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In Her Shadow is a real page turner. Louise Douglas is one my top favourite authors. This is the second book that I have read of hers. I will be reading and reviewing all of Louise Douglas books. I honestly recommend all readers to try one of Louise Douglas books.
This was an interesting story-line linking the past with the here and now. Such a well written book about young friendship, love and coming of age and how the past can haunt us. It was beautifully written and moved effortlessly from past to present and back again without losing the plot. I loved the poetic writing with emphasis on prose and style. The words were so beautiful and there were so many secrets which weren't revealed until the end of the book and they took me by surprise
Once I started this book I found it difficult to put down; it's full of suspense with a little bit of romance thrown in. Hannah, while working in a museum in Bristol, England, thinks she has seen her childhood friend Ellen who has been dead for the past twenty years. Did she see her or is she being haunted by her past? You will have to read the novel to find out. It cleverly weaves the past into the present where Hannah eventually ends up at Ellen's birthplace in Germany. So many surprises await...
In Her Shadow is Louise Douglas' fourth novel and was published by Transworld earlier this month.This a complex story that draws the reader in from the beginning, I found it very difficult to put down and when I was not reading it, I was thinking about it.Hannah is a young woman who works at a Bristol museum, from the off it is clear that she has some issues from her past that shape her behaviour. Hannah 'sees' her childhood friend Ellen in the museum, but Ellen died many years ago, so how could...
Is there a proof reader in the house? I enjoyed the book, but it was far from perfect. Hannah went down a "streeet", she "covered her hands with her ears" (as opposed to covering her ears with her hands) and for some inexplicable reason the girl who had been "Kirsten" for several chapters, suddenly became "Kristen". These errors did ruin the story, somewhat.
More like a 3.5 The story was good but really drawn out. I listened to the story and the narrator did a great job.
Another very engrossing read from Louise Douglas - who definitely features highly in my top ten favourite authors as she is so consistent.This is a subtle and slightly sinister psychological drama written in a dual time frame of present day events and reminiscences of the narrators past.Told in first person by Hannah who is in her 30s and working in a museum, in her past lies a mental breakdown and a few secrets. She is left shaken and disturbed by suddenly catching glimpses of a friend from her...
This story of young love, lies, and betrayal was a page turner for sure, and I really enjoyed it. It had been several years since Hannah lost her best friend, Ellen, and yet the past continued to haunt her. While working one day at the museum, Hannah was convinced she’d seen Ellen’s ghost and suddenly her sense of reality and everything she thought she knew was thrown through the ringer. Was she having another breakdown or was Ellen somehow still alive?As the story bounces back and forth from pa...
I did like the story, but not the ending. I was heavily disappointed to be honest. Such a sweet ending didn't match the rest of the book. In the beginning the author makes me think Ellen is a untrustworthy, manipulative girl, but as the story develops that image seems to change to the contrary and suddenly everything was Hannah's fault. Liked the story, but the end left me disappointed.
I waited with huge expectation for this book as I was such a fan of The Secrets Between Us and I can honestly say I wasn’t disappointed one bit.Louise has written another gripping book that really takes you on a journey that you are unsure where it will lead you. In Her Shadow starts with Hannah in the present day, she glimpses something that throws her totally off-balance and makes her doubt everything she thinks she knows to be true. The book transports you back to her childhood with her ‘brot...
I'm starting to think that Louise Douglas is a one-hit wonder for me, and that's a bummer. I really enjoyed The Secret by the Lake, begrudgingly finished and had many, many gripes about Your Beautiful Lies, and got about 50 pages into this book and realized I had no desire to continue. Nothing about the story was pulling me in. I wasn't connected to the characters, I don't really want to find out what the big "mystery/reveal" is because I simply didn't care. So I rage quit.My first DNF of 2020.....
Started off well, got better, then went downhill fast in the last chapter or two :(
A bit melodramatic
