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APPLE TREE YARD - amazing - ace thriller for lovers of Gone Girl etc

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EliotNess · 05/07/2013 18:35

but far more cerebral and not so bloody annoying at the end

I really recommend it - I was gripped

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SiouxieSioux · 28/12/2013 22:54

Yes

GeorginaWorsley · 06/09/2013 23:09

Amreading this at the moment and quite enjoying it.
Got the Tina Serkis one on kindle but not read yet

Stokey · 06/09/2013 15:59

I just read One Step Too Far - Tina Serkis, reminiscent of these too but i liked better than Appletree Yard.

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Feenie · 24/08/2013 18:22

Just finished Kiss Me First, I thought it was v good. I agree with you, BabeRuthless - her character was so lacking in emotional intelligence that she wouldn't necessarily have considered practicalities.

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OliviaMMumsnet · 23/08/2013 11:55

Ooh thanks
I just finished the where'd you go Bernadette Sept's MN book club and am finishing a sad one for RL book club but then will add to kindle as LOVED Gone Girl
and yy agree was ANNOYING at the end.

BabeRuthless · 23/08/2013 11:43

In the book the idea is that she'd lessen contact gradually to the point where she wouldn't have to be in contact at all. Impractical but then the narrator wasn't exactly the most worldly wise of people.

LadyMilfordHaven · 20/08/2013 08:29

I liked the idea bit couldn't see the point. In the end shed have to stop being the person surely

BabeRuthless · 20/08/2013 07:16

I really liked it

LadyMilfordHaven · 19/08/2013 18:15

No. Shit.

louloutheshamed · 18/08/2013 21:16

Yeah there was. Is kiss me first no good?? I've just bought it too.

LadyMilfordHaven · 18/08/2013 13:09

There was a massive twist at the end of apple tree

LadyMilfordHaven · 18/08/2013 13:08

So I bought that kiss me first. What utter shit

BabeRuthless · 13/08/2013 07:00

Anyone who enjoyed this might also like Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach. Read both back to back while on holiday.

whatwoulddexterdo · 12/08/2013 21:15

Thanks loulou, that makes sense. I kept thinking that there was going to be some massive twist at the end. Agree with others that the second half was better than the first, but have to say that i didn't find Yvonne a like able character, and also didn't feel that hers and guys marriage was very credible.

louloutheshamed · 12/08/2013 20:58

spoiler

I think upside down is on reference
To the trial. If it had been a rape
Trial then George behaving monstrously would have worked
In her favour, whereas in a murder trial it worked against her as a motive. She makes the point that as
Someone accused of
Murder she was treated he same as the victim in a rape trial would have been. I was shocked at what the character Kevin said about the defence lawyers in a rape trial-
All the dirt Digging etc.

whatwoulddexterdo · 12/08/2013 20:42

Right have just finished this and don't understand why everyone says it is an upside down book, ca anyone enlighten me?
Thanks

BaconAndAvocado · 05/08/2013 21:05

Love the look of this book but am loathe to pay £8 for it!

Off to the library!

louloutheshamed · 05/08/2013 12:44

I just finished this and loved it. Thought it was very cleverly structured. Haven't read Gone Girl so can't compare but it did remind me of Alice Sebold's Lucky in the way the trial was covered in so much detail. I found it fascinating how everything was 'upside
Down' (without wanting to give too much away!)

Am now about to start Denise Mina's The red road....

LadyMilfordHaven · 03/08/2013 11:48

i thought the ending was a tad drawn out, yes

magimedi · 31/07/2013 17:30

I've just finished it & was a bit underwhelmed. It could have done with being at least a third shorter & I didn't find Yvonne very credible.

Won't say more as don't want to spoil.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 31/07/2013 16:53

Dp finished it yesterday. He reckons that the 2nd half was better than the first, and that it was better than 'Gone Girl' but that a lot of it wasn't terribly credible.

Mrsrobertduvall · 31/07/2013 13:06

I am reading it at the moment and am loving it.

AnonYonimousBird · 29/07/2013 11:52

For £1.39, I'm going to download for a future read. Thanks for the rec.

Sallystyle · 28/07/2013 22:12

Just d/l it :)

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