Bel thriller, bella trama. Una madre che vorrebbe che tutto fosse sotto controllo e perfetto, un padre fin troppo ego-riferito, figli solo all'apparenza perfetti. Personaggio preferito, il figlio Theo. Forse non centralissimo nella storia, ma probabilmente l'unico con un po' di buon senso. Non ho trovato giusto il dare addosso alla madre, più che maniaca del controllo, mi è sembrata una persona che fa tutto quello che può. Dottore, moglie, madre. Siamo umani e lei lo è. La vita non è stare in un cottage nel Dorset a dipingere con un cane ai piedi.
Mentre, scusate, ma Naomi è proprio insopportabile. Forse non sarà politically correct, ma due schiaffi la ragazzina se li merita. Ok l'adolescenza e tutto, ma qui si esagera.
Del resto... i personaggi non devono essere perfetti, come questa famiglia.
Jane Shemilt
Una famiglia quasi perfetta
Newton Compton Editori
Ebook
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A teenage daughter, her disappearance, a family that seems perfect from outside falls apart. This is the plot of the book. Jenny is a doctor and the wife of a prominent neurosurgeon. They have three children, twins Theo and Ed, and Naomi. One evening, Naomi doesn't come back home. Has she been kidnapped? Will still be alive? The research starts but there is no trace of Naomi. Jenny thinks she knows her daughter well but slowly, track after track, she realizes that the teenager who thought she knew actually hides many dark points. And not only her, even this family conceals many secrets.
Nice thriller, nice plot. A mother that would like everything under control and perfect, a too ego-related father, children only seemingly perfect. Favorite character, the son Theo. Perhaps not central in the history, but probably the only one with a little common sense. I haven't found right going for the jugular to the mother that, rather than control freak, seemed like a person who does everything she can. Doctor, wife, mother. We are human and she is. Life is not staying in a cottage in Dorset to paint with a dog at her feet.
While, sorry, but Naomi is just unbearable. It may not be politically correct, but the girl deserves two slaps. Ok adolescence and all, but here is exaggerated.
Moreover... the characters don't have to be perfect, like this family.
Jane Shemilt
Daughter
