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Loading... Splitter (original 2009; edition 2010)by Sebastian Fitzek
Work InformationSplinter by Sebastian Fitzek (2009)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I didn't like this book at all probably because I'm not clever enough to follow it - and unlike some books which I have problems with at first reading this one didn't incentivise me to reread. Not often I ditch a book so soon after purchase. Bewildering, disorienting, but a page turner. The narration from POV of character who doesn't remember, and the author seems to deliberately blur what's real and what's perception, so it's fairly confusing, but very effective at pulling you in. The ending though - complete disappointment, bleeding out all the tension and interest. (The translation also seems clunky to me – one step below 'plain' thriller prose. "Ironical" – really?! ) Overall, quite sad, bleak ( think the epilogue is supposed to make it less bleak, along with the newspaper cuttings used to wrap up the loose ends, but – didn't really do it for me, especially after that reveal! This book had me gripped from chapter to chapter as each ended in a cliffhanger. I was dying to find out what was happening as reality appeared to jump forward and backward and morph all around. The ride felt exhilarating for a while, but as we got to the end... I've never felt so let down! I didn't understand the level of deception once the motive was revealed. It felt like the author had a great concept for a book, a mystery memory experiment, but was too lazy to think of a reason for the experiment. Very disappointing. The two stars are for keeping me gripped along the way, but oh that ending...such a disapointment. no reviews | add a review
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A fast-paced, utterly unputdownable psychological thriller from a German bestseller: what if we could permanently erase our most terrifying memories? And what could go wrong? No library descriptions found.
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