Sister: The phenomenal Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller

by Rosamund Lupton

'Tear-jerking and spine-tingling' New York Times

* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTLLER *
* A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME PICK *
* WINNER OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY DEBUT NOVEL AWARD *

You're missing. I'm coming to find you . . .

When Beatrice gets a frantic call in the middle of Sunday lunch to say that her younger sister, Tess, is missing, she boards the first flight home to London. But as she learns about the circumstances surrounding Tess's disappearance, she is stunned to discover how little she actually knows of her sister's life - and unprepared for the terrifying truths she must now face.

The police, Beatrice's fiancé and even her mother accept they have lost Tess, but Beatrice refuses to give up on her. So she embarks on a dangerous journey to discover the truth, no matter the cost.

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'Truly marvellous! As compelling as it is stylish' Jeffery Deaver

'Exceptionally confident . . . Packs a devastating emotional punch' Guardian

'An adrenline rush' New York Times

'Crisp insights into grief and familial guilt are married to a confidently executed plot . . . classy debut' Independent

'Grips like a vice' Sunday Times

'Stunningly accomplished from first page to last . . . devastatingly good' Daily Mail

'Superb . . . so many twists and turns' Radio Times

'Tense, gripping and a total page-turner' Richard Madeley, Richard & Judy

'Original . . . Utterly compelling' Closer

'Beautifully written - you believe every word' Judy Finnegan, Richard & Judy

'Sophisticated . . . brilliantly written and utterly gripping' YOU magazine

'Page-turning' Red magazine

• ISBN10: 0749942010
• ISBN13: 9780749942014
• Publish Date: 2 September 2010
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Piatkus Books
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[boghunden]

Sjældent har jeg været så begejstret for en bog i denne genre. Jeg købte den da jeg var i London sidste år, fordi jeg i lang tid havde følt mig tiltalt af dens cover og beskrivelse. Jeg forventede krimi med et twist, men det jeg fik var nærmere en smuk historie, med en lille smule krimielementer indover.

Bogen tog mig lang tid at læse, fordi jeg følte, den gik rigtig tæt på og derfor havde jeg brug for lidt tid til at bearbejde den. Jeg var følelsesmæssigt udmattet efter 30 sider og så er bogen altså lang. Dog slet ikke lang nok.

Det, der fascinerede mig mest, var helt sikkert relationerne i bogen. Det var så smukt, rørende og nærmest poetisk. Jeg følte varmen mellem de to søstre strømme ud fra hver eneste side i bogen, som ellers skulle forestille at foregå om vinteren.

Sproget var lidt pudsigt, idet bogen er fortalt gennem breve fra storesøsteren til lillesøsteren. Det føltes heldigvis ikke så overfladisk, sm jeg desværre synes breve i bøger har tendens til, tværtimod styrkede det både karaktererne og sproget, når først man havde vænnet sig til det.

Jeg er glad for, jeg endelig fik læst denne bog, og jeg vil helt sikkert læse mere af Rosamund Luptons forfatterskab fremover. Det her er en bog, jeg aldrig vil glemme og den sidder stadigvæk i mig. Jeg ved, at langt fra alle vil kunne lide den, men for mig står denne bog virkelig stærkt.

[Leah]

I have a confession to make: I don’t read books based on what Richard or Judy tell me I should read. Phew, I’m so glad I got that out of the way! Sister by Rosamund Lupton is indeed a Ricard and Judy pick (so Amazon tells me; like I said, I don’t care what R&J read, the same way I don’t care what Oprah reads). Because it’s a suspense/thriller, it appealed to me immediately, though; sometimes I like to spice up my reading and novels that are a bit tense, that are tightly written and hard to decipher are excellent choices for me and they’re the perfect antidote to Chick Lit which is decidedly lighter sometimes.

I thought Sister was an incredibly gripping novel. The narrative did take a little while to get used to, as it’s written in the form of one big letter so it takes a little while to get used to all the “you”s Beatrice uses because she’s talking to her sister as she recounts everything that occurred after her sister, Tess, disappeared. I loved the plot line and Lupton wrote it in such a way that I had no idea what was going to happen next, no idea what we’d find out about Tess next. Throughout the entire novel, I couldn’t wait to get to the end, to find out what exactly had happened to Tess.

Sister was a brilliant novel. Gripping, brilliant to read and hard to put down, I finished it in about 5 hours. I thought the big twist at the end was something else entirely. I truly and honestly didn’t seem it coming in the slightest. It wasn’t necessarily out of the blue either, I just didn’t see it coming! There’s no doubt that all the praise heaped upon Sister was more than worth it. Rosamund Lupton is a brilliant new talent in suspense/crime fiction and I’m rather pleased with myself that I already have her second novel Afterwards waiting to be read. Sister is a novel all crime/suspense fans should read and I loved it. The ending of the novel was open to interpretation as to how we felt the novel fully ended and I for one know how I chose it to end! I’m not usually a fan of endings that aren’t all wrapped up in a bow, but I liked that Lupton left it open for us and I liked choosing my own path for Beatrice and Tess. A brilliant, brilliant debut novel.