The Cephalopod Coffeehouse: April
2016
Our lovely host the Armchair Squid invites us at the end of
each month to discuss our best book for that month, he says:
Welcome one and all to the Cephalopod
Coffeehouse, a cozy gathering of book lovers, meeting to discuss their thoughts
regarding the works they enjoyed most over the previous month. Pull up a
chair, order your cappuccino and join in the fun. If you wish to add your
own review to the conversation, please click the link above to find the linky.
This month I thought I hadn't had much time to read as life
was rather busy but did read nine books, although one was only 124 pages long.
My best read this month and one of the best books I've read
this year is a psychological thriller, not my usual genre so I was so surprised
at how much I enjoyed this book. So
without further ado, here is my pick for this month.
While My Eyes Were Closed
By
Linda Green
Approx. 416 pages
PRODUCT DESCRIPTON FROM Amazon
One, two, three
. . . Lisa Dale shuts her eyes and counts to one
hundred during a game of hide-and-seek. When she opens them, her four-year-old
daughter Ella is gone. Disappeared without a trace. The police, the media and
Lisa's family all think they know who snatched Ella. But what if the person who
took her isn't a stranger?
What if they are convinced they are doing the right thing? And what if Lisa's
little girl is in danger of disappearing forever?
MY REVIEW
5*
This is a described as a
psychological thriller and not my normal reading matter as the disappearance of
a young child gives me chills.
This is a well written book
making it a pleasure to read. The author
uses some of the Northern dialect but only to emphasis the location and not so
that other readers from different areas can’t understand it. There is some use of swear words but they are
all in context and didn’t put me off.
This book kept me gripped.
The little girl is so endearing, trusting and loving, the parents are
distraught, the younger brother doesn’t really understand what is happening,
the older half-sister returns from her trip to France when she hears about her
missing little sister. The grandparents
who do a lot of caring for the children when the parents are at work are
devastated and want answers which nobody can give in the beginning.
People are quick to judge,
the parents, other people who may have black marks against them, are all in the
frame, the parents have to find a way to support each other when it is the not
knowing what has happened is so difficult to contend with.
It really doesn’t feel a
long book (400+ pages) so that shows the quality of writing. There are not many books that I feel deserve
5* but this was certainly one of the best books I've read this year.
