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Jane Harper's third novel and even though there is a clever link to her bestseller The Dry this really is a stand alone. Largely a tale of family interaction her amazing strength as a writer is how she depicts the Australian landscape in all its desolation and harshness so much so that it becomes an integral character in her story. She skilfully weaves the strands together and although there is a slight slow spot in the middle this is an extremely well crafted novel which comes to a very satisfy
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As usual, Jane Harper's writing was true-blue Aussie and atmospheric. I also read this book while 2019 bushfires were raging throughout Australia, so it was doubly extra atmospheric.
This was a story about family, small community, and surviving in outback wilderness. In addition to painting vivid images of how deadly Australian deserts could be, Harper also didn't shy away from using Aussie slang (more than her previous two books) which made the dialogues extra authentic. While this was a featur ...more
This was a story about family, small community, and surviving in outback wilderness. In addition to painting vivid images of how deadly Australian deserts could be, Harper also didn't shy away from using Aussie slang (more than her previous two books) which made the dialogues extra authentic. While this was a featur ...more
Jul 29, 2021
Natalie Manuel
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it was amazing
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I really enjoyed this from the very first page.
Incredibly evocative writing, you get a real sense of the heat, the isolation, the 'feel' of the land.
The dialogue is excellent - you get a real sense of the characters and they feel like real Australians.
Thematically you have an exploration of inter-generational trauma, domestic violence, toxic masculinity, sibling rivalry, and sexual assault. It is multi-faceted but handled well.
The mystery was pretty good, I couldn't figure it out and while it w ...more
Incredibly evocative writing, you get a real sense of the heat, the isolation, the 'feel' of the land.
The dialogue is excellent - you get a real sense of the characters and they feel like real Australians.
Thematically you have an exploration of inter-generational trauma, domestic violence, toxic masculinity, sibling rivalry, and sexual assault. It is multi-faceted but handled well.
The mystery was pretty good, I couldn't figure it out and while it w ...more
There are three Bright brothers, but one of them is dead, and the other two brothers meet at the border of their two properties where his body was found at the stockman’s grave, an old landmark in the middle of the Queensland outback. The Bright family’s quiet life is turned upside down as they try to figure out why Cameron was out at the stockman’s grave, and so far from his car. The writing is so descriptive and powerful, you can feel the unrelenting heat of the Queensland outback and the isol
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Jul 07, 2019
Renee
marked it as to-read
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