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El final es bueno. Marissa se ve enfrentada a una situación imposible y hay que reconocer que la resuelve. No estoy muy segura de que sea la mejor manera, pero desde luego impacta. No One Saw a Thing begins with a nightmare scenario for any parent. The doors of a train on London’s Underground close before a mother can get on to join her two small children who are already on board. Andrea Mara’s inspiration for this latest novel came from an incident during her own childhood when she and her younger sister became separated from her parents on a family visit to London. It really is the most frightening situation for both parent and child. Clues are dropped here and there like breadcrumbs by the author as the story unfolds, and I was prepared for red herrings, but still I was kept guessing to the end. The author manages to maintain a level of tension and intrigue throughout. Tres mujeres forman el reparto principal: Marisa, Jenny e Irene. Además, hay bastantes personajes secundarios que harán las delicias del lector. Nos podemos encontrar desde personajes que odias hasta otros que anhelas en tu vida. Es muy variopinto el reparto y tiene cierta similitud con la realidad. Hay muchas Sarahs en el mundo. There starts this novel and it does not let up. What I loved so much about this book was the complexity of the story, you are pushed and pulled in multiple different directions and the number of red herrings and false starts will leave equally frustrated and enthralled - just when you think you have it sussed, you don't!
A fast paced psychological thriller that had me on the edge of my seat. Unnerving and unsettling to read as a parent but utterly unputdownable - I was gripped from the very start. One of the things I love about Andrea's stories is that there's an authenticity and realness about the scenarios her characters find themselves in (this one in particular was based on a real life event that happened to her and her sister when they were children). She plays on a parents biggest fear and turns it into a tense and compelling read with plenty of twists and turns that make it impossible to put down. I won't say anything about the plot as I don't want to give a thing away but I think this is up there as one of my favourites from Andrea to date! El arranque es potente, así como los distintos personajes. Llegado un momento pensamos que todos podrían ser culpables. The rest of the book is the frantic search by parents Sive and Aaron to find out where she is, who has taken her and why. Like Aaron in No One saw A Thing, Mara has friendships that span many years. But are any as competitive as the ones in her book? “No”, she says, but she understands how it can happen. The premise of this book was both tantalising and unnerving for me as a parent of young children (one of whom is a four year old boy just like the young child at the centre of this novel).Has your other daughter got lost? Been taken by a passing stranger? Or perhaps the culprit is closer to home than you think? No one is telling the truth, and the longer the search continues, the harder she will be to find… [ My Review ] It all ended well though – the rest of our family found us ten minutes later at Tower Bridge, and we got on with our touristing. It was only when my dad reminded me of the story a couple of years ago that I decided to turn it into a book. Of course, all the red herrings and twists and turns helped keep my blood pressure up too and I was desperate to find out the big reveal at the end (I hadn’t worked it out either 😅).
This is every parent’s nightmare. Sive and her husband, high flying criminal barrister Aaron Sullivan, were in London for a reunion with Aaron’s former flat mates of 20 years ago, but now their whole world has come tumbling down. The book begins with every parents' worst nightmare. You are getting on the underground and suddenly the doors close with your children on the other side of the doors....you watch as the train leaves the station whilst you are still on the platform with your newborn son...you finally get on the next train and get off to see your children waiting for you....however only one child is waiting and she can't tell you what happened to her sister..... Thanks to NetGalley & Bantam Press for an eARC of this book. The following review is my honest reflection on the text provided.As the plot unfolds, it emerges that any number of acquaintances of theirs could have taken Faye - Aaron is not short of enemies. I read this in a couple of sittings, flying through it. Whilst it’s not my favourite of Andrea’s, this one is perfect for holidays or when you’re looking for something compelling between heavier, longer reads. In this case it’s a frazzled Irish mother, Sive, on a few days break in London from Dublin, with her husband, Aaron, as he catches up with old friends. Aaron is a high-flying criminal defence lawyer and Sive writes lifestyle pieces from home, allowing her the time to care for her children, while also maintaining some bit of independence for herself. Aaron has been very successful in his career providing the family with a very comfortable life. This trip to London is very important to Aaron as he likes to polish his feathers when in the company of this particular bunch of old friends. Your two little girls jump on the train ahead of you. As you try to join them, the doors slide shut and the train moves away, leaving you behind. Panic ensues and increases dramatically when only one of the girls is found at the next stop. A major investigation is launched but Sive begins to fear that this is more than her child just being briefly lost, and sets off to solve the clues herself.
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