Here we are again. A brand new month so here comes the brand new reviews. This review is the first one of this month. I know it's already half way through the month and only know this is going up. My explanation about why that is will be delivered later on in the opinion part of my blog post. It's been a while since I last wrote to all you readers. So here is a few questions that you may want to answer, you can leave your answers in the comment section that be found at the end of each blog post you visit. Here are some questions. How are you? How is your week going? If your still in college or school How are your exams going? Everybody needs to get something off their chest sometimes. You can use the comment section to vent if you wish. I know I haven't written a blog post in a long time. But this part will always be the same, please any reader reading this part of my introduction. Could you please give me some sort of feedback on my blog posts. It can be a couple of sentences long. Explaining if you can read this blog post in your preferred language, whether you prefer long or short blog posts or if you want more pictures in these blog posts. So without further delay the name of the book that I'm reviewing this time is Little Black Lies and it was written by Sharon Bolton.
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I give my blog posts all the same structure. So this next part of my post is all about the blurb from this book. The term 'blurb' can be used in many different ways, it has many different names in other words all meaning the same for an example the blurb can also be called a synopsis. It is a small passage that describes the book, you can find most blurbs on the back of most books but if you are reading a hard back covered book you can find the blurb on the inside of the front cover. Now here comes the part, why I put the blurb into these reviews. I put the blurb into my reviews because it gives you the reader a better understanding of the book. It also saves you from going out and trying to find the book you can read the blurb here and you can instantly make a decision on the book right now although that can be seen as a good and bad point. It is also how most people get addicted to many books as they read the blurb first and then share it with their families and friends it's like a small triangle being completed each time. So this is the blurb from the book of this book:
"Admittedly, it wasn't murder. A moment's carelessness, a tragic accident- and two children are dead. Yours. Living in a small, island community, you can't escape the women who destroyed your life. Each chance encounter is an agonising reminder of what you've lost - your family, your future, your sanity. How long before revenge becomes irresistible? With no reason to go on living, why shouldn't you turn your darkest thoughts into deeds? " But if you readers enjoy and take things in better if you look at pictures. There will be a picture of the blurb at the bottom of this section. Also remember if you have read this book and you are reading this review just to see what I thought about the book. Please don't give any spoilers to readers that have not yet finished the book.
This next part of this blog post is all about the author of each book. In this case it is all about Sharon Bolton who wrote this book. I feel so much better having something dedicated to them as authors do so much for us as they provide us with their books so we can start a new hobby and start a different adventure each time you start a new read. Just think about the amount of hours they sit away from their families/friends or pets looking at a computer screen. Can you imagine the amount of phone calls and emails they would of had to answer and the endless amount of meetings they would had to go to with their book publisher teams. But in the end it will be definitely be worth it as they have something they can show off to everybody and the many years too come. It can also win them many awards and it can be turned into a movie. It's something to definitely be proud of. I will not ramble any more so here I am introducing to you Sharon Bolton. Sharon Bolton is the author of the bestselling Lacey Flint series. Little Black Lies ( the book I'm reviewing) is her first stand - alone thriller since Blood Harvest, which was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year. In 2014 she was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library for her whole body of work. Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and son. If you wish to know more about her books you can go and visit her in these places, www.sharonbolton.com you can also find her on Twitter as @authorsjbolton
The time has come for me to deliver my opinion or verdict as some people call it. When I first read the blurb it instantly grabbed my attention it made me want to read the first chapter there and then whilst I was still in the shop. I heard many good things about Sharon Bolton's books, so I thought why not give them a try. When I opened the front cover I wasn't expecting a map showing where each character lived. It definitely made things more clearer. I knew that the Falkland Islands actually existed because I knew also about the war that happened there. When I learnt this book was based in the Falkland Islands I thought it was going to be rammed with lots of history. Which is totally not my thing, but that wasn't the case at all. It took me a little more time to get totally gripped by the story. The book didn't have my full attention until I was at least four or five chapters in. It was at this point I could hardly put the book down. Only when I needed to for an example when I needed to sleep. I was getting more and more into their world with each page turn I made. I loved the twists and turns this book has it keeps you on your toes. Those twists and turns will definitely keep you reading til the end of the book. I also thought the way Sharon combined the characters and the actual history that happened back in the day was cleverly written and not to over powering to the reader. So the reason why this review took a long time to arrive is that the book needed a lot of attention and couldn't be rushed as you would miss the important information. The story wouldn't of made sense then so you would of ended up re reading chapters. Overall the book was an amazing read and I totally not expecting the ending the way it turned out to be it even made me gasp right at the end. Sharon I loved the book and I can't wait to see what she comes up with in the future.
I would like to give this book a 8/10, I'm also going to recommend this book to any older reader that loves a really good crime fiction and likes a bit of history. A small warning there is some strong language in the book. You can find all of my other blog posts at laurennpullennreviews.blogspot.co.uk You can also leave your comments/questions or even give me a follow so you can stay updated each time I upload a new blog post. Thank you again and I hope you come back for more in the future.
Until my next book review x
