Great storyline

I loved this book. I didn't predict any of the events which was great!
5* from me

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gripping

This book floored me, a brilliant story and love Imogen Church narating so got this book based on her reading it. but love it from start to finish.

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page turner but felt like a soap opera

The narrator was fantastic and the story kept me hooked. however, I felt the author was just going for the wow/shocking revelations factor too much and this led to various far fetched and over melodramatic moments. the main character, Kate, is very well built and easy to get into. I did not enjoy the emotional torture and distress and felt this book was just milking real tragedies. The twists are very amusing but still do not explain how the characters cannot just listen to each other and they are just fixated in their own perceptions. too much of this book relies on the characters blurred judgments due to alcohol or pills, this got boring after a while. Also, the main male character is extremely boring and unrealisticly kind to start with. despite all of this I could not stop listening!

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Great story, surprises all the way.

Beautifully written and a captivating story. I am now ready to order another book by this author

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S136!!! Please do your research ....

What did you like best about My Sister's Bones? What did you like least?

The story held some interest for me in that I kept listening but the inserts of the doctor interviewing Kate held on S136 which his for a period of up to 72 hours and involves more than just one doctor who seems to be on some kind of marathon I am going to assess you not stop for 72 hours is so ridiculously implausible that I have felt driven to add my thoughts. I know this is fiction but there needs to be some grounding in reality........
Please try better next time Nuala

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

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What aspect of Imogen Church and Sally Scott ’s performance might you have changed?

I normally quite like Imogen Churches performances though they are quite lugubrious...
there is an appeal in that. However her portrayal of the hectoring psych who is on a 72 hour assessment mission really is appalling. Maybe thats because I am so irritated by this aspect of the book.

Could you see My Sister's Bones being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

No

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A very good and gripping story

My initial attraction to this book was because of its setting (I have intimate knowledge of Herne Bay) and I was very curious to find out how well a thriller would work in what I think of as a pleasant but fairly boring seaside town. I have to say I was very impressed by the way the author captured the atmosphere of the place and gave it a very believable sinister edge. OK - some liberties were taken with some of the minor facts about the geography but there was perfect logic in setting this story in a location like Herne Bay where nobody expects really dreadful things to happen. The underlying themes of war, PTSD, child abuse and false memories were intelligently explored and I was genuinely gripped throughout the tale. The structure of the story (including an interrogation of the main character by a psychologist) kept me intrigued and this was one of the few books of this type where I felt there was a plausible plot.
The narrators were very good and added character to the voices of the two female protagonists. My only quibble (and not enough for this to lose a star) is that the reading was quite slow and this was remedied by me changing the setting to 1.25. I recommend this highly and will look out for more books by this author.

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Is better in x1.5 speed

I nearly gave up on the book as I found the narration very melodramatic and needlessly slow with too many dramatic pauses. It actually ruined the main character for me.

But then I decided to to play with the speed of the book reading (wanting to power through it faster) and found that playing it x1.5 cut out most of the melodrama and you got to enjoy the story.

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Predictable, what an anti-climax!

If I ever hear that another book is the "next Gone Girl" or the "next Girl On A Train", I'm going to rate it 0.

The genre has become predictable. There are three elements to look out for in these books:

1. Neurotic women are usually right
2. Nice men are psychopaths
3. The women won't be believed by authorities until the very end

And so goes this tale of two sisters, one who became a war correspondent suffering from post-traumatic stress, and the other an alcoholic - both abused as children. One's high functioning, the other is a deadbeat mother. In between are the stories of mysterious children appearing here, there and everywhere. And the women not being believed.

The writer attempts to make a difference by bringing in stories of the horrors of the Middle East, which was a nice change - but it seemed more like a tool to follow exactly the pattern. It seemed promising but it falls short.

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hard going

very well narrated, compelling, but unremittingly miserable. Avoid if you are given to bouts of depression!!!

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Chillingly clever!

This is a heart-stopping, spine-tingling thriller of a tale. Excellently narrated by Imogen Church and Sally Scott, this production will take you through a roller-coaster of emotions before leaving you with a heart-stopping denouement that is simply brilliant. A tale of sibling rivalry that turns into more, so much more. An excellent example of classy writing by Nuala Ellwood. Highly, highly recommended

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