este libro ha sido recomendado en 28 países y es uno de los boom del año? DE VERDAD?
Es mas simple que un botijo ,mas de lo mismo ..tema súper manido ,eternamente descriptivo, algo nada relevante para el desarrollo y el culmen de la historia ,salvo ciertos capítulos que hacen referencia a la personalidad de alguno de los personajes . Lo único interesante las 50 últimas páginas donde se resuelve .
Tiene mucha paja,este libro se podría haber escrito con 200 páginas y digo mucho.
Señora Helene como que no! dos estrellas
Es mas simple que un botijo ,mas de lo mismo ..tema súper manido ,eternamente descriptivo, algo nada relevante para el desarrollo y el culmen de la historia ,salvo ciertos capítulos que hacen referencia a la personalidad de alguno de los personajes . Lo único interesante las 50 últimas páginas donde se resuelve .
Tiene mucha paja,este libro se podría haber escrito con 200 páginas y digo mucho.
Señora Helene como que no! dos estrellas
January 8, 2022
I really enjoyed this thriller! The author is a psychologist herself and she skillfully created many situations which played with character’s mind. I was so creeped out myself by the things that were going on in the main character’s home. The plot twist was predictable and the ending was a little odd but overall pretty good read.
Sara is a psychologist and runs a small practice out of her house. She specializes in troubled kids and currently has three unique patients.
She receives a voicemail from her husband Sigurd that he has arrived at the cabin for a weekend away with his good friends, Thomas and Jan Erik. She returns her husband’s phone call only, he doesn’t answer. Thinking nothing of it, she goes about her day. Later on in the evening Sara receives another phone call, this time from Jan Erik saying that Sigurd never made it to the cabin.
At first Sara is angry. Why would they play this cruel joke on her? However, as the hours pass, she begins to worry that she hasn’t heard from her husband.
The events that follow lead Sara to question everything she has known about the people in her life as well as her own sanity.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Sara is a psychologist and runs a small practice out of her house. She specializes in troubled kids and currently has three unique patients.
She receives a voicemail from her husband Sigurd that he has arrived at the cabin for a weekend away with his good friends, Thomas and Jan Erik. She returns her husband’s phone call only, he doesn’t answer. Thinking nothing of it, she goes about her day. Later on in the evening Sara receives another phone call, this time from Jan Erik saying that Sigurd never made it to the cabin.
At first Sara is angry. Why would they play this cruel joke on her? However, as the hours pass, she begins to worry that she hasn’t heard from her husband.
The events that follow lead Sara to question everything she has known about the people in her life as well as her own sanity.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
April 20, 2020
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Este thriller tenía muchas ganas de leerlo desde que se anunció. Como seguidor de este género, la sinopsis me llamaba muchísimo la atención pero, después de leerlo, me ha dejado un poco frío.
Los personajes de esta novela son muy oscuros, algo que se ve potenciado con la forma en la que está narrado.
El comienzo del libro se me hizo bastante lento porque la autora da demasiados detalles y hace descripciones demasiado largas que muchas veces no aportan nada interesante.
He notado que en la historia faltaba algo más de tensión y algún giro para despertar el interés del lector. La historia avanza a un ritmo que podría ser mejorable.
Lo mejor del libro fue el tramo final, ya que la forma de resolverse fue bastante satisfactoria.
En resumen: un thriller del que esperaba mucho más. El ritmo es muy mejorable pero, a su favor, los personajes son bastante oscuros y el final es satisfactorio.
Este thriller tenía muchas ganas de leerlo desde que se anunció. Como seguidor de este género, la sinopsis me llamaba muchísimo la atención pero, después de leerlo, me ha dejado un poco frío.
Los personajes de esta novela son muy oscuros, algo que se ve potenciado con la forma en la que está narrado.
El comienzo del libro se me hizo bastante lento porque la autora da demasiados detalles y hace descripciones demasiado largas que muchas veces no aportan nada interesante.
He notado que en la historia faltaba algo más de tensión y algún giro para despertar el interés del lector. La historia avanza a un ritmo que podría ser mejorable.
Lo mejor del libro fue el tramo final, ya que la forma de resolverse fue bastante satisfactoria.
En resumen: un thriller del que esperaba mucho más. El ritmo es muy mejorable pero, a su favor, los personajes son bastante oscuros y el final es satisfactorio.
May 25, 2025
June 2023 read: Crazy slow burn thriller with a very satisfying ending and plot twist, anyone?
Well, here’s the one!
I usually do not end up loving thrillers or mystery reads if it is not fast paced with a good plot twist but “The Therapy” by Helene Flood changed everything.
I would highly suggest you to go into it as blindly as you can.
All I can tell you is a husband is missing. An important voicemail was suspiciously deleted. A therapist not at all happy with their life.
The book seems long but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Patience for this one paid!
⭐️Facts about the book:
✔️Translated from Norwegian
✔️334 pages
✔️unreliable narrator, missing person trope
Well, here’s the one!
I usually do not end up loving thrillers or mystery reads if it is not fast paced with a good plot twist but “The Therapy” by Helene Flood changed everything.
I would highly suggest you to go into it as blindly as you can.
All I can tell you is a husband is missing. An important voicemail was suspiciously deleted. A therapist not at all happy with their life.
The book seems long but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Patience for this one paid!
⭐️Facts about the book:
✔️Translated from Norwegian
✔️334 pages
✔️unreliable narrator, missing person trope
September 17, 2023
This held me spellbound till the ending. Almost. I guessed who the murderer was. But so captivating up until then, from there it was a matter of having my suspicions confirmed. I will look out for the filmatization (is this even a word🤔 feel like I’m losing my command of the English language now that I have embarked on the Greek language)
March 23, 2023
Poros saaĄĄĄNTYKIAI + Tai padarė Kindziulis = vienas nuobodžiausių trilerių, su kokiais tik esu susidūrusi. Nuobodleris.
Gal pavadinimas turėjo sufleruoti, kad bus mažai veiklos ir DAUG refleksijos ir gal tas mąstymas apie santykius turėjo suteikti papildomą matmenį, na, bet būkim atviri, kiek čia jau gylio galima išlaužti trileryje? Pasakotojos vyras Sigurdas dingsta, o ji prisimena ir prisimena: Sigurdas remontuoja namą, ji sako, kada ble vonią suremontuosi, šalta ant cementinių grindų. Vyras sako, neturim pinigų, kada tu daugiau pacientų susirasi? Pasakotoja įsižeidžia, prisimena tėvą. Prisimena motiną, seserį. Va sesuo tai moka tvarkytis ir vaikai jos faini. Reikėtų ir mums vaikų - galvoja. Ateik į lovą, sako vyrui. Vyras sako, tuoj, bet neateina. Ir t.t., ir t.t.
„Tai padarė Kindziulis“ - nusprendžiau šitaip pavadinti tą kriminalinių romanų tropą, kur personažas pristatomas jau taip probėgšmiais, bet su tokiu reikiamu kiekiu (lyg tarp kitko paminimų) detalių, kad verčia įtarti, ar tik jis ir nebus tas didysis atskleidimas. Jau šio romano pradžioje galvojau, „Kažin ar tik nebus Kindziulis“, ir, deja, buvo.
Nežinau, kokį čia reabilituojantį elementą sugalvoti šiai knygai. Visai patiko, kad pasakotoja nuolatos manė, jog policininkai idiotai ir nieko nedaro, o vėliau paaiškėja, kad jie turi gerokai daugiau kompetencijos negu atrodo. Gal jei ta pati istorija būtų papasakota iš policijos perspektyvos, šalia kokios kitos bylos, būtų visai nieko detektyvas, bet dabar, deja, nuobodleris.
Gal pavadinimas turėjo sufleruoti, kad bus mažai veiklos ir DAUG refleksijos ir gal tas mąstymas apie santykius turėjo suteikti papildomą matmenį, na, bet būkim atviri, kiek čia jau gylio galima išlaužti trileryje? Pasakotojos vyras Sigurdas dingsta, o ji prisimena ir prisimena: Sigurdas remontuoja namą, ji sako, kada ble vonią suremontuosi, šalta ant cementinių grindų. Vyras sako, neturim pinigų, kada tu daugiau pacientų susirasi? Pasakotoja įsižeidžia, prisimena tėvą. Prisimena motiną, seserį. Va sesuo tai moka tvarkytis ir vaikai jos faini. Reikėtų ir mums vaikų - galvoja. Ateik į lovą, sako vyrui. Vyras sako, tuoj, bet neateina. Ir t.t., ir t.t.
„Tai padarė Kindziulis“ - nusprendžiau šitaip pavadinti tą kriminalinių romanų tropą, kur personažas pristatomas jau taip probėgšmiais, bet su tokiu reikiamu kiekiu (lyg tarp kitko paminimų) detalių, kad verčia įtarti, ar tik jis ir nebus tas didysis atskleidimas. Jau šio romano pradžioje galvojau, „Kažin ar tik nebus Kindziulis“, ir, deja, buvo.
Nežinau, kokį čia reabilituojantį elementą sugalvoti šiai knygai. Visai patiko, kad pasakotoja nuolatos manė, jog policininkai idiotai ir nieko nedaro, o vėliau paaiškėja, kad jie turi gerokai daugiau kompetencijos negu atrodo. Gal jei ta pati istorija būtų papasakota iš policijos perspektyvos, šalia kokios kitos bylos, būtų visai nieko detektyvas, bet dabar, deja, nuobodleris.
August 17, 2019
Sara and her husband Sigurd are living in a house they are renovating at the same time. It's a mess and the work in progress has stagnated because they have neither time nor money to continue. Sigurd disappears and Sara notices that things are being moved around in the house.
After all the hype and the fact that this book is sold to 23 countries before release, I am quite disappointed. The story dragged at times, I didn't like or connect with Sara. The ending wasn't quite as super-obvious as I had feared, but still, it couldn't save the book for me.
After all the hype and the fact that this book is sold to 23 countries before release, I am quite disappointed. The story dragged at times, I didn't like or connect with Sara. The ending wasn't quite as super-obvious as I had feared, but still, it couldn't save the book for me.
November 26, 2020
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January 22, 2025[Hardcover]
Absolutely nothing happened for the first 100(!) pages. No action before page 150. We spend 90% of the book observing her take a shower, walk around, drink tea/coffee and do a lot of inconsistent, random things that even the other characters in the book keep questioning; what the heck were you thinking?
With so much time spent observing Sara do all these mundane things day in and day out, we get a lot of backstory, and yet Sara never becomes a believable og interesting. She makes no sense to me. The only way it would make sense to depict her like this were if she herself was seriously mentally ill. Now that would have been a nice twist.
When we finally see some REAL hands on thrill (page 350-ish), the author cuts the scene abruptly, jumps ahead in time and retells all of it passively in past tense. WHAT?!
This book was a decent debut novel, I am not saying that it isn't. The story just made no sense to me. It was not a page turner, and the story could easily have been told in less than 100 pages instead of 400.
Edit: After reading "En slags fred" (2009) by authors Grebe and Träff, I feel like this was a copy of that story? Even the character's name were very similar (Siri/Sara).
Absolutely nothing happened for the first 100(!) pages. No action before page 150. We spend 90% of the book observing her take a shower, walk around, drink tea/coffee and do a lot of inconsistent, random things that even the other characters in the book keep questioning; what the heck were you thinking?
With so much time spent observing Sara do all these mundane things day in and day out, we get a lot of backstory, and yet Sara never becomes a believable og interesting. She makes no sense to me. The only way it would make sense to depict her like this were if she herself was seriously mentally ill. Now that would have been a nice twist.
When we finally see some REAL hands on thrill (page 350-ish), the author cuts the scene abruptly, jumps ahead in time and retells all of it passively in past tense. WHAT?!
This book was a decent debut novel, I am not saying that it isn't. The story just made no sense to me. It was not a page turner, and the story could easily have been told in less than 100 pages instead of 400.
Edit: After reading "En slags fred" (2009) by authors Grebe and Träff, I feel like this was a copy of that story? Even the character's name were very similar (Siri/Sara).
January 11, 2022
I enjoyed this book eventually but it really is a slow sort of noir novel, not a fast paced thriller. The premise appealed to me as it's about a psychologist. My mother was a psychologist so I really grew up in that world. It takes place in Norway and sort of follows two timelines, the present where the main character's husband has gone missing and seems to have lied to her, and flashbacks and dreams about their lives until now.
I did not guess all of the "whodunnit," though towards the end I guessed the twists and part of it. I liked that the author gave you pieces to figure it out on purpose for part of it. It's billed as a psychologist who begins to doubt her own sanity, but I don't know that it really entails that. She more seems to be spooked by what starts going on (rightly so) and bothered that the police doubt her sanity and/or honesty.
This book was translated from the original and the translation seems to have been well done. It's apparently being turned into a movie and I think it would suck as a movie to be honest. It would be way too easy to figure out everything that happened, because you really need the long and boring bits about everything in her life to get what happened but not figure it out right away. Movies have to be too fast and edited, and there's no way you wouldn't guess it all if they focused on the bits that lead to what ultimately happened. Perhaps if it were turned into one of those Netflix limited series with 8 parts... but two hours? No way. It only works with the minutia.
I read a digital ARC of this book via Net Galley.
I did not guess all of the "whodunnit," though towards the end I guessed the twists and part of it. I liked that the author gave you pieces to figure it out on purpose for part of it. It's billed as a psychologist who begins to doubt her own sanity, but I don't know that it really entails that. She more seems to be spooked by what starts going on (rightly so) and bothered that the police doubt her sanity and/or honesty.
This book was translated from the original and the translation seems to have been well done. It's apparently being turned into a movie and I think it would suck as a movie to be honest. It would be way too easy to figure out everything that happened, because you really need the long and boring bits about everything in her life to get what happened but not figure it out right away. Movies have to be too fast and edited, and there's no way you wouldn't guess it all if they focused on the bits that lead to what ultimately happened. Perhaps if it were turned into one of those Netflix limited series with 8 parts... but two hours? No way. It only works with the minutia.
I read a digital ARC of this book via Net Galley.
April 30, 2021
Confesso que, nas minhas leituras, dou sempre prioridade a narrativas mais profundas, aquelas nas quais tento sempre apropriar-me de algo que me poderá fazer evoluir enquanto ser humano, ou aquelas que, de alguma forma, confirmam a minha forma de estar na vida, as minhas expectativas, os meus receios, os dramas que nos atingem a todos e sobretudo, aquelas que nos apontam um caminho para nos tomarmos melhores seres, mais empáticos, mais solidários, mais compreensivos com toda a diversidade que este mundo é composto.
Mas não estaria a ser sincera se não dissesse que também aprecio um bom thriller psicológico, daquele que nos fazem refletir sobre a condição humana, os seus problemas, as suas dúvidas, sobre os caminhos inóspitos pelos quais a nossa psique se atreve a percorrer.
Sem qualquer tipo de referencia, apostei na leitura de “O Olhar que me Persegue” sem ter tido qualquer tipo de recomendação ou dica, apenas aquilo que a sinopse me proporcionava. E, sem hesitar, entreguei-me e acabei por me envolver nesta extraordinária narrativa. Creio que um livro é algo que se pode aproximar ao encontro com alguém, ao desejo, à paixão atingindo depois o estado pleno de um amor incondicional; primeiro, vamos avaliando se há afinidades, o que poderemos dar e receber a/dessa pessoa, o que nos transmite, que tipo de aprendizagem nos proporciona, se poderemos crescer e/ou evoluir na sua presença. Que tipo de herança nos trará? Como todas as relações amorosas, um determinado livro poderá nos proporcionar uma atenção especial.
Apropriamo-nos da história fictícia de Sigurd e Sara, jovem casal que vive nos arredores de Oslo, mantendo uma vivência burguesa nos seus propósitos profissionais, pessoais e emocionais.
Estive a ler algumas reviews sobre este livro e a conclusão que cheguei é que, a maior parte dos leitores, não partilha da minha admiração, mas isso nada significa pois aquilo que uma narrativa nos permite absorver terá sempre a ver com a nossa formação, educação, experiências e perspetivas de vida, fragilidades, impotências, desilusões e ilusões, características essas muito próprias do ser humano e vividas de forma diferente (sem qualquer uma delas estar errada) em cada um de nós.
Mas voltando a narrativa, creio que “O Olhar que me Persegue”, consistiu num dos livros, dentro do género, mais interessantes que li ultimamente. Como anteriormente referi, prefiro narrativas mais complexas, mais densas, aquelas que ou trazem alguma magia nos seus propósitos ou aquelas que fornecem pistas para os nossos desideratos quer pessoais, quer ao nível do conhecimento global das mais diversas e diversificadas realidades, sejam elas culturais, sociais ou politicas.
Ainda assim, Helene Flood consegue atrair-nos para uma realidade prenhe de receios, medos, interpelações pessoais sobre, no meu entender, as características da mulher. Por vários momentos, pude compreender que, na maior parte dos casos, apenas nós as mulheres conseguem penetrar nas consequências do livre arbítrio, nas probabilidades de situações que se transmutam em factos apenas nas nossas mentes. Creio consistir numa das mais valias desta narrativa.
Por outro lado, também nos revela situações que, não sendo normais na idade da protagonista, nos fazem confirmar algo que mais tarde, sempre acontece: “Toda a gente quer ser amada e respeitada, é próprio do ser humano. Mas pior do que sermos odiados, é sermos invisíveis. Não sermos vistos como a pessoa que queremos ser, OK, isso é uma coisa, mas não vermos a nossa própria existência reconhecida? Se gritarmos na floresta e ninguém reagir será que chegamos mesmo a gritar?”. Como poderemos reagir à indiferença, à falta de honestidade daqueles que se mostram invisuais à nossa existência? Essa é uma das particularidades mais notáveis deste livro. “Parece que deixaste de te importar comigo. Sinto que sou apenas um objeto de decoração que precisas de ter nesta casa para conseguires viver (…). Falamos sobre o facto de eu me sentir sozinha. De o Sigurd saber disso, mas não ter energia para fazer nada a esse respeito”. E porque não? Creio que esta pergunta está no cerne de toda a narrativa. Sabemos que todas as ações têm uma reação e se juntarmos crenças inalienáveis, teremos a resposta para o crime que foi cometido.
“O Olhar que me Persegue” nada tem de banal, ou vulgar, ou prosaico. Muito pelo contrário. Trata-se de uma narrativa que nos envolve, que nos apresenta um final imprevisível, e que permite, ao longo do enredo, sentirmo-nos remetidos para situações de proximidade, de existência espiritual gregária naquilo que mais nos importa nas suas mais diversas aceções.
Uma nota para a prosa: Excelente!!
Mas não estaria a ser sincera se não dissesse que também aprecio um bom thriller psicológico, daquele que nos fazem refletir sobre a condição humana, os seus problemas, as suas dúvidas, sobre os caminhos inóspitos pelos quais a nossa psique se atreve a percorrer.
Sem qualquer tipo de referencia, apostei na leitura de “O Olhar que me Persegue” sem ter tido qualquer tipo de recomendação ou dica, apenas aquilo que a sinopse me proporcionava. E, sem hesitar, entreguei-me e acabei por me envolver nesta extraordinária narrativa. Creio que um livro é algo que se pode aproximar ao encontro com alguém, ao desejo, à paixão atingindo depois o estado pleno de um amor incondicional; primeiro, vamos avaliando se há afinidades, o que poderemos dar e receber a/dessa pessoa, o que nos transmite, que tipo de aprendizagem nos proporciona, se poderemos crescer e/ou evoluir na sua presença. Que tipo de herança nos trará? Como todas as relações amorosas, um determinado livro poderá nos proporcionar uma atenção especial.
Apropriamo-nos da história fictícia de Sigurd e Sara, jovem casal que vive nos arredores de Oslo, mantendo uma vivência burguesa nos seus propósitos profissionais, pessoais e emocionais.
Estive a ler algumas reviews sobre este livro e a conclusão que cheguei é que, a maior parte dos leitores, não partilha da minha admiração, mas isso nada significa pois aquilo que uma narrativa nos permite absorver terá sempre a ver com a nossa formação, educação, experiências e perspetivas de vida, fragilidades, impotências, desilusões e ilusões, características essas muito próprias do ser humano e vividas de forma diferente (sem qualquer uma delas estar errada) em cada um de nós.
Mas voltando a narrativa, creio que “O Olhar que me Persegue”, consistiu num dos livros, dentro do género, mais interessantes que li ultimamente. Como anteriormente referi, prefiro narrativas mais complexas, mais densas, aquelas que ou trazem alguma magia nos seus propósitos ou aquelas que fornecem pistas para os nossos desideratos quer pessoais, quer ao nível do conhecimento global das mais diversas e diversificadas realidades, sejam elas culturais, sociais ou politicas.
Ainda assim, Helene Flood consegue atrair-nos para uma realidade prenhe de receios, medos, interpelações pessoais sobre, no meu entender, as características da mulher. Por vários momentos, pude compreender que, na maior parte dos casos, apenas nós as mulheres conseguem penetrar nas consequências do livre arbítrio, nas probabilidades de situações que se transmutam em factos apenas nas nossas mentes. Creio consistir numa das mais valias desta narrativa.
Por outro lado, também nos revela situações que, não sendo normais na idade da protagonista, nos fazem confirmar algo que mais tarde, sempre acontece: “Toda a gente quer ser amada e respeitada, é próprio do ser humano. Mas pior do que sermos odiados, é sermos invisíveis. Não sermos vistos como a pessoa que queremos ser, OK, isso é uma coisa, mas não vermos a nossa própria existência reconhecida? Se gritarmos na floresta e ninguém reagir será que chegamos mesmo a gritar?”. Como poderemos reagir à indiferença, à falta de honestidade daqueles que se mostram invisuais à nossa existência? Essa é uma das particularidades mais notáveis deste livro. “Parece que deixaste de te importar comigo. Sinto que sou apenas um objeto de decoração que precisas de ter nesta casa para conseguires viver (…). Falamos sobre o facto de eu me sentir sozinha. De o Sigurd saber disso, mas não ter energia para fazer nada a esse respeito”. E porque não? Creio que esta pergunta está no cerne de toda a narrativa. Sabemos que todas as ações têm uma reação e se juntarmos crenças inalienáveis, teremos a resposta para o crime que foi cometido.
“O Olhar que me Persegue” nada tem de banal, ou vulgar, ou prosaico. Muito pelo contrário. Trata-se de uma narrativa que nos envolve, que nos apresenta um final imprevisível, e que permite, ao longo do enredo, sentirmo-nos remetidos para situações de proximidade, de existência espiritual gregária naquilo que mais nos importa nas suas mais diversas aceções.
Uma nota para a prosa: Excelente!!
April 4, 2020
2,5⭐️
Sigurd tenía que pasar el fin de semana con unos amigos pero no ha aparecido. Sara recuerda que esta mañana se ha ido temprano, se suponía que iba a buscar a su amigo para llegar pronto y poder esquiar pero ella ve que ha cogido su carpeta del trabajo... Deja un mensaje en el contestador de Sara diciendo que ha llegado con sus amigos pero a partir de ese momento desaparece.
Sara sabe que Sigurd miente, pero le costará hacérselo ver a la policía ya que sospechan de que ella con sus dotes de psicóloga puede estar mintiendo. Pero Sara descubre que está siendo vigilada y entonces deben buscar otro sospechoso.
👉🏼Me ha gustado pero debo reconocer que la historia me ha dejado de interesar a la mitad... casi no pasaba nada y lo que pasaba tampoco me parecía del todo atrayente ya que al leerlo no tenía esa sensación que debes tener con un thriller psicológico... en definitiva creo que la autora debería haber creado más suspense y jugar más con la mente de la protagonista. El final me ha sorprendido pero esperaba más.
Sigurd tenía que pasar el fin de semana con unos amigos pero no ha aparecido. Sara recuerda que esta mañana se ha ido temprano, se suponía que iba a buscar a su amigo para llegar pronto y poder esquiar pero ella ve que ha cogido su carpeta del trabajo... Deja un mensaje en el contestador de Sara diciendo que ha llegado con sus amigos pero a partir de ese momento desaparece.
Sara sabe que Sigurd miente, pero le costará hacérselo ver a la policía ya que sospechan de que ella con sus dotes de psicóloga puede estar mintiendo. Pero Sara descubre que está siendo vigilada y entonces deben buscar otro sospechoso.
👉🏼Me ha gustado pero debo reconocer que la historia me ha dejado de interesar a la mitad... casi no pasaba nada y lo que pasaba tampoco me parecía del todo atrayente ya que al leerlo no tenía esa sensación que debes tener con un thriller psicológico... en definitiva creo que la autora debería haber creado más suspense y jugar más con la mente de la protagonista. El final me ha sorprendido pero esperaba más.
March 17, 2020
La psicóloga ha sido un thriller psicológico que a pesar de leerse muy rápido y no hacerse nada pesado, se me ha quedado muy corto. Prácticamente la trama no avanza en ningún momento a partir de la desaparición. De ahí nos enontramos como con 300 páginas de divagaciones y de pensamientos de la protagonista, pero en ningún momento se informa al lector de la investigación del misterio principal. No hay investigación. Simplemento nos metemos en la mente de la protagonista divagando sobre su vida hasta que en las últimas cien páginas ocurre otro hecho y se desvela el final. Sin prácticamente haber llevado al lector hasta allí. Simplemente diciéndole ha pasado esto. Fin.
Además de no haber congeniado nada con la protagonista, lo cierto es que si a un thriller le falta la parte más importante que es esa investigación del misterio, le falta todo para mi. Por ello me ha dejado la sensación de indiferencia. Una pena, porque por su argumento podría haber dado mucho más juego.
Además de no haber congeniado nada con la protagonista, lo cierto es que si a un thriller le falta la parte más importante que es esa investigación del misterio, le falta todo para mi. Por ello me ha dejado la sensación de indiferencia. Una pena, porque por su argumento podría haber dado mucho más juego.
April 6, 2020
La sinopsis cuenta algo que pasa en la página 300...
La protagonista se comporta como una cabra chica desde el minuto 1 y su actuar desde que se entera de que su marido está desaparecido es ¿extraño? ¿poco creíble? ¿hace todo lo que una persona de verdad no haría?
Además descubrí quién era el/la culpable a penas lo comencé. (Y YO SOY SÚPER MALA PARA ESTO)
Reseña completa: https://megarybookss.blogspot.com/202...
La protagonista se comporta como una cabra chica desde el minuto 1 y su actuar desde que se entera de que su marido está desaparecido es ¿extraño? ¿poco creíble? ¿hace todo lo que una persona de verdad no haría?
Además descubrí quién era el/la culpable a penas lo comencé. (Y YO SOY SÚPER MALA PARA ESTO)
Reseña completa: https://megarybookss.blogspot.com/202...
February 18, 2025
Muy guay, te tiene dudando hasta el final
July 2, 2021
Sara, a thirty-year-old psychologist, runs a private studio for problematic young people in the new big house that she is renovating together with her husband Sigurd, an ambitious architect who is always overworked. One day, after leaving his wife a phone message in which she says she joined a couple of friends for a short vacation, Sigurd disappears into thin air. Friends confirm that they were waiting for him but that he never made it to his destination. Where did it go? Why did he lie? Sara has no idea what happened and, as the hours go by, anger begins to turn into fear. When the police finally take an interest in her disappearance, she becomes one of her prime suspects because she deleted her husband's voicemail too quickly. Sara, therefore, finds herself alone in the dream house that has remained unfinished, where every room becomes less and less hospitable and more and more disturbing, even the study where she receives patients. But is she really alone?
In fact, she cannot shake off the sensation of being observed, she is convinced that the objects disappear and mysteriously reappear and that she hears footsteps in the attic during the night. Is this really so or is she losing her mind? As terrible truths come to light, Sara finds it increasingly difficult to manage her life and thoughts. Can she trust her memory of her? Will she, an expert in interpreting the emotions and intentions of others, be able to really look inside herself? And where can she consider herself truly safe? A compulsive and intelligent piece of crime fiction, The Therapist is an effective and unpredictable thriller about restraint, wrong choices and destructive self-esteem. A story where nothing is what it seems. It combines a frankly contemporary and realistic environment with haunting suspense and a disturbing view of our innermost facets, both in family life and in relationships.
This a chilling psychological thriller that dissects a young couple's relationship, in which emotions play the main role. Nominated for the Norwegian Bookseller's Prize in 2019, it features a cast of all-female protagonists and takes place in the city of Oslo. In an approach totally different from that of her Nordic counterparts, but equally brilliant, the young author shows great talent for managing both the plot and the quality of the writing. It is a deeply incised account of the fragility of the human mind in times of need, and of all that we are prepared to do to protect our loved ones. Helene Flood, a Norwegian psychologist who specialises in shame, violence and guilt, has written a poignant thriller about the destructive emotions in a relationship and the impact of family heritage on the choices we make as adults. Highly recommended.
In fact, she cannot shake off the sensation of being observed, she is convinced that the objects disappear and mysteriously reappear and that she hears footsteps in the attic during the night. Is this really so or is she losing her mind? As terrible truths come to light, Sara finds it increasingly difficult to manage her life and thoughts. Can she trust her memory of her? Will she, an expert in interpreting the emotions and intentions of others, be able to really look inside herself? And where can she consider herself truly safe? A compulsive and intelligent piece of crime fiction, The Therapist is an effective and unpredictable thriller about restraint, wrong choices and destructive self-esteem. A story where nothing is what it seems. It combines a frankly contemporary and realistic environment with haunting suspense and a disturbing view of our innermost facets, both in family life and in relationships.
This a chilling psychological thriller that dissects a young couple's relationship, in which emotions play the main role. Nominated for the Norwegian Bookseller's Prize in 2019, it features a cast of all-female protagonists and takes place in the city of Oslo. In an approach totally different from that of her Nordic counterparts, but equally brilliant, the young author shows great talent for managing both the plot and the quality of the writing. It is a deeply incised account of the fragility of the human mind in times of need, and of all that we are prepared to do to protect our loved ones. Helene Flood, a Norwegian psychologist who specialises in shame, violence and guilt, has written a poignant thriller about the destructive emotions in a relationship and the impact of family heritage on the choices we make as adults. Highly recommended.
November 6, 2020
No me ha gustado mucho. Es flojito, flojito. Y se me ha hecho pesado en muchos momentos. No lo recomiendo, hay opciones mucho mejores.
April 28, 2020
3,5
Había visto bastante malas criticas sobre esta novela, y a mi es así cuando mas me gusta leerlas, para poder dar mi opinión. La verdad que no es el thriller del año, pero a mi me ha gustado, me ha sorprendido y me ha tenido enganchada... Y eso es lo que le pido a un libro.
La historia va sobre Sara, nuestra protagonista que es psicóloga. Comienza contándonos un viernes con tres pacientes suyos y presentando sus problemas, su marido se ha ido de fin de semana con los amigos y tendrá todo el fin de semana para ella. El problema está cuando los amigos de este llaman a Sara y preguntan por él... Donde esta? Le están gastando una broma? Que ha pasado?
En esta novela, nada es lo que parece, Sara nos contara sus vivencias en el presente y también nos contara historias del pasado, y todo lo que imagina que puede haber pasado, volviéndonos un poco majaras, y haciéndote dudar de todo lo que pasa.
La novela te mantiene enganchada, eso me ha gustado, pero quizá haya muchas paginas que le han sobrado, en algunos momentos llega a ser algo repetitivo. Pero he de decir, a pesar de eso, que el final me ha parecido super original, no me lo esperaba y me ha sorprendido, algo que se agradece siempre en las novelas de este género.
LA historia esta narrada por nuestra protagonista, y considero que es una novela de personajes, al estar narrada por ella, y solo tener su visión de las cosas, hace que te vuelvas loca, y que no creas nada o creas todo, hasta llegar a dudar de ella misma. Me han gustado sus historias del pasado, esos flashbacks que tiene que te hacen seguir volviéndote loca.
Como he dicho, ha sido muy entretenida, que se lee de forma muy fácil y aunque no parece un thriller, ya que para mi es una novela psicológica, no es una mala novela, aunque no es lo mejor de lo mejor, destacando como he dicho, su final.
Había visto bastante malas criticas sobre esta novela, y a mi es así cuando mas me gusta leerlas, para poder dar mi opinión. La verdad que no es el thriller del año, pero a mi me ha gustado, me ha sorprendido y me ha tenido enganchada... Y eso es lo que le pido a un libro.
La historia va sobre Sara, nuestra protagonista que es psicóloga. Comienza contándonos un viernes con tres pacientes suyos y presentando sus problemas, su marido se ha ido de fin de semana con los amigos y tendrá todo el fin de semana para ella. El problema está cuando los amigos de este llaman a Sara y preguntan por él... Donde esta? Le están gastando una broma? Que ha pasado?
En esta novela, nada es lo que parece, Sara nos contara sus vivencias en el presente y también nos contara historias del pasado, y todo lo que imagina que puede haber pasado, volviéndonos un poco majaras, y haciéndote dudar de todo lo que pasa.
La novela te mantiene enganchada, eso me ha gustado, pero quizá haya muchas paginas que le han sobrado, en algunos momentos llega a ser algo repetitivo. Pero he de decir, a pesar de eso, que el final me ha parecido super original, no me lo esperaba y me ha sorprendido, algo que se agradece siempre en las novelas de este género.
LA historia esta narrada por nuestra protagonista, y considero que es una novela de personajes, al estar narrada por ella, y solo tener su visión de las cosas, hace que te vuelvas loca, y que no creas nada o creas todo, hasta llegar a dudar de ella misma. Me han gustado sus historias del pasado, esos flashbacks que tiene que te hacen seguir volviéndote loca.
Como he dicho, ha sido muy entretenida, que se lee de forma muy fácil y aunque no parece un thriller, ya que para mi es una novela psicológica, no es una mala novela, aunque no es lo mejor de lo mejor, destacando como he dicho, su final.
October 17, 2024
buena idea mal ejecutada. la protagonista se va por las ramas con cosas que no importan y hacen que el libro deje de ser atrapante.
March 11, 2020
Un libro que tenía mucho potencial pero se ha quedado a la mitad. La autora repite muchísimas veces la misma información sin que sea relevante y acaba haciéndose tedioso.
Además la sinopsis te hace un gran spoiler de lo que pasa practicamente al final del libro y eso me frustraba bastante porque yo esperaba que pasara al principio y pasa cuando ya llevas más de 350 páginas.
En sí la historia está bien pero considero que tiene bastante relleno y eso le hace bajar la puntuación.
Dejo la reseña completa por si a alguien le interesa:
http://fantasticomundodelibros.blogsp...
Además la sinopsis te hace un gran spoiler de lo que pasa practicamente al final del libro y eso me frustraba bastante porque yo esperaba que pasara al principio y pasa cuando ya llevas más de 350 páginas.
En sí la historia está bien pero considero que tiene bastante relleno y eso le hace bajar la puntuación.
Dejo la reseña completa por si a alguien le interesa:
http://fantasticomundodelibros.blogsp...
February 27, 2020
Me ha decepcionado mucho. Unos personajes planos totalmente, una protagonista que no me ha dicho nada. Los policías y su investigación brillan también por su ausencia. Lo único que se salva es el desenlace final, la resolución del asesinato, vamos, las últimas tres páginas.
May 17, 2021
Este libro es bastante aburrido, desde los primeros instantes ya conoces el final de la historia.
No recomiendo su lectura, a menos que tengas problemas de insomnio, en ese caso, probablemente podría servirte.
No recomiendo su lectura, a menos que tengas problemas de insomnio, en ese caso, probablemente podría servirte.
December 25, 2021
Volim čitati Skandinavce zimi. Uvijek neka hladnoća, snijeg, skijanje, spora radnja gdje se čini da se ništa ne dešava, a ne možeš prestat s čitanjem.
Oni su mladi bračni par, Sara i Sigurd.Žive u velikoj naslijeđenoj kući koju treba hitno preurediti, osposobiti za život.
Imaju velike planove za kuću, premalo vremena, novaca još manje.
Ona je psiholog sa privatnom praksom i vrlo malo pacijenata, a on arhitekt kojeg nema po cijele dane.
I tako on jednog dana nestaje. Krenuo je u neku brvnaru s prijateljima, nikad nije stigao.
Nema ga.
Sara je sumnjiva policiji i vodi vlastitu istragu.Pokušava dokučiti što se moglo dogoditi, što je stvarno ili umišljeno.
Sviđa mi se njena analiza situacije s profesionalnog gledišta.
Sviđa mi se ta spora radnja i napetost koja se povećava sa svakom pročitanom stranicom.
Osobito mi se sviđa atmosfera u praznoj kući ; zvukovi noću, osjećaj da je netko bio u tom prostoru, stvari koje nestaju i vraćaju se, neobjašnjivo mjenjaju mjesto. Sitnice koje stvaraju jezu.
Solidno štivo za zimsko čitanje:)
Oni su mladi bračni par, Sara i Sigurd.Žive u velikoj naslijeđenoj kući koju treba hitno preurediti, osposobiti za život.
Imaju velike planove za kuću, premalo vremena, novaca još manje.
Ona je psiholog sa privatnom praksom i vrlo malo pacijenata, a on arhitekt kojeg nema po cijele dane.
I tako on jednog dana nestaje. Krenuo je u neku brvnaru s prijateljima, nikad nije stigao.
Nema ga.
Sara je sumnjiva policiji i vodi vlastitu istragu.Pokušava dokučiti što se moglo dogoditi, što je stvarno ili umišljeno.
Sviđa mi se njena analiza situacije s profesionalnog gledišta.
Sviđa mi se ta spora radnja i napetost koja se povećava sa svakom pročitanom stranicom.
Osobito mi se sviđa atmosfera u praznoj kući ; zvukovi noću, osjećaj da je netko bio u tom prostoru, stvari koje nestaju i vraćaju se, neobjašnjivo mjenjaju mjesto. Sitnice koje stvaraju jezu.
Solidno štivo za zimsko čitanje:)
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