Book Info
Name of Book : The Visitors
Author : Catherine Burns
Publisher : Legend Press
Publication Date : 29 Dec 2017
No. of Pages : 288
Format : Digital
Why did I choose the book ?
I read The Visitors by Catherine Burns with my book buddies. It was suggested by one of my book buddies.
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Author Introduction
Born in Manchester, Catherine Burns is a graduate of Trinity College Cambridge. She worked as a bond trader in London before studying at the Moscow Institute of Film, and teaching film theory at Salford University. 'The Visitors' is her debut novel.
Blurb
Can you escape the darkness within?
Marion Zetland lives with her domineering older brother, John in a decaying Georgian townhouse on the edge of a northern seaside resort. A timid spinster in her fifties who still sleeps with teddy bears, Marion does her best to shut out the shocking secret that John keeps in the cellar.
Until, suddenly, John has a heart attack and Marion is forced to go down to the cellar herself and face the gruesome truth that her brother has kept hidden.
As questions are asked and secrets unravel, maybe John isn't the only one with a dark side.
My Opinion
The Visitors by Catherine Burns is a psychological thriller that has a good start, stumbles in between, and collapses by the end. The storyline is good, but the climax was so illogical that it spoiled everything. Marion's character was good, and while reading, you are going to feel pity for her. But, in the later half, her character was so annoying. Actually, the whole plot is just about Marion. I could not see much about other characters, which would have boosted interest. And the climax ruined the last hope I had. The book deserves 2 stars, and I definitely would not recommend it to anyone.
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