Reviews

Elskede barn by Romy Hausmann

ahmad_adnan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

One of the best psychological thriller i’ve read in a long time.

A women was hit by a car after breaking from her captivity, when the ambulance takes her with a little child “Hannah” who told them that the women name was Lena, which is a name for a woman who was abducted from 13 years ago and never found. 

When Lena’s parents came to the hospital, they were 100% sure that this women was not their daughter, however, the little girl was their daughter’s spitting image in that age. The story starts to unfold and all the secrets begin to surface.

The writing style is incredible, which it was told by 3 narraters, “Lena” , Hannah and Lena’s father, along with newspaper reporters. Each one of them have secrets and different motives, and each one of their statements ends with a shocking fact, which makes you glued to the book till the end.

smellslikeunclehugh's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

erinc82's review against another edition

3.0

It was ok. I got a bit bored at times. I listened to this on Audible and the male narrator is terrible. It honestly sounded like the microphone was in his mouth

sonny_1980's review against another edition

4.0

Very intriguing!!

clo79's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

emm_'s review against another edition

4.0

Damn this book had me hooked from start to finish

stephanimichelle's review against another edition

3.0

Solid contemporary character driven thriller - there were a few twists and Hausmann makes good use of the unreliable narrator.

becky_brown27's review against another edition

4.0

4.5

shaxx's review against another edition

3.0

Zápletka byla relativně v pohodě, bohužel proti vyššímu hodnocení jsou tu velká ALE.
Zejména to, že téměř všechny postavy byly krajně nesympatické a domnívám se, že to rozhodně nebylo autorčiným úmyslem.
A pokud se člověk důkladněji zamyslí, tak i celá ta zápletka má celkem dost trhlin, které tu nebudu vypisovat z důvodu, že by to byl spoiler, ale prostě tam jsou a to celkem snižuje ten wow efekt, který by měl při rozklíčování nastat. Asi nejlepší na knize byl závěrečný epilog.

galerieanna25's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0