Magpie
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Beschreibung
Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate—and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams.
Except—no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn’t seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn’t let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby.
Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa’s perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate’s boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession—with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake?
In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she’s worked so hard to create—her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self.
Jake doesn’t know the half of what Marisa has created—and what she stands to lose.
For fans of Gone Girl and The Perfect Nanny, Magpie is a “tense” (The Guardian), “gorgeous” (Lisa Taddeo, bestselling author of Three Women), “completely, terrifyingly brilliant” (Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups) novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you’ve ever dreamed of.
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Ich wollte es wirklich mögen, aber 1. war es kein Thriller (obwohl so angepriesen) und 2. war der Untertitel irreführend (She has almost everything. The rest she‘ll take.). 🤷🏻♀️ Ganz nett erzählt war es trotzdem, aber ich frage mich, was die Handlung sollte, und insgesamt bin ich leider einfach ziemlich enttäuscht.
i was so excited about this book, and i loved reading it! the writing had me hooked, the twist was original, however the ending did NOT do it for me sadly. i was waiting for something else to happen all the time and then the book was over. there was just something missing, and one character felt a bit too cliched and therefore annoying. what i really love about 'magpie': the blend of literary fiction - taking time to explore complicated subjects, really diving into the characters' heads - and mystery thriller - plot twist, fast paced writing, dark unsettling creepy feeling throughout - very much worked for me. i'm starting to realise what i look for in a thriller, and in 'literary' books. it might be: this.
Beschreibung
Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate—and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams.
Except—no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn’t seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn’t let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby.
Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa’s perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate’s boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession—with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake?
In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she’s worked so hard to create—her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self.
Jake doesn’t know the half of what Marisa has created—and what she stands to lose.
For fans of Gone Girl and The Perfect Nanny, Magpie is a “tense” (The Guardian), “gorgeous” (Lisa Taddeo, bestselling author of Three Women), “completely, terrifyingly brilliant” (Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups) novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you’ve ever dreamed of.
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Beiträge
Ich wollte es wirklich mögen, aber 1. war es kein Thriller (obwohl so angepriesen) und 2. war der Untertitel irreführend (She has almost everything. The rest she‘ll take.). 🤷🏻♀️ Ganz nett erzählt war es trotzdem, aber ich frage mich, was die Handlung sollte, und insgesamt bin ich leider einfach ziemlich enttäuscht.
i was so excited about this book, and i loved reading it! the writing had me hooked, the twist was original, however the ending did NOT do it for me sadly. i was waiting for something else to happen all the time and then the book was over. there was just something missing, and one character felt a bit too cliched and therefore annoying. what i really love about 'magpie': the blend of literary fiction - taking time to explore complicated subjects, really diving into the characters' heads - and mystery thriller - plot twist, fast paced writing, dark unsettling creepy feeling throughout - very much worked for me. i'm starting to realise what i look for in a thriller, and in 'literary' books. it might be: this.