basis van bovenstaande samenvatting zou je als lezer een uiterst spannend boek verwachten, Dat zou ik zelf ook doen mocht dit mijn allereerste Nora Robertsboek zijn, Er zit zeker enige mate van spanning of eerder mysterie door dit verhaal heen verweven maar het vormt zeker niet de belangrijkste factor.
Eén van de zaken die er voor zorgen dat ik de boeken van deze schrijfster zo graag lees is de manier waarop en de mate waarin ze haar personages uitwerkt.
Binnen de kortste keren leef je met hen mee en stoort het je zelfs niet wanneer je opnieuw vrij snel doorhebt hoe de ontknoping aan het einde er zal uitzien.
Ik
hou van haar personages, Van de manier waarop je meteen van hen gaat houden of er een afkeer van krijgt, Maar ook haar vlotte schrijfstijl en haar bekwaamheid als verhalenverteler spreken me aan, Oh en het feit dat ze je als lezer in elk boek een nieuwe wereld leert kennen, Zo neemt ze ons in Publiek geheim mee achter de schermen van de muziekwereld,
Mijn volledige recensie kan je sitelink hier terugvinden, Emma McAvoy met her rock star father for the first time at the age of three when her mother, a pitiful but vengeful mess, forced the interaction.
Brian McAvoy had no idea of her existence and fell in love with his daughter, his spitting image, at first sight, From here on out, the tale unfolds about their lives, a saga of heartache, betrayal, love and commitment,
It's hard to capsulize this book into a oneparagraph summary as it chronicles the lives of this family over ayear time span.
Events occur throughout that impact the family over a lifetime, There are a hosts of secondary characters that make this story so rich, including Emma's love interests and the other members of Brian's band, who are included as family.
Unlike many stories that cover such a wide range of events, this book is well paced and there are no lulls, Roberts takes her time to get it right without being overly descriptive but also not omitting those details that help you capture the mood and tone of the characters, time and events.
This book now ranks as my most favorite of all of Roberts' standalone novels and is competing very closely with my most favorite of her series.
It's superbly written and kept me up all night because I couldn't put the book down, The book is a definite must for your NR collection, So this book was a LOT, Not in a bad way, but I wasn't prepared, especially given my copy has one of the most misleading backcover summaries ever, I'll put in behind a spoiler cut, but it basically just describes the lastpages of the book, . . with incorrect information.
But that said, I was really into it! It's one of those sprawling books that you can just sink into.
And it's about famous people in a way that's not really about their fame, which is something I'm really into, And just a million good stories! Overall, probably the best Nora Roberts I've read,
But uh, content warnings:
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Este libro es el que más pesado y más me ha costado leer de Norita, incluso lo tuve aparcado un par de meses porque me daba pereza reanudar la lectura.
Yo creo que cerca deldel libro fue lo peor de todo estaba taaaan explicado y desarrollado al más mínimo detalle algo que en este caso me pareció excesivo que leía y leía y veía que no avanzaba prácticamente nada la trama.
Audiobook. Booknarrationaccents were dreadful
Published in, it's a great slice ofss life, with some murder and mayhem mixed in.
A Filha das Estrelas é um bom exemplar do trabalho de Nora Roberts, Gostei especialmente que o livro fosse tão completo em relação à protagonista, Emma, que acompanhamos ao longo da sua vida, desde pequenina, passando pelos diversos episódios que, para o bem ou para o mal, a moldaram.
A escritora levoume a criar genuína afeição por Emma, uma ligação fortificada pelo sofrimento da personagem,
Ao mesmo tempo, Roberts conseguiu que todas as personagens tivessem o seu espaço na narrativa, mas sem que o livro se torne confuso ou aborrecido.
Estes personagens não existem apenas para coadjuvar a protagonista, têm as suas próprias histórias e objectivos, o que as torna realistas e uma maisvalia para o livro.
Gostei tanto do desenvolvimento da relação romântica entre Emma e Michael que vai sento lentamente construído e consolidado.
A ligação entre ambos estabelecese logo quando se conheceram em crianças e mantémse até à idade adulta como do mistério que envolve o homicídio do irmão de Emma embora a identidade dos assassinos dificilmente seja uma surpresa para o leitor, é na mesma interessante acompanhar o seu desenvolvimento.
Embora próximo da conclusão me tenha parecido que a escritora empatou um bocadinho, não foi por isso que perdi interesse na leitura gostei muito! Very emotional book from start to finish but I loved every minute of it and think this is probably one of the best NR book I have read.
I have really mixed feelings about this book, I generally love all the books by Nora Roberts and this one is really well written, But I haven't enjoyed it as much as some of her other books,
First, I was definitely expecting something completely different, I was thinking about a good romantic suspense with nice developed characters and a bit of this rock star glitter, Instead it is a story more into woman's fiction genre or even a very wellwritten biography of a nonexisting person, Emma, Really, Emma's life is written with so many details and insights that I could almost believe she is actually a living person and not just the product of Mrs Roberts' imagination.
And here is also a problem, Actually, two problems. First, I was waiting for the suspense plot and what I got was a very, very detailed biography of Emma, Eighty percent of the book is about Emma's life from her early childhood to her relationship with Michael, And second, the story of her life is rather dark and disturbing, There is lot of violence, death and tragedy, It wasn't an easy read, And it isn't what I'm looking for in my books,
So, yeah, I definitely have mixed feelings about this book, The story is undoubtedly very wellwritten but it was too sombre for my taste, .