The Turn of the Key
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SE ELA NÃO É A CULPADA... ENTÃO QUEM É? Rowan Caine está desesperada. Na prisão, ela enfrenta todos os dias o terror do que viveu e do que lhe aguarda caso não consiga provar sua inocência. É por isso que decide escrever para o famoso dr. Wrexham, conhecido entre as detentas como o advogado das causas impossíveis. O problema é que descrever os acontecimentos que levaram à sua prisão não é uma tarefa nada fácil. Rowan tenta explicar tudo o que aconteceu — desde sua chegada à impressionante Residência Heatherbrae, com o aplicativo que controla as luzes, a geladeira e mesmo as câmeras presentes em cada canto da casa, até as crianças de quem deveria cuidar, muito diferentes da imagem idílica que os patrões de Rowan pintaram durante a contratação. A cada dia que passa, Rowan se vê mais e mais envolvida na atmosfera sufocante. Sozinha com crianças determinadas a afastá-la, sem ninguém mais com quem contar além do caseiro misterioso, a babá começa a ver e ouvir coisas. Apesar de sua personalidade cética, ela não consegue deixar de se perguntar se os rumores que correm pela vila a respeito de assombrações são verdadeiros... Um thriller cheio de reviravoltas no estilo impecável de Ruth Ware, A volta da chave vai agradar a fãs de mistério, dos clássicos de Agatha Christie até Garota exemplar, e deixará o leitor na dúvida até literalmente a última página. "Uma magnífica escritora de suspense. Ware é mestra em demonstrar a presença do mal nos momentos mais cotidianos. Henry James ficaria impressionado." — The Washington Post "Digamos que você vai terminar o livro querendo arrancar sua Alexa da tomada." — The New York Times Book Review "Aterrorizante de verdade! Ruth Ware leva à perfeição a habilidade de criar uma atmosfera assustadora e manter a tensão da narrativa." — Kirkus Reviews
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[b:The Turn of the Key 42080142 The Turn of the Key Ruth Ware https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548204800l/42080142.SY75.jpg 62793178]House with no KeyholesI picked this up because my secret Santa gave me a book by this author and I rather enjoyed the writing style. I am a sucker for mysteries this year and this one was a rather well written one. This book is written as a letter to an attorney from a prisoner awaiting trial. The narrator is a nanny who is in prison for allegedly killing one of the small children in her care.The letter recounts the story of how this the narrator was happily working at a day care in London until she saw an ad for a live-in nanny position. This job would be taking care of four kids in a large estate, with an exceptionally generous compensation package. Even though she wasn't really looking for a new job, she applies immediately. Who wouldn't? Before the interview, she is given a warning that the last several nannies have left quickly because of rumors that the house was haunted. I loved the suspense build up. I hated the parents of the children. I felt that it was rather forward of the parents to just leave the kids with someone who just got hired. I do not think that anyone should raise their children based off of a binder. The three girls who live at home are 1, 5 and 8 (the older daughter, 15 years old is away at boarding school). Since Rowan is the fifth nanny is six months' time, they are not interested in making friends with her and are not at all happy to be left alone with her. I loved the girls and their hot and cold interactions with Rowan. By the time you get to the end of the book you are going to want to know what happened to the girls and why Rowan did what she did or did she?
85% of this slow, agonizing book is buildup...but to what! The ending was hurried and has such a lack of closure you're left with more questions than anything. There are multiple parts of the book that allude to something and then nothing comes of it. So why was it a part of the story at all...I think I'm done trying to read this author as this is the 3rd book I've read by her. She just doesn't work for me.
Olipas taas Ruth Warelta varsin napakka trilleri. Asetelma ei ihan täysin kestä lähempää tarkastelua, siinä on lähtökohtaisesti kaikkea aika pöhköä, mutta ei mitään, joka olisi estänyt heittäytymistä tämän varsin karmivan trillerin maailmaan, jossa kyllä riitti kaikenlaista epämiellyttävää yllätystä.
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