Booklist (starred review). The book is on the longer side for a suspense novel of this type I felt and the plot is very slowly unraveled. I was drawn to Greenwich Park because the idea of a world where the filtered facade presented to the world doesn't match the fractured reality is something I am always fascinated reading about. Then her face snaps back at me, her eyes wide, her fingers pressed to her mouth. She was was practically gaslit at times by another character, but she also had the worst memory ever and let a harmful situation (Rachel) into her house and then just forgot how bad everything was? We aren't shown the subsequent court case after Daniel is arrested. Discuss if a breaking point was inevitable in the lives of Helen and her family. Plus, receive recommendations for your next Book Club read. Just at this moment, a girl walks in, slamming the door behind her. Discuss the difficulty of coming to terms with knowing that someone isn't who they've made themselves out to be. There was no way back. While I found the ending satisfying I was a bit put off that the last bit was basically just Selena summing up what happened as she thought she was going to get away with it. Throughout the book, Greenwich Park is in the process of renovation, undergoing significant change that coincides with Helen's pregnancy. Regardless of what happened to her in the past, she has a history of making stupid and destructive life decisions and honestly at no point did I ever feel sympathy for her.
Search for a book to add a reference. I am growing less fond of books where the protagonist is a vu... ". "One of the best debuts I've read in a long time... Intelligently plotted, with several completely unexpected gut-punches along the way, Greenwich Park is both a psychologically complex and hugely entertaining novel - in short, the perfect thriller. " Domestic thriller fans should take a look. "
'Faulkner offers a clever spin on an expanding subcategory of psychological thrillers set during maternity leave... A twisty, fast-paced read'. It's so blatantly obvious that there is an agenda behind Rachel's sudden appearance but of course this doesn't occur to Helen until halfway through the novel. The novel unfolds with an enigmatic desperate letter penned by someone incarcerated in prison, written to Helen, who we meet in the opening chapter. There is always an edge of danger and threat when she is around. Greenwich Park is an absorbing and intelligent novel which manages to do that very rare thing of having characters who we may dislike, but creates such a connection with them that means we are compelled to follow their stories right to the end. A perfectionist in many ways she dreamed of the perfect life with Daniel and her new baby, surrounded by friends and her remaining family. The mention of pregnancy and anti natal classes always makes me anxious so I was immediately on edge from the beginning of this book. For my first Buzzworthy 2022 Book, I'm so excited to recommend Katherine Faulkner's outstanding domestic thriller GREENWICH PARK, which will hit US bookstores on January 25th. Helen, due to complications with previous pregnancies, was on doctor-prescribed early maternity leave. And that's what I want, more than anything. Whatever you did, you didn't deserve what happened next.
While thinking of leaving the class, it is then that Rachel, bursts into the classroom and Helen's life. And the fact of him being the father of Serena's baby was another surprise! Daniel had to work late and Serena had a last-minute change of heart. Greenwich Park is a fantastic debut from an author to watch. I felt maybe slightly sorry for Helen at times but she also annoyed me with her niavity and clinginess.
I feel a plummeting panic. The remaining characters were all well developed, and the reader has no difficulty seeing them as real people. 'Meticulously crafted and deeply satisfying' ~ CHARLOTTE PHILBY. It was fun to try to determine whether Helen or Serena or both were unreliable narrators. THE TOP TWENTY BESTSELLER. It took awhile for me to really get into the story because Helen, who is the main storyteller, is so unlikeable. Did I always like them? Helen and Serena are both expecting babies at the exact same time, and Serena is married to Helen's brother Rory.
Message 5: Feb 22, 2022 11:05PM. So when Helen decides to book herself, Daniel, Helen's brother, Rory and his pregnant wife, Serena, into an NCT class, Helen is full of hope and excitement. "Deliciously dark and deftly plotted. When the police arrive at Helen's doorstep, we receive our first in-text confirmation that things with Rachel, though always somewhat mysterious, have indeed taken a turn for the grim. Helen's idyllic life—handsome architect husband, gorgeous Victorian house, and cherished baby on the way (after years of trying)—begins to change the day she attends her first prenatal class and meets Rachel, an unpredictable single mother-to-be. I'm still not sure which.
For Rachel knows something that could turn Helen's perfectly conventional world upside down. I feel the trickle of my anxiety begin, the nerve center at the back of my head starting to alarm. The girl picks up the drink she has brought for me. I would think *anyone* would be skeptical but curious to at least hear what she had to say. Reflect on whether this exercise was easy or difficult to do.
Sonia, still standing in front of the flip chart with her red marker pen held aloft, eyes the girl coldly. Unlike Helen, she finds pregnancy invigorating. Rachel doesn't seem very maternal: she smokes, drinks, and professes little interest in parenthood. The reader is able to closely follow Helen's pregnancy since sections of the novel are distinguished by how far along Helen is in her term. Frankly, I found I was not fond of Helen all that much, though clearly, she is the main character in the novel. The author also deftly dips into the past—via memories and cryptic testimonies of unidentified narrators. The women begin to shift in their chairs, exchange raised eyebrows, un- comfortable glances. 'A fantastically addictive read' ABIGAIL DEAN. I really hated that it seemed Selena was getting away, especially after I realised Helen's baby was impacted by Selena drugging Helen without her knowledge. I knew there had to be someone else involved. Katherine Faulkner has written a book that is both riveting and tense, a proper page-turner that really is an addictive read.
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