Emily Arsenault
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- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, USA
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Statistik
- Verk
- 9
- Medlemmar
- 1,426
- Popularitet
- #18,045
- Betyg
- 3.4
- Recensioner
- 180
- ISBN
- 57
- Språk
- 2
In Search of the Rose Notes is as much about learning from the past as it was about the mystery of who killed Rose. Everybody had something to hide, or find the truth about or discover the meaning behind thanks to this one girl's death. Nora and Charlotte confront what they were really doing when they were 'investigating' Rose going missing. Nora dredges up memories that affected her even as she repressed them. The Town in general comes to terms with the ultimate revelation of what happened that night and Rose's part in it.
Its interesting to me to see how the back and forth narration played out. Arsenault jumps between the 'now', before Rose went missing, just after Rose went missing and high school years for the girls. It felt like a cause and effect dynamic that I found worked for the overall story. Instead of the characters reminiscing about these moments in time the story would just flow into them, giving the overall experience a much more genuine feel. Thankfully Arsenault dates the back and forth, otherwise there could be confusion.
The overall tone of the book is tense. As Nora puts the pieces together, reluctantly at first, but then with more intensity, you can almost FEEL like you know what is going on. Several times I thought I understood--if not who did it, at least the motivation behind it. As a fan of police procedural and mystery shows I thought confidently say one thing and then be proven wrong with the next memory. Its not that Arsenault was tossing red herrings out left and right, but more she set up many plausible scenarios.
Though the last one, the one proven to be the actual reason behind her death, seemed odd. After all the build up she died because of that? As I said before, I enjoyed it for what it was and can't complain.
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