Φόνος - από τη στιγμή που της πέρασε αυτή η ιδέα από το μυαλό, δεν σταμάτησε ποτέ να τη σκέφτεται. Έτσι ξεκινάει η τρομακτική ιστορία μιας οικογένειας και μιας μυστηριώδους νέας γυναίκας, που ήταν μοιραίο να συναντηθούν στο ωραιότερο μέρος του κόσμου και να παίξουν ένα παράξενο, φονικό παιχνίδι με ψέματα, απάτη, αρρωστημένο ερωτικό πάθος και λυσσαλέα εκδίκηση. Στο τροπικό νησί Σεν Τόμας, στην άκρη ενός γκρεμού πάνω από την Καραϊβική θάλασσα, υψώνεται το μεγαλόπρεπο σπίτι όπου ζει η οικογένεια Πρέσκοτ: η Κέι, η ωραία, πλούσια χήρα, ο Άνταμ, ο δεύτερος, γοητευτικός σύζυγός της, και η Λίζα, η νεαρή κόρη της. Μια τέλεια οικογένεια σ' ένα παραμυθένιο, γαλήνιο περιβάλλον. Ώσπου παρουσιάζεται μια όμορφη, νέα γυναίκα, γραμματέας της Κέι και συντροφιά για τη Λίζα. Και το παιχνίδι αρχίζει. Ένα παιχνίδι χωρίς κανόνες, με έναν μόνο νικητή.
Εκπληκτικό ανάγνωσμα δε σ 'αφήνει να το αφήσεις...Τόσο σκοτεινό..τοσο ανατρεπτικό... που σου κόβει την ανάσα!!!Αν πέσει στα χέρια σας δώστε του μια ευκαιρία.
Εξαιρετικό βιβλίο με κινηματογραφική πλοκή που δεν θες να το αφήσεις από τα χέρια σου! Ξεκινάει δυναμικά με ένα φόνο από την πρώτη του σελίδα και από εκεί και μετά γραπώνεσε από την συνέχεια και τις συνεχές ανατροπές που σε εκπλήσσουν. Κάθε φορά νομίζεις ότι ξέρεις ή μαντεύεις την συνέχεια αλλά συνέχεια σε μπερδεύει μέχρι την τελευταία σελίδα. Αναζητήστε το!
Μου αρέσουν τα βιβλία που κρύβουν ένα μυστήριο που ξετυλίγεται σιγά – σιγά και σε παρασέρνουν στη γοητεία τους
Η Άβυσσος είναι ένα από αυτά τα βιβλία. Ένα βιβλίο που σε εξιτάρει. Σε κάθε σελίδα του αισθάνεσαι ότι η επομένη σελίδα θα είναι πιο δυνατή, πιο ελκυστική άγνωστη μα και τόσο δικη σου.
Αν και στη αρχή ομολογώ ότι δε με έπεισε, αλλα μόνο στη αρχή. Μετά με σήκωσε και με παρέσυρε στην Αβύσσο.
Το γαϊτανάκι που μπλέκει αρχαία τραγωδία με την άλλη πλευρά του κάκου, τον έρωτα, την αγάπη και την αφοσίωση μα ακόμη εκείνο το πιο δυνατό συναίσθημα. Τη δικαιοσύνη της εκδικησης. Σκοτεινή και φωτεινή συνάμα. Δυνατή και αδύναμη. Ερωτική σχεδόν σαν νότα μουσικής Και ανέραστης σαν τον ήχο της ψεύτικης βροχής.
Η ιστορία με τράβηξε σαν μαγνήτης έως τη τελευταία σελίδα.
Οι ανατροπές διαδεχόταν η μια την άλλη απαλά χωρίς βιασύνη. Σου έδινε το Μπαμ και μετά σε άφηνε να απολαύσεις τη τραγικότητα τους στη πράξη.
Και το τέλος; Απλα δε είχε τέλος γιατί οι εξελίξεις δε σε αφήνουν να πάρεις ανάσα. Και η τελευταία σελίδα είναι μικρή και τόσο λίγη που κοιτάς να δεις αν είναι το βιβλίο λειψό.
Τίποτα δε ξέρεις και τίποτα δε καταλαβαίνεις μέχρι το τέλος του βιβλίου. Ένα βιβλίο που παίζει με το μυαλό σου. Τα ψυχογραφήματα σε πετάνε στα βαθιά της ψυχής των ηρώων αλλα όχι στο μυαλό τους. Στο αβατο τους. Τίποτα δε είναι αλήθεια. Και τίποτα ψέμα.
Αντέχεις να βουτήξεις στη άβυσσο; Να ζήσεις τη τρέλα και να μην λυτρωθεις ποτε;
Αυτό το βιβλίο είναι ένα λόγος που λυπάμαι που έκλεισε η ωκεανιδα. Λείπουν τα βιβλία της πολύ.
For being less than 300 pages, this book is very long winded. Big bulky paragraphs, lots of descriptions, but overall the plot was good. There were so many names and characters, it took at least half of the book to figure out who was who. The characters themselves are pretty dull, I had absolutely no attachment to a single one. Towards the end when all the pieces are falling into place and I’m seeing who everyone’s true identity is, instead of being shocked, I’m grossed out. Although that was a twist, it’s not welcomed one.
Contrived. To even remotely consider this scenario a real life possibility, one would have to suspend so much disbelief that reading it is simply not worth it. Not plausible in the least. Spoiler: the killer Adam is Diana's biological father who didn't manage to successfully off her when he killed his wife and Diana's mother years ago. Savage, you expect me to believe that Diana would just allow her father to kill her without a fight? Really fucking stupid. Skip this.
A thriller. A novel of suspense. Also a novel of many words, and of such intricate and convoluted plotting as to be difficult to follow at times. Sometimes it is hard to determine who is speaking.
So little in this novel is as it seems on the surface, except for the Virgin Islands which form the setting. Cliffhanger is an estate peopled by wealthy Kay Prescott and her overly handsome husband, Adam. With them is Kay’s ideal daughter, Lisa. Into this idyllic appearing family comes a newcomer, secretary and au pair, Diana. Like the other central characters, she’s beautiful, bright and energetic. She has a hanger-on sort of semi-boyfriend named Bob Taylor. Like the rest of the group, he too is bright, good looking, possessed of many physical and mental attributes. And like the rest of the group, he is not exactly what he seems.
There are some well-written, exciting scenes, and generous if circumspect dollops of sex, violence, murder and other chicanery, all of which makes this book longer than it needs to be, more complicated than it needs to be and thus, not as satisfying as it could be.
What a roller coaster of a ride. You think you have it figured out....not. You can read the synopsis, but no spoilers here. This was one heck of a debut.
Quick Bite: I wanted to love it, but I barely liked it.
What It’s About: When wealthy society matron Kate Prescott hires the lovely young Diana to be a nanny for her daughter Lisa, she thinks she’s found the perfect companion for both of them. But Diana and Kate’s husband Adam are both Keeping Deadly Secrets, naturally.
A Word From The Nerd: Despite a ton of reviews and appearing on best-of lists, I thought that Precipice was just OK. The twists were decent, the setting was brilliant, and the Antigone bits were an unexpected treat. (Am I the only person who thinks that there just aren’t enough Sophocles references anymore?) But the writing style was just… prissy. I get that the book is about super wealthy people in a sort-of isolated setting. But it takes place in the early 90s, and the whole thing felt like it was written by a pearl-clutching spinster at least fifty years before then. There were also too many characters using multiple names to keep track of, and transitions between narrators weren’t always clear. I spent way too much time backing up to see what I’d missed.
The Nerd’s Rating: TWO HAPPY NEURONS (and some pale blue stationery, for all my murder-plotting needs.)
Precipice was enjoyable enough. Savage does a very good job at misdirecting the reader. I had ideas of what was happening along the way, but by the end of the novel, I realized I wasn't even close. It does have a few weaknesses though. One of the issues is the portrayal of Lisa. She is the 12 turning 13 daughter of the main characters. She is written more as an 8 year old, not a teenager. I don't know any teenagers that act the way she does. The other issue is the character of Adam. Excellent. Seriously though, after so many of his thoughts, the author uses Excellent, or Perfect. I know it's meant to portray his superiority, but it is so annoying. You could play a drinking game for every time he thinks the word Excellent, but you wouldn't last long. Precipice is a bit of a mixed bag, but not a bad way to spend some time.
RIVETING! The novel opens with a mailman discovering a 6 year old holding a bloody knife with her mother dead and bleeding out in the next room. A well-crafted murder suspense story that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Just when you think you have it figured out, Savage throws in another crazy twist. Couldn't put it down. Wow!
I don’t remember what prompted me to try Tom Savage’s Precipice but I do know what made me quit in the middle of chapter 2. Nothing really "wrong" with the book, just nothing period. What used to be called a potboiler. "He strode into the lobby ...", "The hot, soothing spray pounded into Adam’s flesh." Fine for them as like it, but I don’t.
Precipice was very very good, held my interest and kept you reading to find out what was going on. I read this one after the others, and this one was my least favorite-although very good, just my least favorite of Tom's books!!!!!!
A bit of a kludge if you ask me. I guess there were many 'twists' but basically the author just kept making it more and more convoluted. And the heavy use of misleading pronouns made for difficulty in following who the author was talking about. Mildly recommended.
I enjoyed this book and, in true thriller fashion, found it to be page turning with plenty of surprises. This book followed a young girl whose intentions are unclear as she becomes a nanny to a young girl and a friend of sorts to the girl's mother. Lots of different characters and changing names, disguises and perspectives made it fun to read.
It was the early 2000’s and I was looking for a new mystery to read and I came across a book called Precipice by an author I had never heard of named, Tom Savage. I read the synopsis and thought, this seems like it may be a good book and I was not disappointed. After I finished Precipice for the first time, I sought out other books written by Savage and found only three others (at the time). Well, I rushed out and purchased them as well. I am now revisiting all of those books and excited to see that he has written more since I finished Inheritance, which was the last book he had written at the time. After finishing Precipice, now for the second time, I remember why I was so completely taken by his writing. Savage is such an amazing storyteller, he draws the reader in with his words and just gives you permission to get lost in the story. In Precipice, he grabs you from the very first word and doesn’t let go until the last page. He also has a way of fooling you into thinking you know what is going on and then you turn the page and you’re thinking “wait a minute, what?!?!”. Trust me, you will never be disappointed after reading one of Tom Savage’s books.
This book had some of the greatest plot twists I have ever read.
The plot seemed to be fairly straightforward at first, but then things kept piling up and up and up and eventually it grew into something huge and amazing, all in a book of just over four hundred pages, and I loved it. The characters were fairly interesting, too - I only really connected to a few of them, but none of them were boring.
One of the things I thought this book did very well was how it incorporated the past into the present. The prologue gives us a bit of the past without naming any names, and by the time the book is over, we are told how that's significant, and it's not just to give the main character 'a tragic past.'
Overall, a good book with a fantastic plot and decent characters.
Καλό, με αγωνία και μυστήριο, ευκολοδιάβαστο αλλά ως εκεί.
"Φόνος από τη στιγμή που της πέρασε αυτή η ιδέα από το μυαλό, δεν σταμάτησε ποτέ να τη σκέφτεται. 'Ετσι ξεκινάει η τρομακτική ιστορία μιας οικογένειας και μιας μυστηριώδους νέας γυναίκας, που ήταν μοιραίο να συναντηθούν στο ωραιότερο μέρος του κόσμου και να παίξουν ένα παράξενο, φονικό παιχνίδι με ψέματα, απάτη, αρρωστημένο ερωτικό πάθος και λυσσαλέα εκδίκηση. Στο τροπικό νησί Σεντ Τόμας, στην άκρη ενός γκρεμού πάνω από την Καραϊβική θάλασσα, υψώνεται το μεγαλόπρεπο σπίτι όπου ζει η οικογένεια Πρέσκοτ: η Κέι, η ωραία, πλούσια χήρα, ο 'Ανταμ, ο δεύτερος"
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Una mujer que es un drama y jura que su vida es una tragedia griega, se mete dentro una casa, para ser niñera y ganarse la confianza de sus habitantes, aunque ...
No cuento mas, para no spoilear a nadie, pero si bien el libro esta lleno de clichés ( esposa confiada pero que duda del marido, marido esquivo, niña hiperactiva, anciana quisquillosa,detective enamorado...) el libro es entretenido, aunque algo enrevesado, pero tiene un par de giros a la mitad que le dan fuerza, ya que en algunos momentos se vuelve algo lento y estático, y aun asi, lo recomiendo.