The Bed I Made Lucie Whitehouse 9780753187951 Books
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One stifling night in a bar in Soho, Kate meets Richard – powerful, sensual Richard. Going home with him that night is reckless and exhilarating, their connection electric. Now, 18 months later, Kate is fleeing London for an old coastguard's cottage on the Isle of Wight, determined to forget Richard for ever. In winter, however, the island is locked down, wary of outsiders, and there is little to distract her from her memories. Within days, a local woman, Alice Frewin, goes missing from her boat, and though no body is found there are whispers of suicide. Kate is quickly drawn into Alice's world but all the time Richard – powerful, unstable Richard – looms larger and larger over her own...
The Bed I Made Lucie Whitehouse 9780753187951 Books
What is it that makes Lucie Whitehouse novels so addictive? Like many British writers penning literary Gothic romances or thrillers, Whitehouse is wildly successful at causing that tingle up your spine right from the first chapter and continuing to build that sense of impending danger, or even doom for the main character as the book progresses, until you're reading late into the night with wide eyes and a dry mouth. She really makes you feel the fear. Take a look at this description of Kate, the main character in The Bed I Made, when she realizes danger is near:“There was a strange buzzing in my ears, as if I were wearing ear-plugs, muffling out the world and hearing the working of my own brain instead. Everything felt distant, slightly too bright, liable to start spinning at any moment.”
Even more spectacularly, Whitehouse does this with an attention to language that is rare among ordinary thriller writers—well, rare among us lowbrow Americans, anyway—spinning up mists on navy blue rivers, alleyways paved with mossy stones, sea foaming on beaches “like airy egg whites,” and shrubbery rustling with strange noises. Even the swans seem dangerous:
“A pair of swans swam up, their legs powerful beneath the surface. I watched as they arched their long smooth necks to dip their beaks into the water, their feathers white as angels' wings, their black eyes assessing.”
I love that juxtaposition of language between angel wings and assessing black eyes—wow! I would read any novel Whitehouse wrote just for the language alone.
So why did I give this novel four stars instead of five? Because it has one near-fatal flaw: the heroine never once thinks to actually protect herself from the person who has put her in danger. I don't want to offer any spoilers here, but let's just say there are several instances in the novel where I thought, “Oh, come on. You're just going to stay in that place by yourself at night?” or, “Really? You're STILL not going to call the cops or tell your best friend what the hell is going on?” It's kind of like watching those horror movies where the ditzy blond babysitter goes down those basement stairs even though she knows damn well the guy with the saw or the vampire or whatever is down there.
But, having said that, I would also say this: Whitehouse's new novel, which has some similarities in character and plot, has a heroine who does not do that, and I don't care anyway. I'll read any novel she writes just for the thrill of being on her foggy headlands or in her boggy swamps, feeling someone breathing down my neck.
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The Bed I Made Lucie Whitehouse 9780753187951 Books Reviews
A good thrilling story, though slow in some parts.
Finished it in record time and I was hooked from the beginning.
I thoroughly enjoyed Lucie Whitehouse's writing and stellar abilitiy to transport you to this gorgeous and mysterious seaside town. I won't go into a full fledge summary, but, this is a great summer beach read. Not quite chick lit- but not quite gothic either, this novel is somewhere in between but full of punch. Really enjoyed Lucie Whitehouse's stream of consciousness throughout the main character. Enjoyed it very much.
The plot in this book is essentially good,but the long descriptive passage become repetitive and annoying as the story unfolds.The scene setting is good but there is entirely too much of it.
A really first-rate story line involving a woman who tries to flee a controlling ex-lover and is in serious danger. The background takes place on the Isle of Wight, and the descriptions of the town and surroundings are superb. Recommended!
After loving The House at Midnight so much, I was very disappointed by this one.
I almost made it to one hundred pages before the boredom set it. After that, I skipped to the last thirty pages and found I hadn't missed a thing. The main character Kate, a translator, was unlikable and unrelatable, and not enough of her back story was revealed to give her any kind of depth. Richard, who we knew was a bit psychotic, was threaded throughout the story in short flashbacks which completely contradicted the ending. I was hoping through these flashbacks he might gradually reveal his hidden evil but I didn't see it coming and wouldn't have if the blurb didn't say so. The couple of other side characters were forgettable and maybe a little pointless to the story, for example the bookstore owner or the town busy body.
The ending was completely rushed, which was the only thing I did expect. The House at Midnight was equally quick to end the story. In fact, they were almost identical endings, bar the epilogue. I gave this book as long as I could, but it didn't deliver for me.
Kate is so terrified by her boyfriend that she moves from London to the Isle of Wight without telling him that she's leaving... but he continues to stalk her via texts and emails, and it's obvious he isn't going to let her get away that easily.
The writing is very descriptive and atmospheric, sometimes a little too descriptive... so I sped read through some of those passages. The plot was similar to "Into the Darkness Corner" by Elizabeth Haynes (which I loved). If you liked that one, you should give this a try, keeping in mind that this one is perhaps a little slower moving... but well written nonetheless. I definitely want to read the newest novel by Lucie Whitehouse "Before We Met".
What is it that makes Lucie Whitehouse novels so addictive? Like many British writers penning literary Gothic romances or thrillers, Whitehouse is wildly successful at causing that tingle up your spine right from the first chapter and continuing to build that sense of impending danger, or even doom for the main character as the book progresses, until you're reading late into the night with wide eyes and a dry mouth. She really makes you feel the fear. Take a look at this description of Kate, the main character in The Bed I Made, when she realizes danger is near
“There was a strange buzzing in my ears, as if I were wearing ear-plugs, muffling out the world and hearing the working of my own brain instead. Everything felt distant, slightly too bright, liable to start spinning at any moment.”
Even more spectacularly, Whitehouse does this with an attention to language that is rare among ordinary thriller writers—well, rare among us lowbrow Americans, anyway—spinning up mists on navy blue rivers, alleyways paved with mossy stones, sea foaming on beaches “like airy egg whites,” and shrubbery rustling with strange noises. Even the swans seem dangerous
“A pair of swans swam up, their legs powerful beneath the surface. I watched as they arched their long smooth necks to dip their beaks into the water, their feathers white as angels' wings, their black eyes assessing.”
I love that juxtaposition of language between angel wings and assessing black eyes—wow! I would read any novel Whitehouse wrote just for the language alone.
So why did I give this novel four stars instead of five? Because it has one near-fatal flaw the heroine never once thinks to actually protect herself from the person who has put her in danger. I don't want to offer any spoilers here, but let's just say there are several instances in the novel where I thought, “Oh, come on. You're just going to stay in that place by yourself at night?” or, “Really? You're STILL not going to call the cops or tell your best friend what the hell is going on?” It's kind of like watching those horror movies where the ditzy blond babysitter goes down those basement stairs even though she knows damn well the guy with the saw or the vampire or whatever is down there.
But, having said that, I would also say this Whitehouse's new novel, which has some similarities in character and plot, has a heroine who does not do that, and I don't care anyway. I'll read any novel she writes just for the thrill of being on her foggy headlands or in her boggy swamps, feeling someone breathing down my neck.
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