There is no faking in this review, just the wholehearted truth!!! I absolutely loved it!!!! I was a huge Cassie Hamer fan; I love the ways her novels explore relationships and role women play, but this is her best yet. I loved having the three generations of Trainor women to get to know. I loved …
I think I’ll be thinking about Jane and Daisy for a while yet; what a novel. I love novels about novels, and this definitely is that. It’s also all the wealth, brains and opportunities..love a class novel, unequal power and position…I always thought I had to identify with a character in order to enjoy a …
Could not put it down. Loved the characters, the short sharp chapters, the empathic exploration of the themes and the unexpectedness of the storyline. I absolutely feasted on this novel, fun, sharp and snappy. My new favourite Sally Hepworth, absolutely loved it
Could.Not.Put.It.Down loved it being set in suburbia in 1989, prince’s 1999 completely takes me back to the summer of 1989 and for a valid reason I think now. Loved Tom and the theme of satanic panic, loved all the twists and turns, loved absolutely everything about it. So clever, so well done
SO atmospheric, SO claustrophobic. I’m not real a thriller reader, but goodness this was great Australian rural noir, ‘the close, damp heat’ I thought it captured the 70s so well, the casual sexism and racism, the meat and three veg Australian feel ‘size of a brick shithouse..still bloody poignant’. Janet, Carmel, Barbara, it was all …
What a page turner! I can see the Big Little Lies comparison, but this is definitely its own story. Absolutely its a novel about a suburban mums, and it does think about that small town community, and those school yard cliques but there is so much more going on… I cannot believe it’s a debut! …
Oh my goodness, I loved it!! So sweet and So quirky x all the camper in jokes, the sweetest and the anxieties..I loved it x
Such a thriller for me! Although I’m generally not a thriller reader, but this was definitely thrilling for me! I loved the rural Australian setting; I so remember the heat of ‘the uninsulated metal roof of the demountable…’ I loved Detective Kate Miles; watching her deal with the casual sexism and racism was so moving, …
Absolutely loved it! I read this novel in the height of summer but was actually cold while reading about the snowshoeing to the Buchanan hut x the death of Art was such a mystery I just had to turn another page regardless of my bed…a great novel ‘to study how not to communicate’…such a wonderful …
What a novel x I think everyone should read this powerful book at least once. Men’s mental health, gambling, youth culture is here, but so is a powerful tale of group dynamics and a coming of age story. It is raw and there are so many triggers to warn regarding but goodness I just think …
