“Ljudi koji te vole, oni kojima je doista stalo, uvijek će ti se vratiti.”
Šesnaest godina nakon misterioznog nestanka, Rachel Price iznenada se pojavljuje – i to usred snimanja dokumentarca o vlastitom nestanku. Njezina sada osamnaestogodišnja kći Bel ne vjeruje u majčinu priču o tome gdje je bila sve te godine, pa odlučuje pokrenuti vlastitu istragu…
Holly Jackson sam otkrila kroz serijal Savršeno ubojstvo i već me prva knjiga oduševila, pa sam s velikim očekivanjima krenula i u ovu. Ipak, prvih stotinjak stranica nisu me uspjeli dovoljno zainteresirati – radnja je bila spora, a moj entuzijazam je splasnuo. Srećom, nakon tog početnog dijela priča dobiva zamah i ostatak knjige sam pročitala gotovo u dahu.
Unatoč sporijem početku, Povratak Rachel Price se razvija u napet i uzbudljiv triler – pravi page-turner. Do samog kraja nisam imala pojma tko je krivac, tko su dobri, a tko loši likovi, niti kako će sve završiti. Kao i inače kada čitam trilere bila sam potpuno zbunjena – baš kao da sam i sama lik u knjizi, šokirana razvojem događaja.
Što se tiče likova – Bel mi je bila sjajna! Njezin čangrizavi, tvrdoglavi karakter dao je priči dodatnu živost i autentičnost. Rachel, s druge strane, išla mi je poprilično na živce – njezino ponašanje i reakcije često su mi bile iritantne. A Carter mi je ostala neuvjerljiva – kao da nije dovoljno razrađena da bih je mogla doživjeti kao stvarnu osobu.
Sve u svemu ako ste uživali u serijalu Savršeno ubojstvo, ova knjiga će vas sigurno zainteresirati. Holly Jackson još jednom potvrđuje da zna pisati jako dobre trilere.
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“People were temporary. It was the one thing you could count on: people always left.”
The Reappearance of Rachel Price – Holly Jackson
Sixteen years after her mysterious disappearance, Rachel Price suddenly appears – in the middle of filming a documentary about her own disappearance. Her now eighteen-year-old daughter Bel does not believe her mother’s story about where she has been all these years, so she decides to launch her own investigation…
I discovered Holly Jackson through A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series which I loved from the very first book, so I went into this one with high expectations. However, the first hundred or so pages failed to interest me enough – the plot was slow, and my enthusiasm waned. Fortunately, after that initial part, the story gains momentum and I read the rest of the book almost in one breath.
Despite the slow start, The Reappearance of Rachel Price develops into a tense and exciting thriller – a real page-turner. Until the very end, I had no idea who was guilty, who the good and bad characters were, or how it would all end. As usual when I read thrillers, I was completely clueless – it was as if I were a character in the book myself, shocked by the development of events.
As for the characters – I loved Bel! Her grumpy, stubborn personality gave the story extra life and authenticity. Rachel, on the other hand, got on my nerves quite a bit – her behavior and reactions were often irritating. And Carter remained unconvincing – as if she wasn’t developed enough for me to see her as a real person.
Overall, if you enjoyed A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series, you will definitely be interested in this book. Holly Jackson once again confirms that she knows how to write very good thrillers.
