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3.5 stars
The book is set in the Falkland Islands and provides a picture of the rocky topography, cool climate, bushy vegetation, and abundant animal life (especially birds and whales) of the region. It seems to be a beautiful but harsh environment, and forms an excellent background for the story.
As the book opens, a three-year-old boy named Archie, who belongs to a tourist family, goes missing during a picnic. He's the third little boy to disappear from the area within the last few years. The ...more
Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton is a gripping psychological thriller. Her portrayal of the setting in the Falkland Islands is both beautiful and dangerous. I was mesmerized from the first paragraph.
A child is missing and he's not the first. Children have gone missing before and never returned. Combine this with three soul-damaged, unpredictable individuals and you have a wonderfully dark and compelling tale with a chilling surprise ending.
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A child is missing and he's not the first. Children have gone missing before and never returned. Combine this with three soul-damaged, unpredictable individuals and you have a wonderfully dark and compelling tale with a chilling surprise ending.
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I pre-ordered this book and was like a kid in a candy store when my Amazon package came in. I ripped it open and began reading right then and there and then kept reading and kept reading and sadly I was bored. I feel as if I read a different book than everyone else on Goodreads. I found it slow until the end. It didn't flow well for me either. At one point I tried to envision Michael Fassbender as Callum, but even that didn't help my reading experience.
I'm still giving it three stars. It picked ...more
I'm still giving it three stars. It picked ...more
This book has a surprising ending. It will leave you speechless. The beginning was exciting, quick, and set the stage for the suspense early. Catrin Quinn has lost her two sons in a tragedy accident at the hand of her best friend Rachel Grimwood. The grief overtakes her and revenge is all she can plot. Her husband has moved on with life with another woman and has another child. Her ex-lover is still hoping he can bring her back from the depths.
At this point, children start to become missing in ...more
At this point, children start to become missing in ...more
Review: LITTLE BLACK LIES by S, J. Bolton
Every S. J. Bolton novel I've read (which is all, to date) has turned me inside out and wrung my emotions. No matter her topic, she delves so deeply into her characters as to fling them inside out, the very bones of their souls exposed for the reader's vicarious examination. LITTLE BLACK LIES, her first stand-alone for some time, has its setting in the Falkland Islands. A veritable she said/she said/he said ( you will understand this as you read) told fro ...more
Every S. J. Bolton novel I've read (which is all, to date) has turned me inside out and wrung my emotions. No matter her topic, she delves so deeply into her characters as to fling them inside out, the very bones of their souls exposed for the reader's vicarious examination. LITTLE BLACK LIES, her first stand-alone for some time, has its setting in the Falkland Islands. A veritable she said/she said/he said ( you will understand this as you read) told fro ...more
Catrin Quinn is still reeling from the loss of her two sons nearly three years ago. Her grief and anger is exacerbated by the fact that Catrin blames her (now former) best friend, Rachel, for their deaths. Catrin lives on the isolated community of the Falkland Islands, where people generally know one another - and everyone's business. When several children go missing over a short period of time, even the tight-knit community must admit that something is going on. Catrin finds herself drawn into
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This was a good mystery with some very damaged people. I loved the descriptions of the wildlife on the Falkland Islands.
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Olivia "So many books--so little time.""
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