The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter - The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Jane Harper is one of my favorite authors, with The Dry and The Lost Man two of my favorite books in recent years. This book was one of my most anticipated books of the year. The premise for the story is a promising one, but it's poorly executed and somewhat muddled and confusing. Deceased aircraft passengers become killers for reasons that are not entirely convincing or properly explained, and the same applies to much of the story.

The atmosphere took this book from 4-star to 5-star read for me. Much of the story is set in seaside caves that the local teens enjoy exploring—but flood when the tide comes in. Wat 200 pagina’s lang een sfeervolle, zorgvuldig opgebouwde, maar niet écht opmerkelijke terugblik op de jeugd van drie Zweedse broers lijkt, wordt plots een kostbaar kleinood dat je onmiddellijk opnieuw wilt lezen. Uno dei migliori amici di Keiran è Sean, fratello minore di Toby, l’altro morto in quel tremendo incidente. E Sean è ovviamente lo zio di Liam, figlio di Toby, che all’epoca era un bambino di sette anni, e ancora adesso, dodici anni dopo, accusa Keiran di essere la causa della morte di suo padre, lo incolpa di avergli rovinato l’esistenza. so even though this wasnt the best reading experience due to editing issues, i still think the story itself is a really good one. Although Jane Harper juggles a large cast of characters, there’s a clarity to her writing that keeps all personalities and strands of the plot in focus. Everything feels naturalistic and believable.

His book, The Nowhere Men, a study of football scouts, won The Times Sports Book of the Year prize in 2014. He became the first author to receive the award in successive years, when Proud, his collaboration with former Wales and British Lions rugby captain Gareth Thomas, was named Sports Book of the Year in 2015.

James Herbert’s 1976 tale, The Survivor, seemed like it would be right up my alley. And for over 3/4 of it, it was. And then there was the ending. Ugh. This is a story of grief, guilt and blame which weighs heavily on people and this is depicted really well and at times, very movingly. As you would expect from Jane Harper this is extremely well written and is an excellent portrait of a small community with suspicion hanging over it and the devastation that can cause. There are tantalising hints about the past and events in the present in this slow burner of a novel. In places I find the pace is a bit too slow in the first 50% but the pace increases in the second half as the mystery deepens and mistrust strengthens. This half makes for gripping reading as you really don’t know who to trust, who to believe and you cast your eye over everyone. I think the outcome is a good surprise and fits well with those tantalising hints! I love the atmosphere that the author creates using the weather to great effect and especially the past storm, she uses the ebb and flow of the cold ocean to symbolise the attitudes of the inhabitants of Evelyn Bay. This really resonates with me and it is as if you are actually present on the shore. I love the use of the dangerous caves which hide as much as the people do and are an excellent metaphor for submerged secrets. The character development is really good especially in Kieran’s family and you feel so much is weighing on his mother Verity's shoulders. I did get nervous occasionally but mostly with Kieran's parenting skills. The places that little baby went was scary. huh. im a little perplexed with this one. while the story still bears JHs trademark storytelling, a creeping narrative with complex characters and atmospheric setting, theres just something off about the editing of this one.Jane Harper, after just two of her books, The Lost Man and The Survivors, ranks up there with my favorite authors. Now I'm on to audios of The Dry and Force of Nature. I'm looking forward to the next book that Jane Harper writes and hope it's not too far into the future. A slow moving, deliberate thriller that delves into the lives of those haunted by the past tragedies. I really enjoyed this book. (It made me late leaving for work twice because I just wanted to finish the chapter…) Overall, despite my thoughts on the first part this is a really good, exceptionally well written and atmospheric slow burner with a fantastic setting in Tasmania, which I recommend.