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Mirrorland : a novel de Carole Johnstone
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Mirrorland : a novel (edição: 2021)

de Carole Johnstone, Katie Leung (Narrador)

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"Unnerving." --People "Unsettling...unlocks its mysteries slowly." --The New York Times Book Review "A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination" --Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10 "Beautifully written and told with a watchmaker's precision" (Stephen King), Mirrorland is a thrilling psychological suspense novel about twin sisters, the man they both love, the house that has always haunted them, and the childhood stories they can't leave behind. Cat lives in Los Angeles, far from 36 Westeryk Road, the imposing gothic house in Edinburgh where she and her estranged twin sister, El, grew up. As kids, they invented Mirrorland, a dark, imaginary place under the pantry stairs, full of pirates, witches, and clowns. These days, Cat rarely thinks about their childhood home, or the fact that El now lives there with her husband, Ross. But when El mysteriously disappears after going out on her sailboat, Cat is forced to return to 36 Westeryk Road, which hasn't changed in twenty years. The grand old house is still full of shadowy corners, and at every turn Cat finds herself stumbling on long-held secrets and terrifying ghosts from the past. Because someone--El?--has left Cat clues: a treasure hunt that leads them back to Mirrorland, where the truth lies waiting... A brilliantly crafted story that "feels like the love child of Gillian Flynn and Stephen King" (Greer Hendricks, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Mirrorland is a propulsive, page-turning debut about love, betrayal, revenge--and the price of freedom.… (mais)
Membro:Charon07
Título:Mirrorland : a novel
Autores:Carole Johnstone
Outros autores:Katie Leung (Narrador)
Informação:Simon & Schuster Audio, 2021. 11 hr 38 min
Coleções:Read, Sua biblioteca
Avaliação:***1/2
Etiquetas:read, fiction, mystery, thriller, audiobook, own, libro-fm, reviewed

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Mirrorland de Carole Johnstone

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There are several implausibilities in the plot, but it was so strange and gothic, so atmospheric, so dark and twisted, that I didn’t mind at all. Mirrorland is a dark and strange world of childhood make-believe, and how Cat’s memories of that make-believe world of the past color her present, however implausibly, is fascinating reading. The ending was a little weak, a whimper rather than a bang, but I enjoyed the numerous surprises on the voyage to get there, some of which I foresaw and some I didn’t. I listened to the audiobook, and Katie Leung’s Scottish narration was melodic and really enhanced the story (though it really muddled her attempts at foreign accents to my American ear). ( )
  Charon07 | May 4, 2024 |
audio fiction (12 hrs 38min) - a woman (Catriona/Cat) returns to Ireland from California in order to find out what happened to her identical twin (Ellice/El), presumed lost at sea by authorities and El's husband Ross (about whom Cat has conflicting feelings). CW/TW: all sorts of childhood trauma and abuse, El's potential suicide or murder, gaslighting and manipulation, mother with mental illness/delusions, abusive/murderous father/grandfather, memories repressed for a reason

A spellbinding and immersive story brilliantly narrated in Leung's lovely Irish accent. It's pretty murky and twisty and confusing (lots of complex relationships and old unspeakable secrets) with the details unfolding (very) slowly over time. This can be kind of frustrating, as the horribly extremely unreliable narrator means that everything keeps getting turned over on its head without Cat making much progress, but all the twists and turns are entertaining nonetheless, if increasingly improbable/unbelievable, at least until the last 8 chapters/couple hours when the story sort of refuses to end. from https://charlottesbookspoilers.blogspot.com/2021/04/spoilers-for-mirrorland-by-c...: "Their grandfather kept their mother, and the twins, hostage. He was really their father, too.
"Mouse was El and Cat's triplet sister. The Witch was their mother's sister and took Mouse as her own out of a weird jealousy thing. Cat killed their grandfather trying to protect El. Their mother killed herself after sending the girls out of the house.
"Ross blocked their escape that night when their grandfather died because he didn't want them to leave him. This is also why he became abusive towards El, he didn't want her to leave him.
"El was not dead. She escaped to the Caribbean. But they convicted Ross of her murder. The body found was Mouse, who had OD'd on Ross' pills at the same time as El's planned suicide/escape on the boat, presumably to provide a body so that El wouldn't have to die herself.


bingo 2024: includes a prologue, published April 1 2021, focus on sibling relationship, stormy weather/power outage, very old house with bell clappers/bell pulls seemingly alive with memories. character is not really dead ( )
  reader1009 | Mar 25, 2024 |
I gave this book more than 100 pages. I just didn't feel the suspense or drama that would have helped me continue. I got tired of the twin mind set and the messages and Mirrorland itself. So I let it go.
  bcrowl399 | Feb 29, 2024 |
Well, this book certainly wasn't boring! The story was fantastic, but the writing was a bit murky. It blended Cat (the main character's) current reality with her imagination world from childhood. It was a bit confusing. I really think if it was written as "Present" and "Past" (every other chapter maybe), it would have been much more clear. I had never heard of the term "magical realism" until I came across this book and read a few of the other reviews - but that's definitely what it is! ( )
  filemanager | Nov 29, 2023 |
Twisty and turny. One of the best thrillers I have ever read. The characters were messy, smart, and realistic. Lots of drama and intrigue. ( )
  LynnMPK | Jul 16, 2023 |
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When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream for ever. -The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living or get busy dying. -Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redeption, Stephen King
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The sky was pink. Which was better than red, El said, when we started to get scared again. Grandpa had always told us, Red sky at nights, sailor's delight; red sky in the morning, sailor's warning. El's face was still streak with tears, and her fingers twitched. I couldn't stop shaking. -Prologue, September 5, 1998
I wasn't there when my sister died.

Ross called me; left close to a dozen voice messages before I checked any of them, each one more desperate than the last. And I'm ashamed to say that it was always his voice I heard first - familiar and forgotten, hardly changed at all - rather than his words. -Chapter 1
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"Unnerving." --People "Unsettling...unlocks its mysteries slowly." --The New York Times Book Review "A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination" --Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10 "Beautifully written and told with a watchmaker's precision" (Stephen King), Mirrorland is a thrilling psychological suspense novel about twin sisters, the man they both love, the house that has always haunted them, and the childhood stories they can't leave behind. Cat lives in Los Angeles, far from 36 Westeryk Road, the imposing gothic house in Edinburgh where she and her estranged twin sister, El, grew up. As kids, they invented Mirrorland, a dark, imaginary place under the pantry stairs, full of pirates, witches, and clowns. These days, Cat rarely thinks about their childhood home, or the fact that El now lives there with her husband, Ross. But when El mysteriously disappears after going out on her sailboat, Cat is forced to return to 36 Westeryk Road, which hasn't changed in twenty years. The grand old house is still full of shadowy corners, and at every turn Cat finds herself stumbling on long-held secrets and terrifying ghosts from the past. Because someone--El?--has left Cat clues: a treasure hunt that leads them back to Mirrorland, where the truth lies waiting... A brilliantly crafted story that "feels like the love child of Gillian Flynn and Stephen King" (Greer Hendricks, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Mirrorland is a propulsive, page-turning debut about love, betrayal, revenge--and the price of freedom.

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