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The twilight wife
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- ISBN: 9781501152122
- ISBN: 1501152122
- ISBN: 9781501152115
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1 online resource - Edition: First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Touchstone, 2016.
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| Genre: | Electronic books. Fiction. Psychological fiction. Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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- LJ Express Reviews : LJ Express Reviews
Marine biologist Kyra Winthrop remembers nothing about the diving accident that left her with a rare form of memory loss. She's dependent upon her doting husband, Jacob, to fill in the blanks. Now with few close friends, Kyra lives a rather solitary life on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Suddenly, she begins to recall small bitsâa crumbling marriage, two miscarriages, and other possible relationships. Jacob remains kind, comforting, and disturbingly overprotective, but Kyra's life is unfolding into a juddering nightmare. This taut psychological thriller ticks all the requisite boxes with a compelling plotline, lovely young heroine, gorgeous seaside setting, and seemingly supportive spouse. But Banner's overly descriptive style leaves little to the reader's imagination. What could have been an exceptionally readable and suspenseful thriller suffers from repetition and an overabundance of adjectives that could have been cured with better editing. Verdict Banner's sophomore effort (after The Good Neighbor) joins the works by Ruth Ware, S.J. Watson, and Gillian Flynn in this burgeoning genre of page-turning tension and shocking endings but doesn't match those authors' stylistic talents.âSusan Clifford Braun, Bainbridge Island, WA (c) Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2016 October #4
Banner (The Good Neighbor) milks every ounce of suspense out of this harrowing plot that reveals memory to be both unreliable and impossible to fully wash away. Kyra Winthrop is a 34-year-old marine biologist who lives on a secluded island in the Pacific Northwest with her ever-present husband, Jacob. After a diving accident leaves her with memory loss, she can't remember the last four years and spends her days hoping to regain her past. As she tries to cope, memoriesâand eerie recurring dreamsâbegin to come back but also bring more questions than answers. What was her relationship to her husband's friend Aiden? Why does she think there were more people involved in her accident than she's been told? Not all on the island, and in her marriage, is what it seems. Overly emotive writingâ"I'm infused with excitement, trepidation, and fear"âand a twist that can be seen coming from very early on keep this from being a riveting thriller. However, Kyra is a believable, empathetic protagonist, and Banner's ability to maintain tension while teasing out the truth of her hazy past will keep readers engaged. (Dec.) Copyright 2016 Publisher Weekly.
