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Elizabeth Is Missing

Emma Healey

Start date: January 15, 2015

Finish date: January 18, 2015

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Oct 23, 2015 Mike Murphy rated it liked it

I really like the concept here, and the trick with narrative voice is a well-executed experiment. The confusion and increasingly scary world inhabited is dealt with with a very deft and effective touc. However, I think that having cracked this, the novel spends a little too much time wrapped up in here, and could have focused a little more on developing the various strands at play. Overall enjoyable and we'll worth a read. ...more

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Nov 15, 2016 Hannah Norman rated it really liked it

This was an insanely clever novel. Two mysteries within one story from the point of view of a woman with alzheimer's...wow. I was enthralled by the story and the perspective. I felt just as confused as Maud and tried to put the story together right along with her. This was a great read. ...more

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Feb 24, 2015 g0ddess rated it really liked it

This is harrowingly real in its depiction of old age and dementia. The horror of losing yourself and your mind ... The unraveling of memory and words - was frighteningly true. I've lived through two grandmothers who regressed with dementia and was touched by the empathy rendered by the author towards maud and Helen. The book starts slowly and then somehow grips you tightly and doesn't let go till the end. I thought I'd be reading something light and was stunned by the textures of this. Lovely bo ...more

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Jan 12, 2015 Jacqueline Mackie rated it liked it

It was not a bad book but and I read it just to see what would happen at the end. It did not grip me like other books have but I must say I think it was well written and maybe it was just not my cup of tea

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