The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
woolyj's review against another edition
5.0
What a brilliant story. Absolutely loved this book and have become a huge fan of Lesley Thomson. Im really excited to find and start the next book in the series.
I love Stella and how her character has developed, and how you get an insight to her life and her mum and their relationship. My favourite person has to be Jack out of all the characters you meet. He has such logical thinking that is almost childlike, but you see completely where he is coming from and how he is thinking.
Yep, loved it.
I love Stella and how her character has developed, and how you get an insight to her life and her mum and their relationship. My favourite person has to be Jack out of all the characters you meet. He has such logical thinking that is almost childlike, but you see completely where he is coming from and how he is thinking.
Yep, loved it.
tabbycat_3's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
mariasmusings's review against another edition
1.0
After reading numerous positive reviews of the "Detective's Daughter", I was delighted to receive a copy of the second book in the series "Ghost Girl". However, despite starting the book over three months ago, I have yet to finish.
The reason? Well, confusion to put it simply. The story jumps from between 1966 and the present with several characters giving their own voice to the story. While it is possible to keep track of the story, the change between the 1st and 3rd person for a character, leads to a misleading narrative, where sometimes it is difficult to tell if an event has occurred or is merely the thought process of the character.
The reason? Well, confusion to put it simply. The story jumps from between 1966 and the present with several characters giving their own voice to the story. While it is possible to keep track of the story, the change between the 1st and 3rd person for a character, leads to a misleading narrative, where sometimes it is difficult to tell if an event has occurred or is merely the thought process of the character.
avidreadergirl1's review against another edition
4.0
Will this be the case that will make Stella understand that Terry won't come back?
As Stella and Jack run around London to solve another of Terry's pending cases, you get to discover the other side of each of them and, in the end, truth comes out a winner.
I was hooked to every twists and turn in the story and I was glad that the e-book did not allow easy access to the ending; I hand to wait and see if what I assumed was right.
Long lives the detective's daughter series.
As Stella and Jack run around London to solve another of Terry's pending cases, you get to discover the other side of each of them and, in the end, truth comes out a winner.
I was hooked to every twists and turn in the story and I was glad that the e-book did not allow easy access to the ending; I hand to wait and see if what I assumed was right.
Long lives the detective's daughter series.
micrummey's review against another edition
2.0
Started off with a good premise then fell away drastically into a fireball of confusion. Over written with so many threads left dangling in the air. Some chapters didn't move the story along at all and it seemed the author had no real idea where she was going with the narrative. There were so many plot holes I gave up thinking you can't do that.
I was questioning throughout how a cleaner, Stella and the sidekick, Jack, a tube train driver had the time to investigate the mysterious deaths.
Jack was a confusing character as he went in search of 'hosts' with no explanation of why he did this or exactly what hosts were.
There were scenes with Stella's mother, Suzanne and Stella where I couldn't help thinking they were given the wrong names as Stella feels it should be the name of an older woman.
The book went between 1966 and 2012 and it was relatively easy to distinguish between the years although it didn't work for me that the author tried to link the trial of the Moors Murderers Brady and Hindley with what was happening in 2012.
A mess of a book which didn't tidy things up even in the epilogue.
I was questioning throughout how a cleaner, Stella and the sidekick, Jack, a tube train driver had the time to investigate the mysterious deaths.
Jack was a confusing character as he went in search of 'hosts' with no explanation of why he did this or exactly what hosts were.
There were scenes with Stella's mother, Suzanne and Stella where I couldn't help thinking they were given the wrong names as Stella feels it should be the name of an older woman.
The book went between 1966 and 2012 and it was relatively easy to distinguish between the years although it didn't work for me that the author tried to link the trial of the Moors Murderers Brady and Hindley with what was happening in 2012.
A mess of a book which didn't tidy things up even in the epilogue.
hauntedtesty's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
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