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k_west1984's review against another edition
4.0
Read this book in a day I would of given it 5starts but didn’t like the way the author went in to every little detail about everything. Felt like the story could of been told in half the pages if wasn’t for all the little details.
m3l89's review against another edition
5.0
I haven't read anything by Hilary Bonner before, but after this I definitely will.
I saw some of the twists coming, but not others. And I was actually smiling as I finished reading.
"If you like Sophie Hannah you'll love this". I thought this was better than Sophie Hannah!
I saw some of the twists coming, but not others. And I was actually smiling as I finished reading.
"If you like Sophie Hannah you'll love this". I thought this was better than Sophie Hannah!
raven88's review against another edition
4.0
Having to avoid spoilers with this review of The Cruellest Game is a tricky prospect indeed as, from the outset and in a similar pacing to S. J. Watson’s psychological thriller Before I Go To Sleep, this is a crime tale filled with unexpected reveals as Marion Anderson, a seemingly happily married wife and mother’s life goes into tailspin from the devastating emotional events at opening of this book. With Bonner’s vast experience of writing tautly plotted psychological thrillers, this is a gripping read with an uncanny balance of overly emotional and more dispassionate threads to the narrative, that wrong- foot the reader by turns in Bonner’s depiction of this family in crisis and in particular her main female protagonist’s reactions and actions as each layer of deception is unfurled. From the opening to this review, I can offer you little more in the way of plot as there are some nasty surprises along the way for Marion, and it’s interesting to see the way that she hardens and draws on an emotional strength, that even she seems to believe she doesn’t have, to cope with her domestic life spinning off its axis and changing her world…
Bonner’s writing is controlled and assured throughout, and this would definitely be a good book group pick with the twists and turns in the plot some obvious, some not, and the steadfast characterisation of Marion and those around her. A good read.
Bonner’s writing is controlled and assured throughout, and this would definitely be a good book group pick with the twists and turns in the plot some obvious, some not, and the steadfast characterisation of Marion and those around her. A good read.
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