Advantages: An absorbing storyline which is easy to read Disadvantages: Over too soon
...drawn to his latest novel: Too Close to Home. Too Close to Home is the story of what seems on the face of it, an everyday American family. The Cutter family consists of a Mother (Ellen), a Father (Jim) and a teenage son (Derek), making a satisfied yet modest living, living in a comfortable home and generally getting on with life. This all falls apart in dramatic style very early on in the book when their neighbours (also Mother, Father and son) are ... ...was all possibly a little too convenient. This novel was extremely easy to read, and it is the most enjoyable book that I have read in a long while - you know that feeling when you have to keep reading, but really don't want to finish, and when you do finish, you don't want to start another book in case it isn't as good?! Well, that is how this book made me feel! Also the text size of my paperback copy is perfect, I wouldn't normally mention this, ...
chilcott1 05.11.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Too Close to Home - Linwood Barclay
Advantages: an interesting thrilling story Disadvantages: unlikeable characters, disappointing if you read "no time for goodbye"
...we soon discover that he too is no saint - the world Barclay has painted here has a very dark underside that is riddled with deception. As the cop assigned to the case, Barry, finally starts to get to the bottom of the murder cases, with more violence and horrible events being revealed along the way the plot did eventually have me gripped. Despite my issues with the main characters a good story does underly this book, and this kept me reading until ... ...mainly convincing, though a little too peppered with swear words that seemed just to have been put there to make the book seem more gritty for my liking. Had I not read the other title by Barclay I think I would have been more won over by the book in general, but having been bowled over by his first book I was merely just satisfied by the last page. I did enjoy the book - if that is the right word for a book with this kind of plot, but it wasn't ...
azana 30.08.2009
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