lambourn1990's review against another edition
3.0
I'd like to give it 3 1/2 stars, good but not the best of Martina Cole's writing,
themaxdog's review against another edition
3.0
Not my usual kind of book, but I found it gripping - even if the characters were a little infuriating at times!
inveterate_reader's review against another edition
4.0
3.75⭐
The Faithless by Martina Cole begins with a girl (Gabriella) murdering her mother, Cynthia, & the rest of the book starts from the time when Gabriella was a little girl.
The Faithless by Martina Cole begins with a girl (Gabriella) murdering her mother, Cynthia, & the rest of the book starts from the time when Gabriella was a little girl.
the_dreameater's review against another edition
5.0
I gotta hand it to Martina, she can sure glue me to the storyline in a jiff.
Cynthia Taylor/ Calaham is one of those villains you gotta love to hate.
as I started the book i expected something more on the line of "hard girls" which I had just read, but somehow the rise and fall of this despicable femme fatale got me litterally holding the pages as if my life depended of it.
I don't know if you ever read the thornbirds, but the faithless reminded me of it. the main difference being that in thr thornbirds misery striked randomly the main fsmily, here in the faithless, it all comes down to cynthia.
It,s like you get sucked into the various lifes cynth corrupted, and I can't help but love that feeling.
Cynthia Taylor/ Calaham is one of those villains you gotta love to hate.
as I started the book i expected something more on the line of "hard girls" which I had just read, but somehow the rise and fall of this despicable femme fatale got me litterally holding the pages as if my life depended of it.
I don't know if you ever read the thornbirds, but the faithless reminded me of it. the main difference being that in thr thornbirds misery striked randomly the main fsmily, here in the faithless, it all comes down to cynthia.
It,s like you get sucked into the various lifes cynth corrupted, and I can't help but love that feeling.
prosewhore's review against another edition
3.0
Still not quite as good as her first books but very enjoyable nonetheless. Martina Cole sure knows how to make you loathe a character and her gripping writing style hasn't changed one bit. I think she's genuinely amazing at building characters but the 'resolution' part of the story was a bit easy. Or so it seemed to me. Of course there is no real surprise as we know from the Prologue on what is going to happen in the end but the build up to the scene where Gabby finally kills her mother wasn't as intense as it could have been leaving me with a feeling of dissatisfaction.
I still rated it three stars because I think it is well worth reading anyway..
I still rated it three stars because I think it is well worth reading anyway..
prosewhore's review
3.0
Still not quite as good as her first books but very enjoyable nonetheless. Martina Cole sure knows how to make you loathe a character and her gripping writing style hasn't changed one bit. I think she's genuinely amazing at building characters but the 'resolution' part of the story was a bit easy. Or so it seemed to me. Of course there is no real surprise as we know from the Prologue on what is going to happen in the end but the build up to the scene where Gabby finally kills her mother wasn't as intense as it could have been leaving me with a feeling of dissatisfaction.
I still rated it three stars because I think it is well worth reading anyway..
I still rated it three stars because I think it is well worth reading anyway..
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