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Storm
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Seslendiren:
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Victoria Fox
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Stephanie Merritt
A beautiful French chateau
Jo Lawless is still grieving her husband when his oldest friends invite her to a weekend houseparty in France. She’s always felt like an outsider in the group but she decides to go, hoping their shared loss will bring them closer together.
An unexpected guest
But the weekend is disrupted by the arrival of an unexpected guest, whose presence brings old tensions to the surface. Long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and it’s clear that at least one person is bent on revenge…
A night that will end in murder
The cold light of morning reveals a horrifying discovery. And the killer isn’t finished. A storm is coming, and no one at this party is safe…
‘Full of twists, turns and moving, realistic reveals’ Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel
'A clever, twisty, and deliciously dark thriller’ Charlotte Philby, author of A Double Life
‘An absolute corker… I couldn’t put it down’ Jane Fallon, author of Worst Idea Ever
‘Like its principal character, Storm is timely, powerful and seductive’ Christopher Brookmyre, author of The Cut
‘Blistering, brilliantly placed and intricately plotted: the perfect poolside read’ Observer
‘A fast-paced, addictive tale’ Sunday Times
©2022 Stephanie Merritt (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedEleştirmen yorumları
"A clever, twisty and deliciously dark thriller set in the entitled and dangerously alluring world of the one per cent. Storm is a whirlwind of a tale showing how easily and devastatingly one person's life can tear through another's, and the lengths some will go to in order to avoid the consequences of their actions. I read it in one sitting." (Charlotte Philby, author of A Double Life)
"[Storm] is about fascinatingly awful rich people getting their comeuppance at the hands of a young woman called Storm, a great character. Full of twists, turns and moving, realistic reveals." (Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel)
"An absolute corker. I read it in two days straight because I couldn’t put it down." (Jane Fallon, author of Worst Idea Ever)
Good plot and believable characters.
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I thought I had worked out the twist and sighed thinking it had been an exciting adventure up until now but I had worked it out.
I soon found out I only had scratched the surface of an excellent plot and so it continued delivering twist after turn after twisty turn.
Was it believable? Not so much. Was it enjoyable ... you betcha!
Did not care so much for protagonist Jo ... or come to think of it, any of the characters but I really had a great time following the story which was head and shoulders above so many these days.
It is very unlike me to complain a book is too long and I am usually horrified when I see others comment on a book I love in this way as I have enjoyed every sentence, word and comma ... but this time it seemed like we had come to a satisfying end - I checked and I still had over an hour to go and on I went. Then it seemed like I had come to the end again but no, on for another couple of furlongs.
Not that I exactly minded just the whole thing felt like epilogue after epilogue and these days I do wonder if editors still exist in publishing as I felt the whole thing could have been polished and honed into a more flowing and rounded story instead of the stop start of three endings.
Narration wise I had my issues also. I really adore Victoria Fox's voice but as soon as she started saying "correeeeeeedors" instead of corridors I recalled her from a book I had previously returned which it seemed every sentence had the word "corridor" in at least once and it subsequently drove me up the wall and possibly correyyyyyydor as well.
As for the Irish accent - which rambled through most of the 32 counties and was painful to listen to at times, romping along like frm "the Quiet man" to "Derby O'Gill and the little people" ... it was truly desperate in places. My main gripe is the way Hannah was mispronounced as Hannerrrrrrr and sometimes Pirate style as hanaaaarrrrr. The Hannerrrrr I think is maybe a Bristolian/West Country thing as in Ireland you would be more likely to hear Henna or Hannahhhhhh but never Hannerrrrrrr!
I have no idea how narrators prepare or research their roles but this one was just embarrassing. casting wise although Vctoria has a lovely voice I would have thought it would have been easier to find an excellent Irish actress who can also do an excellent English accent like Caroline Lennon for example to save the listener from the embarrassing shambles that this important character became. Also so easy to find out that the name Roisin is pronounced Row-sheen not Rosssh- eeeen.
Mind you as "correeeedors" automatons, skeins and several other quite common pace words were also mangled I suppose this is hardly surprising.
Anyway, between the jigs and the reels, it was a good story and the narration was thankfully good for the most part and the duff stage Oirish accent and mispronunciations were balanced by a lovely reading voice and good acting abilities and in a sea of truly dire and unthrilling thrillers, I really felt this was worth a credit.
Recommend!
Something to get your teeth into, twist after turn
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Secondly, the author has quickly become one of my favourites even though she has only written one other book previously! Her writing is so believable that you really feel transported into the scene. And the characters! Each one so distinctive with their own personalities (as they should. But a lot of authors don’t and end up creating 2D characters which makes you glaze over.)
Absolute perfection and just what I needed after a streak of 3 mediocre books on audible.
Chefs kiss
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A bit disappointing
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Plot-wise, the tale really drew me in. I felt the end was a bit disappointing, almost as if the author had played all her cards too quickly/rather too soon, so the end was more of a non-event than I had hoped for. A caveat about the audible version is that the reader really should check on French pronunciation of names and place names before recording this. Pau is a well-known enough city for anyone to know that it is not pronounced “pow”. The story is set in France; it might be vaguely excusable for an English person to think so, but NEVER a French police officer! Also Benjamin is not said in French as the reader pronounced it. This may seem petty, but it is an easy thing to check to make the French in the setting more credible.
Ingenious plot - full of promise - French pronunciation mangled
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