Sister in The Dusty Bookshelf

May 17, 2015 Beth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Rosamund Lupton's SISTER is told in a manner unlike other novels, that is, as the past-tense story of Beatrice's learning about and investigation into the death of her sister Tess, as related in her present-tense statement to the prosecuting attorney (as we would call him in the U.S.) Mr. Wright, all within a letter to Tess. Yet it does not confuse. Rather, the structure adds to the tension in this excellent novel.

Beatrice, unlike police, detectives, even her own mother, is sure that Tess was mu ...more

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Dec 10, 2011 Anne (Booklady) Molinarolo rated it liked it

Shelves: thriller-mystery, fall-2015, thriller-suspense, read-around-world

Sister by Rosamund Lupton is unusually written. It is in an epistolary format - a letter written by Bea to her missing sister, Tess. Bea says she and Tess have always been close despite their 5 year age gap. But are they? Bea learns a lot about Tess while she searches for her.

As the story furthers slightly, Bea begins telling Tess of the prosecutor who will be prosecuting her death. Never convinced that Tess took her own life after her son was still born, Bea becomes the only one to believe Tes ...more

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Dec 06, 2022 Hettie rated it did not like it

Shelves: dnf-did-not-finish, from-charity-shop, tbr-standalone, format-dusty, dusty-rebel-read

This one was not for me.
I did find the writing style really good, much more unique than more straightforward narration.
I just was not really drawn to the characters and at page 50 decided that I had not captured my interest enough to keep reading.

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