Laura McHugh
Autor/a de The Weight of Blood: A Novel
Sobre l'autor
Laura McHugh is an Australian author who won an International Thriller Award 2015 in the Best First Novel category with her title, The Weight of Blood. (Bowker Author Biography)
Crèdit de la imatge: Laura McHugh
Obres de Laura McHugh
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Fort Madison, Iowa, USA
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 5
- Membres
- 1,437
- Popularitat
- #17,900
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 210
- ISBN
- 54
- Llengües
- 2
- Preferit
- 1
McHugh again does a brilliant job of building the setting. Beaumont Missouri is a small town that the younger residents can't wait to leave. There's a heaviness to the town, dusty, dirty and worn with nothing to redeem it. Some folks get out - with a sigh of relief. Some stay. And some go missing...
Sisters Amelia and Kylee's older cousin Grace, is one of the missing. The girls are determined once again to try and find out what happened to her. Someone has to know something. And yes, omeone does indeed know something...
McHugh's prose are dark and gritty. There are moments where the sun shines through, letting hope in. And times where the 'wrong' comes to visit.
The plotting was excellent - with a finale that I couldn't predict. The ending was apt and right - I wish I knew what happened after the last page. An excellent read for me.… (més)