Hours disappeared into the midst of time whilst reading this book. The narrative here and throughout is strong and compulsive. It’s eyecatching, as you’d think it is, but even more so because of this as it’s different. Each part is named after something in Greek Mythology and written in English underneath. The book is split into 8 parts, plus a preface and epilogue. Step through A Narrow Door with all its symbolism and connotations, and a lot awaits… She’ll bury the past so deep it will evade even her own memory, just like she has done before. And with it, the remains of a body are discovered.īut Rebecca is here to make her mark. As the new regime takes on the old guard, the ground shifts. Barely forty, she is just starting to reap the harvest of her ambition. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls.
It’s an incendiary moment for St Oswald’s school. Now I’m in charge, the gates are my gates. Please find out more in the blurb and the rest of my review below… Thanks very much to Alex Layt at Orion Books for allowing me to review and for gifting me a proof copy and a bag of Liquorice Allsorts. Oswalds to see how this thriller continues in this latest book – Even after however long it has been since the last book in this series – A Different Class, it is great to be back at St. There’s the anticipation of reading it, but also wondering, after reading so many books by her, even pre-blog, would I like it? Would I think other readers would like it? It’s a resounding yes from me. Oswalds and I am priveleged to be able to read and review it. 'A masterpiece of misdirection' Val McDermid Praise for Joanne Harris's other books set in the St Oswald's world: She'll bury the past so deep it will evade even her own memory, just like she has done before. It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school. Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates. 'A dark and richly enjoyable novel that already feels like a classic' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Dark, Gothic, and propulsively readable' RUTH WARE 'A psychological thriller you can't put down' HARLAN COBEN 'Exhilarating, addictive, fierce' BRIDGET COLLINS 'Twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems' ALEX MICHAELIDES
From the prize-winning No.1 bestselling author Joanne Harris comes an explosive psychological thriller about a woman who is intent on tearing apart the elite world that tried to hold her back.
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