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Kızımın Katiline Mektuplar
Vahşi bir suçun sıradan bir aile için sonuçlarını ortaya koyan bu vurucu roman suç, ceza ve oldukça insani bir duygu olan intikam arzusu üzerine temel soruları keşfe çıkıyor.
Büyükanne Ruth Sutton gezegendeki herkesten daha çok nefret ettiği adama, dört yıl önce kızını vahşi bir biçimde öldüren adama mektuplar yazıyor. Ruth’un acısının yükü ve nefreti geçen zamanla yalnızca daha da büyümüş, intikam almak için duyduğu arzu daha da güçlenmiştir. Ruth ona yazarak, kendisini kemirip hayatını mahveden duyguları içinden atmak, hakikati öğrenip huzur ve bir çıkış bulmayı umut etmektedir. Fakat onu gerçekten bağışlayıp bağışlayamayacağı başka bir meseledir ve mektuplar onun hem son hem de en büyük umududur.
Büyükanne Ruth Sutton gezegendeki herkesten daha çok nefret ettiği adama, dört yıl önce kızını vahşi bir biçimde öldüren adama mektuplar yazıyor. Ruth’un acısının yükü ve nefreti geçen zamanla yalnızca daha da büyümüş, intikam almak için duyduğu arzu daha da güçlenmiştir. Ruth ona yazarak, kendisini kemirip hayatını mahveden duyguları içinden atmak, hakikati öğrenip huzur ve bir çıkış bulmayı umut etmektedir. Fakat onu gerçekten bağışlayıp bağışlayamayacağı başka bir meseledir ve mektuplar onun hem son hem de en büyük umududur.
312 pages, Paperback
First published April 17, 2014
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About the author
Cath Staincliffe
59 books321 followersCath Staincliffe is a best-selling, award-winning novelist, radio playwright and the creator of ITV's hit series, Blue Murder, starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis. Cath's books have been short-listed for the British Crime Writers Association best first novel award, for the Dagger in the Library and selected as Le Masque de l'Année. In 2012 Cath won the CWA Short Story Dagger for Laptop, sharing the prize with Margaret Murphy with her story The Message. Cath was shortlisted again with Night Nurse in 2014. Cath's Sal Kilkenny private eye series features a single-parent sleuth working the mean streets of Manchester. Trio, a stand-alone novel moved away from crime to explore adoption and growing up in the 1960s, inspired by Cath's own experience. Letters To My Daughter's Killer was selected for Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club in 2014 and featured on ITV3s Crime Thriller Club. Cath also writes the Scott & Bailey novels based on the popular UK TV series. Cath's latest stand alone book, The Girl in the Green Dress, was inspired by her experience as the parent of a transgender child. It tells the story of a transphobic hate crime and asks the question: how far would you go to protect your child? Cath is one of the founding members of Murder Squad - a group of Northern crime writers who give readings, talks and signings around the country. Cath was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK and now lives in Manchester, Lancashire with her family. You can follow her on Twitter, @CathStaincliffe, which she does when she should be busy writing!
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November 6, 2017
Ruth Sutton writes to the man she hates more than anyone else on the planet: the man she believes killed her daughter Lizzie four years earlier.
Oh Wow. I think I have went through the emotions reading this book. Love: for Ruth, having having to bring up her granddaughter on her own and try to put their life's back together. Hate: for the man who took Lizzie's life. This is a wonderfully written book about a woman who is trying to move on after the violent death of her daughter. I do recommend this book.
Oh Wow. I think I have went through the emotions reading this book. Love: for Ruth, having having to bring up her granddaughter on her own and try to put their life's back together. Hate: for the man who took Lizzie's life. This is a wonderfully written book about a woman who is trying to move on after the violent death of her daughter. I do recommend this book.
May 10, 2017
Aynı zamanda @ Athena'nın Güncesi
Şöyle dönüp bir baktım da, gerçekten uzun bir süredir Yabancı Yayınları'ndan çıkma bir kitabı yorumlamamışım ki bu benim için biraz garip bir durum çünkü Yabancı, kitaplarını bu blogda en çok yorumladığım yayınevlerinden bir tanesi.
Kızımın Katiline Mektuplar'ı bir gün içerisinde okuyup bitirdim. Kitap, adından da anlaşılacağı üzere kızının katiline mektuplar yazan bir kadın tarafından anlatılıyor. Büyük çoğunluğu katile mektup şeklinde olsa da, kitapta mektup olmayan, okuyucu olayları daha iyi kavrasın diye eklenmiş bölümler de yok değildi. Mektupların başlarında adres, sonlarında ise Ruth imzası vardı, yani karışması gibi bir durum pek olası değildi bölümlerin.
Kitapta sevdiğim veya sevmediğim net özellikler yoktu, o yüzden sizlere bu konularda bir liste sunmam pek mümkün görünmüyor. Bir süredir okumak istiyordum fakat denk getirememiştim ya da elim kitaba pek gitmemişti derken, yeni okuyabildim.
- Akıcı başlamadı. Sanırım bunu belirterek başlamak pek hatalı olmaz. Kitabın ilk birkaç bölümü boyunca okumaya devam etmemin tek nedeni, daha önce Eren ve Minel'in bu kitabı okuduğunu ve ikisinin de beğenmiş olduğunu bilmemdi. Kitap zevklerimiz benzer olduğundan sabrettim, tabii içten içe benim göremediğim neyi beğenmiş olabilirler diye düşünüyordum. Okudum, okudum ve bir noktadan sonra fark ettim ki 100. sayfaya gelmişim ve kitapta ilerleyebiliyorum. Yani eğer bu kitabı elinize alır da ilk bölümlerde pek içine giremezseniz, sabredin ve biraz daha okuyun. Belki siz de benim gibi kendinizi sonradan kaptırırsınız.
- Kitaba ben dört puan verdim fakat sanırım tüm kitap, adının da vaat ettiği üzere mektup şeklinde yazılmış olsaydı benim daha çok hoşuma giderdi. Aradaki o kurgusal bölümler nedense beni biraz rahatsız etti. Belki de sen dilinden daha genel bir dile geçilmiş olmasından kaynaklanıyordur. Sonuçta mektuplar katile hitap ediyordu ve aradaki bölümlerin hitap ettiği biri yoktu.
- Eğer polisiye dizileri veya avukatlı dizileri seviyorsanız bu kitabı sevme olasılığınız çok yüksek çünkü kitabı okuduğum süre boyunca kendimi How to Get Away with Murder'ın veya Suits'in bir bölümünde gibi hissettim. Gerçekten de, son derece dizi tadında bir kitaptı. Belki de bu yüzden içine girmekte ilk başta zorlandım.
- Gerçi düşünüyorum da, genel olarak kitaptaki duyguları da pek hissettiğim söylenemez fakat bunu bir eksiklik olarak görmedim okurken. Olan bitene, ortadaki cinayet soruşturmasına ve Ruth'un yaşadıklarına o kadar odaklanmıştım ki hissedilenleri yaşamadığım aklıma pek gelmedi.
- Cinayet ve onu takip eden soruşturma ve mahkeme süreci son derece oturaklıydı. Titiz bir şekilde sunulmuş, araştırılmış ve çözülmüştü; yani bu noktada yazar gerçekten başarılı bir şekilde, hem o süreci hem de karakter psikolojilerini aynı anda yansıtmış. Avukatların atışması veya Lizzie'nin kızı Florence'ın yaşadıkları... hepsi yerli yerindeydi.
Kısacası az biraz dizi tadında, psikolojik ve teknik açıdan yerinde, başları biraz ağır ilerlese de sonradan kendimi kaptırdığım, hızlı okunan bir roman oldu. Kızı kimin öldürdüğü benim için asla bir soru işareti olmadı fakat bu, beni sıkılmaya iteceğine sadece mahkeme süreci boyunca şimdi ne olacak sorusunu daha sık sormaya yöneltti.
- Ruth'un duygularıyla ve olan bitenle başa çıkışı (ya da belki çıkamayışı demek daha doğru olur) kitapta an be an aktarıldı ve bence insanlara biraz yol gösterici nitelik taşıyordu. Herkesin kızı her an öldürüleceğinden değil de, kadının öfkesiyle barışması ve bu öfkenin ona zarar verdiğini anlama süreci, bundan kurtulma isteği vesaire, gerçekten de birçok insanın görmesi ve anlaması gerektiğini düşündüğüm bir şey.
Şöyle dönüp bir baktım da, gerçekten uzun bir süredir Yabancı Yayınları'ndan çıkma bir kitabı yorumlamamışım ki bu benim için biraz garip bir durum çünkü Yabancı, kitaplarını bu blogda en çok yorumladığım yayınevlerinden bir tanesi.
Kızımın Katiline Mektuplar'ı bir gün içerisinde okuyup bitirdim. Kitap, adından da anlaşılacağı üzere kızının katiline mektuplar yazan bir kadın tarafından anlatılıyor. Büyük çoğunluğu katile mektup şeklinde olsa da, kitapta mektup olmayan, okuyucu olayları daha iyi kavrasın diye eklenmiş bölümler de yok değildi. Mektupların başlarında adres, sonlarında ise Ruth imzası vardı, yani karışması gibi bir durum pek olası değildi bölümlerin.
Kitapta sevdiğim veya sevmediğim net özellikler yoktu, o yüzden sizlere bu konularda bir liste sunmam pek mümkün görünmüyor. Bir süredir okumak istiyordum fakat denk getirememiştim ya da elim kitaba pek gitmemişti derken, yeni okuyabildim.
- Akıcı başlamadı. Sanırım bunu belirterek başlamak pek hatalı olmaz. Kitabın ilk birkaç bölümü boyunca okumaya devam etmemin tek nedeni, daha önce Eren ve Minel'in bu kitabı okuduğunu ve ikisinin de beğenmiş olduğunu bilmemdi. Kitap zevklerimiz benzer olduğundan sabrettim, tabii içten içe benim göremediğim neyi beğenmiş olabilirler diye düşünüyordum. Okudum, okudum ve bir noktadan sonra fark ettim ki 100. sayfaya gelmişim ve kitapta ilerleyebiliyorum. Yani eğer bu kitabı elinize alır da ilk bölümlerde pek içine giremezseniz, sabredin ve biraz daha okuyun. Belki siz de benim gibi kendinizi sonradan kaptırırsınız.
- Kitaba ben dört puan verdim fakat sanırım tüm kitap, adının da vaat ettiği üzere mektup şeklinde yazılmış olsaydı benim daha çok hoşuma giderdi. Aradaki o kurgusal bölümler nedense beni biraz rahatsız etti. Belki de sen dilinden daha genel bir dile geçilmiş olmasından kaynaklanıyordur. Sonuçta mektuplar katile hitap ediyordu ve aradaki bölümlerin hitap ettiği biri yoktu.
- Eğer polisiye dizileri veya avukatlı dizileri seviyorsanız bu kitabı sevme olasılığınız çok yüksek çünkü kitabı okuduğum süre boyunca kendimi How to Get Away with Murder'ın veya Suits'in bir bölümünde gibi hissettim. Gerçekten de, son derece dizi tadında bir kitaptı. Belki de bu yüzden içine girmekte ilk başta zorlandım.
- Gerçi düşünüyorum da, genel olarak kitaptaki duyguları da pek hissettiğim söylenemez fakat bunu bir eksiklik olarak görmedim okurken. Olan bitene, ortadaki cinayet soruşturmasına ve Ruth'un yaşadıklarına o kadar odaklanmıştım ki hissedilenleri yaşamadığım aklıma pek gelmedi.
- Cinayet ve onu takip eden soruşturma ve mahkeme süreci son derece oturaklıydı. Titiz bir şekilde sunulmuş, araştırılmış ve çözülmüştü; yani bu noktada yazar gerçekten başarılı bir şekilde, hem o süreci hem de karakter psikolojilerini aynı anda yansıtmış. Avukatların atışması veya Lizzie'nin kızı Florence'ın yaşadıkları... hepsi yerli yerindeydi.
Kısacası az biraz dizi tadında, psikolojik ve teknik açıdan yerinde, başları biraz ağır ilerlese de sonradan kendimi kaptırdığım, hızlı okunan bir roman oldu. Kızı kimin öldürdüğü benim için asla bir soru işareti olmadı fakat bu, beni sıkılmaya iteceğine sadece mahkeme süreci boyunca şimdi ne olacak sorusunu daha sık sormaya yöneltti.
- Ruth'un duygularıyla ve olan bitenle başa çıkışı (ya da belki çıkamayışı demek daha doğru olur) kitapta an be an aktarıldı ve bence insanlara biraz yol gösterici nitelik taşıyordu. Herkesin kızı her an öldürüleceğinden değil de, kadının öfkesiyle barışması ve bu öfkenin ona zarar verdiğini anlama süreci, bundan kurtulma isteği vesaire, gerçekten de birçok insanın görmesi ve anlaması gerektiğini düşündüğüm bir şey.
December 9, 2015
4.5 Beklediğimden çok çok daha iyi çıktı. Bu tarz kitaplar okumayı seviyorum. Birine yazılmış mektupları okumak her ne kadar mahrem gelse de her zaman biraz çekicidir. Hadi ama. Ama işin ilginç yanı bir yerden sonra o mektuplar bir başkasına değil de sanki size gelmiş gibi hissettirmeye başlıyor ki zaten kitabın beni benden alan kısmı da o oldu. Kurgusu güzeldi. En baştan itibaren yükselen bir temposu vardı. Erken yakaldığım birkaç şey oldu ama sorun etmedim. Zaten bir yerden sonra dava sonucundan çok Ruht'a odaklanıyorsunuz. Tüm o nefret, kin, öfke... Önemli olan Ruth'un o saatten sonra ne yapacağı. Çok çok iyiydi.
July 23, 2014
Absolutely superb book - gripping, powerful and emotional. Very highly recommended.
September 8, 2014
Excellent.
Ruth Sutton is the grandmother of the girl who was murdered sadly leaving behind a husband and child.
When she gets the phone call one evening from the husband she is struck, what she asks seems irrational to you or I reading this book, but the woman was in utter shock.
In order to rid herself of her emotions and feelings, or maybe to gain some peace in her life, she decides to write to the Killer.
We see how the Police where involved in the early stages of a stalker. But after a time he went away. No bother. But is it the stalker or the prowler that they saw in their garden the night before? Or was it some random attack.
We also see how deep her thinking goes.
Her granddaughters husband was at the gym at the time of the attack. The little child was at home. Did she see it happen? Is she affected by this? Lots of questions going around and around in her head.
Although its written like a letter from chapter to chapter it still reads like a novel. Its very cleverly done. In the writing of the letters themselves things are revealed.
Her emotions are raw. Her vengeance is strong. Writing to him doesn't really eleviate her emotions, in fact in some way its making them stronger.
At the beginning of the book I was wondering if I would like this. But I found myself being drawn in and feeling like the Gran.
Amazing piece of work. I enjoyed it anyway!
I would like to thank Little, Brown Book Group UK via Net Galley for allowing me to read and review this book.
Ruth Sutton is the grandmother of the girl who was murdered sadly leaving behind a husband and child.
When she gets the phone call one evening from the husband she is struck, what she asks seems irrational to you or I reading this book, but the woman was in utter shock.
In order to rid herself of her emotions and feelings, or maybe to gain some peace in her life, she decides to write to the Killer.
We see how the Police where involved in the early stages of a stalker. But after a time he went away. No bother. But is it the stalker or the prowler that they saw in their garden the night before? Or was it some random attack.
We also see how deep her thinking goes.
Her granddaughters husband was at the gym at the time of the attack. The little child was at home. Did she see it happen? Is she affected by this? Lots of questions going around and around in her head.
Although its written like a letter from chapter to chapter it still reads like a novel. Its very cleverly done. In the writing of the letters themselves things are revealed.
Her emotions are raw. Her vengeance is strong. Writing to him doesn't really eleviate her emotions, in fact in some way its making them stronger.
At the beginning of the book I was wondering if I would like this. But I found myself being drawn in and feeling like the Gran.
Amazing piece of work. I enjoyed it anyway!
I would like to thank Little, Brown Book Group UK via Net Galley for allowing me to read and review this book.
June 18, 2014
Publication Date: Paperback 17th July 2014 from C&R Crime. Kindle edition available now.
Thank you to the author and publisher for the netgalley review copy.
Grandmother Ruth Sutton writes to the man she hates more than anyone else on the planet: the man who she believes killed her daughter Lizzie in a brutal attack four years earlier. Ruth’s burden of grief and hatred, has only grown heavier with the passing of time, her avid desire for vengeance ever stronger. In writing to him Ruth hopes to exorcise the corrosive emotions that are destroying her life, to find the truth and with it release and a way forward. Whether she can ever truly forgive him is another matter – but the letters are her last, best hope.
So I seem to be on a run of the most brilliant books at the moment, lucky old me, and this was not an exception to the rule. I read this fast, it was so emotionally charged and also extremely addictive it was very difficult to put aside.
Ruth writes to the man who she believes killed her daughter. She is grieving but it is an angry and unforgiving grief that is eating away at her soul. As she starts at the beginning, from the moment she realises Lizzie is gone, the whole story unfolds in the most heart wrenching manner possible, one that will often bring a tear to your eye.
There is a rare truth in the writing here – as a recovery from loss, grief is both a weird and sometimes wonderful thing that does not always follow predicted patterns and is unique to each individual. The well known and often quoted “stages” aside, here the author has managed to portray grief at its disconsulate depths and follow a path along which many have travelled but few could describe. For Ruth it starts as a journey of anger and sorrow and unbelievable horror, and that comes across in every thought she has. Beautifully written, it is not hard at all to imagine that Ruth is a real person describing real events and you will feel for her every step of the way.
This is one of those novels where I can’t really explain how it affected me, again I think this is one that will have a different kind of resonance for anyone reading it. Anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one certainly, anyone who has lost someone to violence even more so. Absolutely stunning.
Highly Recommended.
Happy Reading Folks!
Thank you to the author and publisher for the netgalley review copy.
Grandmother Ruth Sutton writes to the man she hates more than anyone else on the planet: the man who she believes killed her daughter Lizzie in a brutal attack four years earlier. Ruth’s burden of grief and hatred, has only grown heavier with the passing of time, her avid desire for vengeance ever stronger. In writing to him Ruth hopes to exorcise the corrosive emotions that are destroying her life, to find the truth and with it release and a way forward. Whether she can ever truly forgive him is another matter – but the letters are her last, best hope.
So I seem to be on a run of the most brilliant books at the moment, lucky old me, and this was not an exception to the rule. I read this fast, it was so emotionally charged and also extremely addictive it was very difficult to put aside.
Ruth writes to the man who she believes killed her daughter. She is grieving but it is an angry and unforgiving grief that is eating away at her soul. As she starts at the beginning, from the moment she realises Lizzie is gone, the whole story unfolds in the most heart wrenching manner possible, one that will often bring a tear to your eye.
There is a rare truth in the writing here – as a recovery from loss, grief is both a weird and sometimes wonderful thing that does not always follow predicted patterns and is unique to each individual. The well known and often quoted “stages” aside, here the author has managed to portray grief at its disconsulate depths and follow a path along which many have travelled but few could describe. For Ruth it starts as a journey of anger and sorrow and unbelievable horror, and that comes across in every thought she has. Beautifully written, it is not hard at all to imagine that Ruth is a real person describing real events and you will feel for her every step of the way.
This is one of those novels where I can’t really explain how it affected me, again I think this is one that will have a different kind of resonance for anyone reading it. Anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one certainly, anyone who has lost someone to violence even more so. Absolutely stunning.
Highly Recommended.
Happy Reading Folks!
March 7, 2016
I am actually a little bit speechless having just finished this incredible book in less than a day. It's a powerful and very raw account of how a mother deals with the murder of her daughter via letters she writes to the killer recounting the events since receiving that horrific phone call. Utterly heartbreaking and so emotional. 5 stars
April 12, 2018
Whatever subject matter the ever articulate Cath Staincliffe turns her hand to she does with consummate skill, intelligence and a remarkable honesty. Impeccably researched with vivid and credible characters, Letters to My Daughter’s Killer is arguably her most powerful piece of writing. Unflinchingly honest, by turns heartbreaking and harrowing, rarely can I remember reading a fictional work which held my feelings so captive. Much of that derives from narrator, Ruth Sutton, whose emotionally charged and raw grief solidifies to stone cold hatred in the aftermath of her daughter’s murder. In an examination of whether we can ever forgive those who do us the greatest wrong and the necessity to move on from the bitterness that it often inspires, the result is an utter de force.
For fifty-seven-year old grandmother and part-time librarian, Ruth Sutton, four years on from the brutal murder of her vibrant twenty-nine-year-old daughter, Lizzie, she is still consumed by a desire for vengeance that has not diminished in the slightest. Instead she has found her life robbed of every element of goodness, peace and contentment and in turn become a person she no longer recognises. In writing to Lizzie’s murderer she attempts to expunge the corrosive emotions that have taken her prisoner. Through a mixture of letters to her daughter’s killer, at first presumed to be her known stalker and only subsequently revealed as a different individual, and the journal that she has kept throughout the period, this novel is the poignant result.
Divided into four parts the story opens with a recounting of the events surrounding Lizzie’s violent murder, the quest for truth and subsequent trial. That the perpetrator continues to plead his innocence and his legal team besmirch the reputations of those that argue anything otherwise sticks in Ruth’s craw as she witnesses him acting the part of a responsible and earnest young man in the dock. His eventual confession leads the way for a hollowed out Ruth to seek restorative justice through a mediator and hopefully rediscover the daughter she knew and a little of her humanity in the process. Filled with candid insights, Ruth’s largely epistolary journey is not without a little gallows humour, from the unlikely alliance forged between herself and her ex-husbands new wife to the Family Liaison Officer’s trained in “the etiquette of sudden, violent death”. The result is an education in terms of evidence gathering and how an articulate defence can twist the words of witnesses, through to the distressing scene of the crime after the forensic team have departed. The well researched legal framework adds authority to a remarkable story and Cath Staincliffe draws insights and clarity from her eloquent and intelligent narrator.
Understated brilliance, Letters to My Daughter’s Killer is unreservedly recommended.
For fifty-seven-year old grandmother and part-time librarian, Ruth Sutton, four years on from the brutal murder of her vibrant twenty-nine-year-old daughter, Lizzie, she is still consumed by a desire for vengeance that has not diminished in the slightest. Instead she has found her life robbed of every element of goodness, peace and contentment and in turn become a person she no longer recognises. In writing to Lizzie’s murderer she attempts to expunge the corrosive emotions that have taken her prisoner. Through a mixture of letters to her daughter’s killer, at first presumed to be her known stalker and only subsequently revealed as a different individual, and the journal that she has kept throughout the period, this novel is the poignant result.
Divided into four parts the story opens with a recounting of the events surrounding Lizzie’s violent murder, the quest for truth and subsequent trial. That the perpetrator continues to plead his innocence and his legal team besmirch the reputations of those that argue anything otherwise sticks in Ruth’s craw as she witnesses him acting the part of a responsible and earnest young man in the dock. His eventual confession leads the way for a hollowed out Ruth to seek restorative justice through a mediator and hopefully rediscover the daughter she knew and a little of her humanity in the process. Filled with candid insights, Ruth’s largely epistolary journey is not without a little gallows humour, from the unlikely alliance forged between herself and her ex-husbands new wife to the Family Liaison Officer’s trained in “the etiquette of sudden, violent death”. The result is an education in terms of evidence gathering and how an articulate defence can twist the words of witnesses, through to the distressing scene of the crime after the forensic team have departed. The well researched legal framework adds authority to a remarkable story and Cath Staincliffe draws insights and clarity from her eloquent and intelligent narrator.
Understated brilliance, Letters to My Daughter’s Killer is unreservedly recommended.
September 26, 2016
Wow - such a powerful book. This epistolary novel takes the theme of a mother's letters to the person who killed her adult daughter, in doing so telling the story of the murder, the aftermath, trial of the person responsible, and the attempts of the narrator (and her bereaved grand-daughter) to deal with the crime committed. It is beautifully written, raw and honest in a manner about a subject which easily could have been over-sentimental in another's hands. It also is short and real as a result of this, not becoming as bogged down in the events as the narrator obviously had cause to be (remaining readable as a consequence), hence being even more sharp and impactful due to the fact it can easily be consumed in a single sitting/day.
There are comparisons, due to the subject nature and/or the use of a woman's letters about a family loss, with 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' - I felt this superior because of the British setting bringing it closer to home for me.. and because at just over two hundred pages and with less historical context, it had an intensity and punch much greater than Lionel Shriver's novel, with the same sadness and scary 'close to home' potential.
There are comparisons, due to the subject nature and/or the use of a woman's letters about a family loss, with 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' - I felt this superior because of the British setting bringing it closer to home for me.. and because at just over two hundred pages and with less historical context, it had an intensity and punch much greater than Lionel Shriver's novel, with the same sadness and scary 'close to home' potential.
January 7, 2016
4.65/5
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August 20, 2021
ÉNORME COUP DE COEUR ET ÉNORME COUP DE POING!!
* Notons que je ne souhaite aucunement encourager l’éditeur qui a commis des actes répréhensibles. J’avais déjà ce roman dans ma PAL et je vous encourage à l’emprunter plutôt que l’acheter si vous avez envie de le lire… l’autrice mérite que vous lisiez son roman et n’est aucunement liée aux agissements de l’éditeur*
Vraiment… gros wow pour ce roman sous forme de lettres d’une mère au tueur de sa fille. Un roman où l’on entre dans cette histoire sordide, un procès incroyablement bien fait, une écriture juste et des émotions fortes! Lu en une journée!! Donnez la chance à l’autrice, elle a une plume incroyable et l’histoire vous passionnera!! Aucun regret d’avoir découvert cette histoire!!
* Notons que je ne souhaite aucunement encourager l’éditeur qui a commis des actes répréhensibles. J’avais déjà ce roman dans ma PAL et je vous encourage à l’emprunter plutôt que l’acheter si vous avez envie de le lire… l’autrice mérite que vous lisiez son roman et n’est aucunement liée aux agissements de l’éditeur*
Vraiment… gros wow pour ce roman sous forme de lettres d’une mère au tueur de sa fille. Un roman où l’on entre dans cette histoire sordide, un procès incroyablement bien fait, une écriture juste et des émotions fortes! Lu en une journée!! Donnez la chance à l’autrice, elle a une plume incroyable et l’histoire vous passionnera!! Aucun regret d’avoir découvert cette histoire!!
July 19, 2014
"I hate you. My first letter, and that is all I want to say. I hate you. But those three words can barely convey the depth, the breadth, the soaring height of this hatred."
Letters To My Daughter's Killer by Cath Staincliffe is a story of grief, anger and heartbreak, beginning with the brutal murder of a young wife and mother and exploring the consequences for those that loved her.
It unfolds in a series of letters written by Ruth Sutton to the man who bludgeoned her precious daughter, Lizzie, to death, four years earlier. In a desperate bid to recover some equilibrium, Ruth hopes that by writing to the killer, and asking him for answers to the questions that haunt her, she can purge herself of the fury that threatens to destroy her soul.
As Ruth relives the horror that began with a phone call, Staincliffe portrays the raw reactions of a grieving mother to her daughter's violent murder with skill and compassion, exposing the shock and bewilderment which slowly gives way to anger and heartache as Ruth is forced to deal with the strain of the aftermath, including caring for her young grand daughter, and the police investigation, the killer's capture, and the trial that follows.
Intense, shocking and poignant, Letters to My Daughter's Killer is an emotionally taxing read.
Australian release July 1st
January 5, 2016
Time taken to read - 1 day
Pages - 240
Publisher - C & R Crime
Blurb from Goodreads
Grandmother Ruth Sutton writes to the man she hates more than anyone else on the planet: the man who she believes killed her daughter Lizzie in a brutal attack four years earlier. Ruth's burden of grief and hatred, has only grown heavier with the passing of time, her avid desire for vengeance ever stronger. In writing to him Ruth hopes to exorcise the corrosive emotions that are destroying her life, to find the truth and with it release and a way forward. Whether she can ever truly forgive him is another matter - but the letters are her last, best hope.
My Review
Firstly, let me say this book is written in letter format, the whole way through. There are some dates but mostly they are just letters, more diary format as Ruth writes how she felt and what happened from the moment she finds out her daughter was brutally murdered. The letters clearly mark out, this is her getting her feelings out, her experience of it all and that she isn't expecting a reply. This is for her, to get it all down, in stages as she lives & relives what happened from finding out to the immediate aftermath.
It has been four years since the murder, Ruth is still consumed with anger, grief, rage, hurt and many more emotions. This is her way of working through that and towards acceptance, by penning it all down to both the killer and us, the reader. When the murder is covered, after the autopsy, it is very detailed in the brutality to the body, some readers may find this hard to read. If you have lost someone to murder or even just death this could be a hard book for you to read as Ruth's grief and emotion very much comes alive on the pages.
It is quite a weird one, not in the writing or anything but rather I haven't read anything like it before, or quite in that format. It is very cleverly put together, you can feel the raw emotion and devastation to the family, not just Ruth but to her grand daughter Florence, Ruth's ex husband and Lizzie's husband Jack. A gripping, emotive and sad story that draws you into from the very start to the very end. 4/5 for me this time, this is my first time reading this author and I would certainly read her again.
Pages - 240
Publisher - C & R Crime
Blurb from Goodreads
Grandmother Ruth Sutton writes to the man she hates more than anyone else on the planet: the man who she believes killed her daughter Lizzie in a brutal attack four years earlier. Ruth's burden of grief and hatred, has only grown heavier with the passing of time, her avid desire for vengeance ever stronger. In writing to him Ruth hopes to exorcise the corrosive emotions that are destroying her life, to find the truth and with it release and a way forward. Whether she can ever truly forgive him is another matter - but the letters are her last, best hope.
My Review
Firstly, let me say this book is written in letter format, the whole way through. There are some dates but mostly they are just letters, more diary format as Ruth writes how she felt and what happened from the moment she finds out her daughter was brutally murdered. The letters clearly mark out, this is her getting her feelings out, her experience of it all and that she isn't expecting a reply. This is for her, to get it all down, in stages as she lives & relives what happened from finding out to the immediate aftermath.
It has been four years since the murder, Ruth is still consumed with anger, grief, rage, hurt and many more emotions. This is her way of working through that and towards acceptance, by penning it all down to both the killer and us, the reader. When the murder is covered, after the autopsy, it is very detailed in the brutality to the body, some readers may find this hard to read. If you have lost someone to murder or even just death this could be a hard book for you to read as Ruth's grief and emotion very much comes alive on the pages.
It is quite a weird one, not in the writing or anything but rather I haven't read anything like it before, or quite in that format. It is very cleverly put together, you can feel the raw emotion and devastation to the family, not just Ruth but to her grand daughter Florence, Ruth's ex husband and Lizzie's husband Jack. A gripping, emotive and sad story that draws you into from the very start to the very end. 4/5 for me this time, this is my first time reading this author and I would certainly read her again.
March 4, 2017
Kitabın sonu maalesef beni şaşırtmadı. Kafam da bir sürü soru işareti var ve çoğu yanıt bulamadı yinede sonuna kadar tek gerçeğe inandım..
September 23, 2014
Set in Manchester
Shortlisted in the CrimeThrillerAwards on itv3 – http://www.crimethrillerawards.com/
Ruth’ s daughter Lizzie has been murdered and as the title would suggest, what follows is the heartbreaking account of a woman trying to terms with that fact (if a person ever comes to terms with something so horrific)
She tells her story to a diary which we read thereby getting in to the mind and thoughts of a woman in turmoil. What would you say to a man you believe has murdered your beautiful daughter? Where do you even start? The way in which the book is written really brings the horror and inner turmoil of Ruth to the fore as the diary is that one medium still left in the world where we share our deepest darkest thoughts that we don’t share anywhere else. Letters are personal between two people giving the writer the power to control events and say whatever they want without being interrupted. As the diary progresses and Ruth works through her emotions, its as if we are there at the murder scene, the arrest,and everything which follows.
This for me was the where the real horror must start – when the funeral is over, the people have gone back to their lives and you wake up the next day as usual. What the hell do you do now?
Ruth’s pain is strongly evident throughout and I had the strange feeling of being so involved that as I was reading I found myself slowing down as if to respect the grief of the people ‘talking’ and sharing their hearts. Only a powerful and very clever writer can do that.
This book is certainly about things we would never want to face or personal situations we would never want to think about but everything is done subtly and without sensationalism so only the raw real emotions are left.
This is a very emotional read – Anger, sadness, shock, horror, disbelief and something which stays with you after the final page. Don’t be put off if reading someone’s inner conflict is not for you – this is so much more.
Shortlisted in the CrimeThrillerAwards on itv3 – http://www.crimethrillerawards.com/
Ruth’ s daughter Lizzie has been murdered and as the title would suggest, what follows is the heartbreaking account of a woman trying to terms with that fact (if a person ever comes to terms with something so horrific)
She tells her story to a diary which we read thereby getting in to the mind and thoughts of a woman in turmoil. What would you say to a man you believe has murdered your beautiful daughter? Where do you even start? The way in which the book is written really brings the horror and inner turmoil of Ruth to the fore as the diary is that one medium still left in the world where we share our deepest darkest thoughts that we don’t share anywhere else. Letters are personal between two people giving the writer the power to control events and say whatever they want without being interrupted. As the diary progresses and Ruth works through her emotions, its as if we are there at the murder scene, the arrest,and everything which follows.
This for me was the where the real horror must start – when the funeral is over, the people have gone back to their lives and you wake up the next day as usual. What the hell do you do now?
Ruth’s pain is strongly evident throughout and I had the strange feeling of being so involved that as I was reading I found myself slowing down as if to respect the grief of the people ‘talking’ and sharing their hearts. Only a powerful and very clever writer can do that.
This book is certainly about things we would never want to face or personal situations we would never want to think about but everything is done subtly and without sensationalism so only the raw real emotions are left.
This is a very emotional read – Anger, sadness, shock, horror, disbelief and something which stays with you after the final page. Don’t be put off if reading someone’s inner conflict is not for you – this is so much more.
December 12, 2015
#KızımınKatilineMektuplar bitti. Bekledigimden cok, cok, cok daha iyi bir kitapti. Hatta yarisina kadar guzel bir hikayeyken yarisindan sonra son derece etkileyici bir hikayeye donustu. Bir yandan Ruth'un ofkesini ve acisini damarlarimda hissederken diger yandan kendimi olay orgusune kaptirdim. Yazarin sadece mektuplar vasitasiyla boylesine virajli bir hikayeyi boylesine puruzsuz anlatabilmesineyse hayran oldum.
Ruth'un kizi Lizzie kendi evinde, kendini en guvende hissetmesi gereken yerde korkunc bir cinayete kurban oluyor. Bunun uzerine Ruth, kendisini ofkesinin mezarindan kurtarmak, yasamina devam edebilmeyi basarmak icin kizinin katiline mektuplar yazmaya basliyor. Ve biz de tum olan biteni o mektuplar araciligiyla ogreniyoruz. Kitabin birinci bolumu biraz duragan. Lakin sonrasi... hele o mahkeme sahneleri neydi oyle! Bir solukta okudum.
Kizimin Katiline Mektuplar benim icin psikolojik gerilimle tahlil arasinda bir yerde. Belki de bir bagislama ve bagislanma oykusu... Durust olmam gerekirse kitaptan en cok etkilenecek olanlarin cocugu olsa da olmasa da 30 yas ustu kadinlar olduguna inaniyorum. Ruth ile kurulacak empati onlar icin cok daha derin ve anlamli olacaktir.
Kitap 11 Aralik'ta, yani dun raflardaki yerini aldi. Hem de inanilmaz bir kapakla. #YabancıYayınları bu isi gercekten cok iyi yapiyor. Kitabin cevirisi ve editoryali icin de tek bir lafim var: Harikaydi!
Ruth'un kizi Lizzie kendi evinde, kendini en guvende hissetmesi gereken yerde korkunc bir cinayete kurban oluyor. Bunun uzerine Ruth, kendisini ofkesinin mezarindan kurtarmak, yasamina devam edebilmeyi basarmak icin kizinin katiline mektuplar yazmaya basliyor. Ve biz de tum olan biteni o mektuplar araciligiyla ogreniyoruz. Kitabin birinci bolumu biraz duragan. Lakin sonrasi... hele o mahkeme sahneleri neydi oyle! Bir solukta okudum.
Kizimin Katiline Mektuplar benim icin psikolojik gerilimle tahlil arasinda bir yerde. Belki de bir bagislama ve bagislanma oykusu... Durust olmam gerekirse kitaptan en cok etkilenecek olanlarin cocugu olsa da olmasa da 30 yas ustu kadinlar olduguna inaniyorum. Ruth ile kurulacak empati onlar icin cok daha derin ve anlamli olacaktir.
Kitap 11 Aralik'ta, yani dun raflardaki yerini aldi. Hem de inanilmaz bir kapakla. #YabancıYayınları bu isi gercekten cok iyi yapiyor. Kitabin cevirisi ve editoryali icin de tek bir lafim var: Harikaydi!
August 13, 2015
I really enjoyed this book. Although a fairly emotional read that tugged at my heart strings from time to time, it was so well written and pulled the reader right into the story and the pain of the mother. Great read.
August 23, 2015
Started this book yesterday and finished now. Then you know it is a book one cannot put down. The love this mother had for her child was beautiful. I would probably have felt the exact same hatred she felt towards her daughter's killer. Highly recommended.
March 9, 2023
2,8/5
ilk olarak; kitap bana cok gecmedi yani kadinin ofkesini, uzuntusunu falan filan hissedemedim. evet kendim sinirlendim katile okurken cunku oldugu kisi malum..
ikinci olarak; cath abla katili 100. sayfa da degil ilk sayfa da soyleseydin ya, baya gec oldu💀 cidden 306 sayfalik kitaba gore erkendi bence ve kim oldugunu ogrenisi, tepkisi yine bana gecmedi. birde kitabi full mektup zannederek okumaya basladim ama arada mektup olmayan yerler vardi evet aslinda sorun olmamali ama oyle olmamaliydi bence🧘♀️ yine de mahkeme sahneleri hosuma gitmedi diyemem, o sorulara katlanmak o kadar zor ki🙏🏻 kitapta guzel olan tek yerler falan ama asiri sinirlendim o sahnelerde de neyseee okumaya gerek yok ya bi sey kaybetmezsiniz, eger okuma gibi planlariniz varsa ben size bastan sona eksiksiz anlatirim🤝🏻
ilk olarak; kitap bana cok gecmedi yani kadinin ofkesini, uzuntusunu falan filan hissedemedim. evet kendim sinirlendim katile okurken cunku oldugu kisi malum..
ikinci olarak; cath abla katili 100. sayfa da degil ilk sayfa da soyleseydin ya, baya gec oldu💀 cidden 306 sayfalik kitaba gore erkendi bence ve kim oldugunu ogrenisi, tepkisi yine bana gecmedi. birde kitabi full mektup zannederek okumaya basladim ama arada mektup olmayan yerler vardi evet aslinda sorun olmamali ama oyle olmamaliydi bence🧘♀️ yine de mahkeme sahneleri hosuma gitmedi diyemem, o sorulara katlanmak o kadar zor ki🙏🏻 kitapta guzel olan tek yerler falan ama asiri sinirlendim o sahnelerde de neyseee okumaya gerek yok ya bi sey kaybetmezsiniz, eger okuma gibi planlariniz varsa ben size bastan sona eksiksiz anlatirim🤝🏻
August 9, 2022
4.5
OFFF çok güzeldi. Son sayfalarda içim acıdı hatta gözlerim doldu… Florence’a o kadar üzüldüm ki anlatamammmmmm😭 Çok güzel bir murder mystery kitabıydı, 5 yıldız vermememin tek sebebi de plot twist olmamasıydı. Onun dışında çok çok güzeldi çok akıcıydı. Toplam 3 saat 20 dakikada bitti. KESİNLİKLE öneriyorum!!💗🥲🫶🏻 bu arada dava filmlerini seviyorsanız çok çok seversiniz
OFFF çok güzeldi. Son sayfalarda içim acıdı hatta gözlerim doldu… Florence’a o kadar üzüldüm ki anlatamammmmmm😭 Çok güzel bir murder mystery kitabıydı, 5 yıldız vermememin tek sebebi de plot twist olmamasıydı. Onun dışında çok çok güzeldi çok akıcıydı. Toplam 3 saat 20 dakikada bitti. KESİNLİKLE öneriyorum!!💗🥲🫶🏻 bu arada dava filmlerini seviyorsanız çok çok seversiniz
April 28, 2022
teared up reading the last few pages. this book was really hard to read but not in a bad way. thank you cath staincliffe for writing about partner abuse.
*please check trigger warnings.
*please check trigger warnings.
June 8, 2018
Letters To My Daughters Killer by Cath Staincliffe
Title - Letters to my Daughters Killer
Author - Cath Staincliffe
Published - Jan '18
Publisher - Harper Collins
Genre - #Mystery #Crime #Contemporary
Pages - 400
Price on Amazon - Paperback - £3.99 Kindle - £3.99
ISBN - 0008172145
Ruth Sutton's daughter is killed, Ruth decides to write letters to her daughters killer in prison. Ruth is left to raise her granddaughter after her daughters death. She hates her daughters killer more than anything in the world but she needs answers, she needs to know why he dd what he did. Why her daughter? Why now?
I was unsure about this book at first but once I got into it I really enjoyed it. The only criticism I have really is, I kept expecting a reply back from the killer, I think even if just the last chapter was a reply this would of been very interesting. I felt this was what was missing from this book.
But none the less, I did enjoy the book, I had a feeling about a quarter of the way through who I thought the killer was and I was right. I wasn't however expecting the plot twist towards the end of the book, I found this really added to the story line.
Another brilliant story by Staincliffe, with fantastic characters, a wonderful plot which was interesting and easy to follow, it kept me gripped and wanting to turn the next page which is what I always look for in a good book.
Rating - Four out of Five Stars
Would I Read Again? - Yes
Would I Recommend? - Yes
Would I read other books by the same author? - Yes
Reviews for this book can be found on:
Amazon (UK) under Lu's Reviews
Goodreads,
Net Galley (If a NetGalley Book)
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Title - Letters to my Daughters Killer
Author - Cath Staincliffe
Published - Jan '18
Publisher - Harper Collins
Genre - #Mystery #Crime #Contemporary
Pages - 400
Price on Amazon - Paperback - £3.99 Kindle - £3.99
ISBN - 0008172145
Ruth Sutton's daughter is killed, Ruth decides to write letters to her daughters killer in prison. Ruth is left to raise her granddaughter after her daughters death. She hates her daughters killer more than anything in the world but she needs answers, she needs to know why he dd what he did. Why her daughter? Why now?
I was unsure about this book at first but once I got into it I really enjoyed it. The only criticism I have really is, I kept expecting a reply back from the killer, I think even if just the last chapter was a reply this would of been very interesting. I felt this was what was missing from this book.
But none the less, I did enjoy the book, I had a feeling about a quarter of the way through who I thought the killer was and I was right. I wasn't however expecting the plot twist towards the end of the book, I found this really added to the story line.
Another brilliant story by Staincliffe, with fantastic characters, a wonderful plot which was interesting and easy to follow, it kept me gripped and wanting to turn the next page which is what I always look for in a good book.
Rating - Four out of Five Stars
Would I Read Again? - Yes
Would I Recommend? - Yes
Would I read other books by the same author? - Yes
Reviews for this book can be found on:
Amazon (UK) under Lu's Reviews
Goodreads,
Net Galley (If a NetGalley Book)
My Blogs at http://www.readingbeyondobsession.co.uk/
www.lusreviewsblog.wordpress.com
Links to this review can be found at:
Twitter: @lusreviews
Facebook: @lucyluisbookreviews
Instagram: lusreviews
July 25, 2014
I wasn’t sure at all whether I was going to enjoy this novel when I first started. I’m not a big fan of reading page after page of emotions and inner conflict but I was encouraged by the epistolary form so I gave it a go and was happily surprised.
The book takes the form of letters that Ruth is writing to the man who killed her beloved daughter. She is angry, very angry and that rage jumps of the page at the reader. She is not an understanding, perfect person. She fully admits to hating her daughter at times, first as a difficult baby and later as a troublesome teen but as every parent knows however mad your kids drive you the love you feel for them remains deep and strong. I cannot even begin to imagine losing a child to a violent death but Cath Staincliffe has given the reader an insight into the despair and horror of Ruth’s situation. There’s no great surprises in the book don’t expect twists or even a crime novel as such but what you will get is a stunning insight into a family ripped apart by violence.
The book takes the form of letters that Ruth is writing to the man who killed her beloved daughter. She is angry, very angry and that rage jumps of the page at the reader. She is not an understanding, perfect person. She fully admits to hating her daughter at times, first as a difficult baby and later as a troublesome teen but as every parent knows however mad your kids drive you the love you feel for them remains deep and strong. I cannot even begin to imagine losing a child to a violent death but Cath Staincliffe has given the reader an insight into the despair and horror of Ruth’s situation. There’s no great surprises in the book don’t expect twists or even a crime novel as such but what you will get is a stunning insight into a family ripped apart by violence.
October 18, 2014
A brilliant book and one which I cannot recommend highly enough.
It tells the story of Ruth, a middle aged mother and grandmother with a part time job as a librarian. I could easily relate to Ruth, she is an ordinary person whose world falls apart one Saturday when her daughter Lizzie is murdered in her own home.
A great deal of research has gone into this book, the court scenes are both detailed and gripping and we also see the practical side of the crime, for instance, what will happen to Lizzie's home and how do the family deal with the press intrusion?
In an effort to find answers to the crime Ruth writes a series of letters to the man she believes murdered her daughter.By the end of the book several years have passed by and it becomes clear that Ruth will never find the answers she's seeking and will never recover from the loss of her daughter. Nothing can be as it once was.
A constant sadness runs through this beautifully written book, as Ruth comes to an acceptance of her present life.
A book that will stay with me for a long time.
It tells the story of Ruth, a middle aged mother and grandmother with a part time job as a librarian. I could easily relate to Ruth, she is an ordinary person whose world falls apart one Saturday when her daughter Lizzie is murdered in her own home.
A great deal of research has gone into this book, the court scenes are both detailed and gripping and we also see the practical side of the crime, for instance, what will happen to Lizzie's home and how do the family deal with the press intrusion?
In an effort to find answers to the crime Ruth writes a series of letters to the man she believes murdered her daughter.By the end of the book several years have passed by and it becomes clear that Ruth will never find the answers she's seeking and will never recover from the loss of her daughter. Nothing can be as it once was.
A constant sadness runs through this beautifully written book, as Ruth comes to an acceptance of her present life.
A book that will stay with me for a long time.
September 9, 2014
A great book that you just don't want to put down until you get to the end, a cliché I know, but that's the best way to describe this book. From the start you should brace yourself though, for the reader is thrown straight into the unpleasant murder scene, as told through the account of the victim's mother. From that point on I found myself heavily invested in the book, wanting to put the book down at times to take a breather, but the writing is so good and the tension so palpable, all I could do was to keep reading. This certainly isn't a light read, it's emotionally draining, but the way Staincliffe handled the subject matter is admirable and so believable that by the end you feel like you've been through the loss, grief, anger and finally, acceptance, yourself. A truly wonderful book, that though not fluffy, will certainly keep you enthralled to the end.
September 9, 2016
Kitap, büyük anne Ruth'un, kızı Lizzie'yi öldüren kişiye yazdığı mektuplardan oluşuyor. Kısacası Ruth katile içindeki nefreti döküyor ve bizde onun ruh hallerini ve değişimini görüyoruz.
Kitap hakkında kesin bir düşünceye varamadım. O mahkeme olaylarına kadar bana göre kitap çok durgundu, sadece Ruth'un nefreti ele alınıyordu. Mahkemede olan olaylar kitapta en heyecana kapıldığım olaylardı. Onun dışında da fazla meraklandığım bir kitap değildi.
Akıcıydı, olmasaydı zaten yaklaşık 2 günde bitiremezdim. Anlatımı sıkmıyordu fakat ben şu aralar reading slump dönemine girdi girecek gibi olduğum için kitabın başları beni biraz boğdu diyebilirim. Yani kötü değildi fakat on numara beş yıldız diyebileceğim bir kitapta değildi.
Şunu da demeden geçemeyeceğim: baskısı mükemmel olmuş. Yabancı Yayınları yine harikalar yaratmış. Hele kitabın dokusu çok güzel, dokunmadan duramadım :D
Kitap hakkında kesin bir düşünceye varamadım. O mahkeme olaylarına kadar bana göre kitap çok durgundu, sadece Ruth'un nefreti ele alınıyordu. Mahkemede olan olaylar kitapta en heyecana kapıldığım olaylardı. Onun dışında da fazla meraklandığım bir kitap değildi.
Akıcıydı, olmasaydı zaten yaklaşık 2 günde bitiremezdim. Anlatımı sıkmıyordu fakat ben şu aralar reading slump dönemine girdi girecek gibi olduğum için kitabın başları beni biraz boğdu diyebilirim. Yani kötü değildi fakat on numara beş yıldız diyebileceğim bir kitapta değildi.
Şunu da demeden geçemeyeceğim: baskısı mükemmel olmuş. Yabancı Yayınları yine harikalar yaratmış. Hele kitabın dokusu çok güzel, dokunmadan duramadım :D
November 21, 2015
Beklemediğim derecede iyi çıktı. Kitabın adından anlaşılacağı gibi öfkeli bir annenin kızının katiline yazdıklarını okuyacağınız belli ama elimden bu kadar düşüremeyeceğimi düşünmemiştim. Psikolojik yönü de gayet iyi. Her şeyin baştan bilindiği hikayeleri pek sevmem ama bunda bilinen pek de bir şey yokmuş diyorsunuz. Son sayfalara doğru bile yeni şeyler öğreniyorsunuz aile bireylerinden. Kısacası iyi geldi, durumu bildiğiniz halde Ruth'un bu yüküyle nasıl başa çıkacağı sizi kitaba bir hayli bağlıyor.
January 7, 2016
Dün akşam bitirdim. Ve kitap muhteşemdi! Zaten büyük beklentilerle almıştım ve beklentilerimin hepsini karşıladı. Bir annenin gözünden kızının öldürüldükten sonra hissettiği nefreti ve kızının katiline gün geçtikçe artan öfkesini görüyorsunuz. Kurgu olarak mektup olayı çok iyiydi bence. Değişik bir tarzdı ve "mektuplar" felan deyince acaba akıcı olur mu? diye sormuştum kendime ama gerçekten çok iyi ilerledi^^
August 10, 2015
Letters to my Daughters Killer is an original story that grabbed me and didn’t let go even after the last page was read. I finished the book awhile ago and the characters and plot are still playing around in my head. A well written gripping and emotional book with very believable characters, I will certainly be reading more by Cath Staincliffe.
February 16, 2016
Meh.
Exactly what it says on the tin. Except I didn't stop to think how boring that might be.
I can't get to like Ruth. Maybe that's the problem. The writing was a bit... I don't know. She uses wordplay just a tad too much, and it comes across - to me, anyway - as trying-too-hard. She's "always loved words," apparently.
Anyway.
It's not that bad. It might just be me.
Exactly what it says on the tin. Except I didn't stop to think how boring that might be.
I can't get to like Ruth. Maybe that's the problem. The writing was a bit... I don't know. She uses wordplay just a tad too much, and it comes across - to me, anyway - as trying-too-hard. She's "always loved words," apparently.
Anyway.
It's not that bad. It might just be me.
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