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Description: The Girl in the Red Coat : Paperback : Faber & Faber : 9780571313266 : 0571313264 : 24 Dec 2015 : Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa First Novel Award Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different - sensitive, distracted, with an heartstopping tendency to go missing. When she takes Carmel for an outing to a local festival, her worst fear is realised: Carmel disappears into the crowd. The Book Depository The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780571313266
MPN: 0571313264
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Author: Butterflylady
Rating: 5
Review: Eight year old Carmel goes missing at a reading festival and is abducted by a man who persuades her that he’s her grandfather. He, in fact, belongs to a religious cult. She finds herself on a very strange journey indeed whilst her mother, Beth, is frantically trying the find her, never giving up hope of being reunited with her child. This is a beautifully written story about love, loss and survival. The voices of Carmel and Beth are very realistic. They are such resilient and determined characters, showing much strength in their adversity. I was totally immersed in both Carmel’s and Beth’s journeys, there is an acute sense of Beth’s angst and isolation and Carmel’s bewilderment and her all abiding spirit. There is also a sense of unease throughout. I read this book via the Pigeonhole app and eagerly awaited each stave every day. A riveting and emotional read which I can highly recommend. I look forward to reading the sequel, The Lost Girls, in due course.
Author: Peliroja
Rating: 3
Review: This started off intriguingly and I liked the way it was written in the two voices of mother and daughter who become separated at a book fair and lose each other for.......well.....that would be telling! However, the two voices weren't different enough - if I picked the book up in the middle of a chapter it took me a few moments to work out who was speaking. Also, it was like the writer had been on a course - the writing was so flowery it was annoying - almost like she'd been taught: Why Use One Simile When 25 Will Do? It really interrupted the flow. I also found the geography of where Carmel was difficult to visualise for the first half of the book. It was cold. It was hot. This was pretty much all we were told. (We did know which continent she was on.) Like another reviewer I was baffled as to why all the clues Carmel had left along the way as to her whereabouts weren't picked up on. What was the point of them then? The ending was abrupt and only told via one of the narrators. I would have liked to hear both. But an interesting debut and I did like the story. I will certainly look out for Mis Hamer's next book.
