Number-one New York Times Best Seller – soon to be a major motion picture starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, and Gary Oldman
“Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing.” (Gillian Flynn)
“Unputdownable.” (Stephen King)
“A dark, twisty confection.” (Ruth Ware)
“Absolutely gripping.” (Louise Penny)
For listeners of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, to be published in 36 languages around the world and already in development as a major film from Fox: A twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.
It isn’t paranoia if it’s really happening….
Anna Fox lives alone – a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times…and spying on her neighbors.
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble. And its shocking secrets are laid bare.
What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one – and nothing – is what it seems.
不是我喜欢的那类thriller. 情节和人物都不够自然,不够丰满。中间的twist其实很早就可以猜到,类似的在其他书中看到过不止一次。此外,这种monologue式的叙述也不是我的菜,絮絮叨叨,好几次差点听不下去了。总体,就还好吧,
一个有心理疾病的女子在纽约郊区一所大房子里被吓得半死的故事。从头虐到尾。念得很专业。本来故事一般般,属于心理恐怖的类型。专辑最后一节是个访谈,说这是作者第一本小说,这位毕业于牛津的学霸从小喜欢侦探小说及电影,《Gone girl》这种心理惊悚类型火了后,他有了写作方向。他本人饱受抑郁之苦,书中女主那种心理上的孤独,无助,恐惧,他都有体会,因此写了这本书。。。。。这段访谈不长,但让人对作者顿生好感。人家这也算蚌病成珠呀。回想书中活得跌跌撞撞的女主,和作者共情啦。狠狠给五星!