The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Mulholland Books, New York 2013
Borrowed from my library.
First I read Zoo City. Then I read Moxyland. I have been waiting for this one to come out since I first heard Lauren Beukes had another novel being published in the US. Boy, was it ever worth the wait. This is a thriller, a murder mystery. Very enthralling and very creepy.
A killer find a key. The key opens the door to a house. The house opens the door to time. The girls shine.
A young girl meets a stranger. Years later, she is attacked and almost killed. When she recovers she is obsessed with finding her attacker.
The Shining Girls grabbed me and wouldn’t let go. It’s a time travel story unlike any I have read, with a structure like a house of mirrors, dark, frightening and constantly driving towards a resolution. I loved it. I think it could be this year’s Gone Girl.
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I really enjoyed this. A great combination of creepiness and fascination that made it almost impossible to tear my eyes away.
Lynn :D
Ok, that’s me in! I have to read this one! What a lovely review, and very intriguing. Will hope that I can get this from the library :-) thanks, Gavin.
# 80 in line at the library. Better than Introvert, which I have been waiting for almost 2 years now!
What the heck is Introvert?
Introvert by Susan Cain – I’ve been waiting ages and ages for it, and it finally came in! lol I should have been more explicit in my comment, sorry!
I bought this a while back, but have been ‘saving’ it for my holidays next week! Looking forward to it.