"there!" she said, "wasn't that a lovely sleep."
Such a gripping read it was.
The way the four children cope with the loss of their parents...
It's not everyday you come across a book that portrays vividly a crumbling suburban family of four children and their ordinary lives with an extraordinary eye for detail.
They jump out of the pages and walk around you, in flesh and blood, and the tension is so thick in the air that a stray sharp breath shatters the silence.
The boys puzzle you with their experiments, the girls catch you off guard with their swift back and forth transitions from responsible adults to giggling adolescents.
The last few pages startle you, shake you out of your skin, leave you gasping for breath, staring at nothingness.
Where do I go from here?
Anything I pick up next will pale in comparison.
The soft sweet smell of paper lingers on long after I put down the book.
This has to be a rare haunting read.
Such a gripping read it was.
The way the four children cope with the loss of their parents...
It's not everyday you come across a book that portrays vividly a crumbling suburban family of four children and their ordinary lives with an extraordinary eye for detail.
They jump out of the pages and walk around you, in flesh and blood, and the tension is so thick in the air that a stray sharp breath shatters the silence.
The boys puzzle you with their experiments, the girls catch you off guard with their swift back and forth transitions from responsible adults to giggling adolescents.
The last few pages startle you, shake you out of your skin, leave you gasping for breath, staring at nothingness.
Where do I go from here?
Anything I pick up next will pale in comparison.
The soft sweet smell of paper lingers on long after I put down the book.
This has to be a rare haunting read.
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