The Collector

The Collector

Softcover
3.920

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Description

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EVIE WYLD

'There is not a page in this first novel which does not prove that its author is a master storyteller' New York Times

Weird, withdrawn, and unloved, Fred is a young collector of butterflies. One day his eye alights on a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda, and an obsession starts to form. So when Fred wins some money he decides to use the money to compensate for his unfair start and to get what he really wants - Miranda. If she could only get to know him she might start to love him. And so with the meticulous attention to detail of an experienced collector he calmly plans her abduction.

Book Information

Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
Contemporary
Format
Softcover
Pages
304
Price
13.00 €

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8
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4.5

Krass

Ich hatte am Anfang etwas Schwierigkeiten, weil die Erzählweise sehr speziell ist, aber je mehr ich gelesen habe, desto besser fand ich es. Das Buch erinnert mich an eine Mischung aus „das Parfum“ und „You“, wer die beiden Bücher also mag, sollte dem Buch hier auf jeden Fall auch eine Chance geben!

5

Wonderfully eerie book

The twisted mind of a predator - an eerie and surprisingly matter of fact description. I enjoyed this a lot!

4

oh my fucking god. i don’t even know what to feel. the epistolary part broke my heart, to see what she felt and thought of all that time she was locked up down there…..her words really had an impact on me, how she talked about life and people and art. truly loved this a lot. “I love honesty and freedom and giving. I love making, I love doing, I love being to the full, I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead at heart.”

3

Overall not bad but parts of this book (especially the second chapter) were an absolute chore to get through.

4

it's so strange to remember having different emotions while reading it for the first time. i think this reread of the book gave me so much insight into the characters and the themes of the novel.

4

Good & creepy book!

minor spoiler: expected a happy ending and didn't get it, but i guess that makes this book even better, creepier. Knowing he will strike again...

4

A mentally damaged man, trying to prove his love to a woman by kidnapping her.

Sometimes, I was optimistic. Sometimes, I was sure she's fucked. Sometimes, I took it with humour because that was the only way to keep myself from falling into a miserable pit of lonelyness, anxiety and paranoia. I love it.

3

Hm…

Die erste Hälfte des Buches hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ich fand die Dynamik zwischen den beiden Protagonisten sehr interessant und war irgendwie relativ außergewöhnlich. Nicht so 0815 wie sonst solche Bücher oftmals sind. Irgendwann wurde die Geschichte dann aber aus der Sicht des Opfers erzählt und da ging es dann leider bergab für mich. Hat mir gar nicht gefallen. War irgendwie langweilig und ich fand ihre Sicht hat teilweise gar nicht zu seiner gepasst. Das Ende wirkte dann auch sehr gehetzt und schnell abgefrühstückt, war dann irgendwie auch sehr unspektakulär. Insgesamt habe ich auch mehr erwartet bezogen auf Brutalität bzw. Härte der Story. Kann man machen aber naja.

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