#Tina Seskis

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Ce n’est peut-être pas un coup de cœur mais l’histoire est marquante !

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Resenha, Indo Longe Demais | Desencaixados

UMA FAMíLIA PERFEITA, UMA VIDA FELIZ. POR QUE EMILY RESOLVEU FUGIR?

Título: Indo Longe Demais

Autor(a): Tina Seskis

Gênero: Suspense

Páginas: 306

Editora: Record

Adquira Aqui: Amazon

Sinopse: “UMA FAMíLIA PERFEITA, UMA VIDA FELIZ. POR QUE EMILY RESOLVEU FUGIR? Emily Coleman tem uma vida aparentemente feliz, um filho adorável e um marido perfeito, mas, numa certa manhã, decide deixar tudo para trás... Para onde ir agora? O que fazer? Emily está perdida, sozinha no mundo e, por mais que ela tente, não consegue fugir de um passado perturbador.”

Disposto a entregar uma grande mensagem sobre a vida e traumas do passado, Indo Longe Demais se compromete a mostrar para o leitor o que há de pior nas consequências de uma irresponsabilidade emocional. A escritora Tina Seskis não só cria uma linha narrativa repleta de mistérios, como também provoca o seu público para imaginar até onde alguém pode ir depois de um descontrole psicológico e uma dor quase incurável.

A trama começa com Emily Coleman fugindo da sua casa, abandonado seu marido e todos que ela ama, em seguida, muda seu nome e segue um caminho aleatório na sua jornada, sem se preocupar com o que fazer vai fazer depois. Logo após a premissa, e depois da leitura das primeiras páginas, já é notório que a decisão da personagem está associada a um desequilíbrio emocional e uma forma de lidar com seus problemas, no caso, literalmente uma fuga. Em seguida, a história é trabalhada entre passado e presente, e assim conhecemos a infância de Emily que, não convenientemente, é onde se encontra as informações mais necessárias.

Mas antes de tudo, será dito alguns spoilers presente no início do livro, visto que não são informações apresentadas na sinopse, mas aqui será preciso citá-las. Emily possui uma irmã gêmea chamada Caroline Coleman, na qual se torna a peça principal de toda história. A necessidade de falar sobre Caroline se faz necessária pois os temas que o livro pretende trabalhar convergem para a personagem, que se torna o reflexo de tudo presente na obra.

“Era mais fácil decidir se deveria comer um quarto ou metade de uma laranja no café da manhã do que escolher quem deveria morrer primeiro, a mãe ou a irmã.” (Página 60)

A relação de Emily e Caroline é fruto dos problemas não tão raros assim entre irmãos, como o exagero competitivo pela atenção dos pais, a inveja e o desejo de se tornar mais especial que o outro. Emily não demonstra tanto esses problemas, mas Caroline transborda todos eles, e isso constrói uma personalidade totalmente oposto da sua irmã. Porém, o mais interessante disso tudo, é perceber como a infância das duas irmãs reflete na fase adulta de ambas, como se fossem feridas que nunca cicatrizaram e parecem sempre causar dor.  

Tudo que foi dito anteriormente possui, de alguma forma, relação com as atitudes de Emily no presente, mas falar sobre isso já seria spoiler. O que se pode falar, é que nada é tão sutil quanto aparenta ser. Já no presente, a autora Tina Seskis constrói algumas analogias interessantes, como o fato da personagem principal tentar se tornar o oposto do que sempre foi na sua vida toda até então, como se tentasse assumir o papel da própria irmã. Com isso, acaba se tornando uma jornada de autodescoberta, um olhar sobre o mundo diferente do que sempre teve.

Os outros personagens na trama possuem grande importância para a história, mesmo ainda não sendo citados aqui. O marido de Emily, nomeado de Ben, é essencial para criar uma ponte de sentimentos com a protagonista, na qual o casal origina um romance com muita química. Mas os pais da personagem principal são os que tem mais peso narrativo, principalmente a mãe, que em certos momentos podem ser interpretados como vilões ou como vítimas.

“Caroline se aproximou e passou os braços ao redor dele e o abraçou em silêncio enquanto ele chorava, fora de si por causa da cerveja, da dor e da solidão.” (Página 227)

A habilidade de Seskis em manipular o leitor surpreende, numa leitura que pensamos está sempre ciente de tudo o que está acontecendo, no entanto, não é bem assim. O leitor é induzido a criar diversas teorias de maneira quase inconsciente, mas a autora não se preocupa com o desejo e a carência de revelações por parte de quem está lendo, e constrói tudo com palavras bem escolhidas e o momento certo para cada tipo de situação. Depois de tudo isso, o público finalmente pode apreciar um plot twist impressionante.

Indo Longe Demais trabalha com uma descarga emocional muito forte, que causa impacto no leitor e faz refletir sobre como alguém pode influenciar a vida de outra pessoa a partir do seu comportamento com ela, uma espécie de efeito borboleta focado nos sentimentos. É justamente essa discussão que dá origem a um livro psicologicamente rico, capaz de realmente fazer entender quando alguém chega no seu limite e começa ir longe demais.

Por  Paulo Olin Francês

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Home Truths by Tina Seskis

Home Truths by Tina Seskis

About the Book

A strong marriage can cope with the unexpected. But can it survive the unimaginable?

American nanny Eleanor was never meant to meet Alex. But when she walks into his London police station to report a stalker, everything changes for them both. He’s convinced he can protect her from anything and anyone. She hopes her darkest days are behind her.

As they settle into their life…

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here’s my anti-recs that no one asked for:

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson) -  Local white boy at a party has opinions and wants to share them with you. Also, likes to remind you how much he got laid in his earlier years. 

One Step Too Far (Tina Seskis) - This book had the dumbest, most annoying “twist” in any psychological thriller I have ever read. And boy, I have read a lot. 

The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek (Rhett McLaughlin) - this was incredibly boring and read like a bad YA novel but what made me so offended was this was nominated for Goodreads’s best horror when it was not best anything

Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders) - this book gets a lot of love and praise and I don’t understand a damn piece of it. This was a confusing mess that made no sense to me. 

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« je crois que je ne pourrai plus jamais mettre les pieds dans un endroit où je ne serai pas totalement dingue de toi »

Partir - Tina Seskis

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Teaser Tuesday #13

Buon martedì lettori.

Dopo due giorni di shopping natalizio (sì, alla fine ce l’ho fatta a comprare tutti i regali) eccomi qui, sopravvissuta al tutto, pronta per un nuovo Teaser Tuesday!!

In questa rubrica pubblico solo qualche riga di un libro che ho letto, in una pagina qualunque, cercando di scegliere paragrafi che facciano nascere in voi interesse per il libro che vi propongo.…

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The Honeymoon by Tina Seskis

The Honeymoon by Tina Seskis

If Jemma needs anything at all then it is probably some sessions with a therapist and a thorough evaluation of her mental health, because she comes off as completely crazy. Talk about unreliable narrator.

Jemma wakes up on her honeymoon to find her brand new husband gone. Instead of telling anyone she decides to wait around a bit to see if he turns up, which of course makes her look terribly…

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Review: The Honeymoon by Tina Seskis

Mysterious thrillers tend to be what I crave during the summer months. There’s something weirdly relaxing about them and I love playing detective. When I heard about The Honeymoon, I immediately requested it from NetGalley and was delighted when I got approved. I’ve never read a Tina Seskis book before but I’m pretty sure I will again!

Jemma is on honeymoon in the beautiful paradise that is the Maldives. The island has always been her dream honeymoon destination and she’s here with her brand new husband. So she should be in a state of wedded bliss, shouldn’t she? But he has vanished without a trace after a night of drunken stupidity. His scuba diving mask, snorkel and flippers have gone too. The search has begun but Jemma has no idea who she can trust -perhaps not even herself.

Who doesn’t love an unreliable narrator? The phrase may as well have been invented to describe Jemma. Almost from the very start, I took a bit of a dislike to her. She comes across as superficial, fickle and at times unfairly critical but you’re not supposed to like her. Seskis presents a narrator who is fascinatingly unlikeable. Even though you’re not connecting with her on a personal level or anything like that, she is intriguing and obviously suspicious which makes her irresistible to established psychological thriller fans.

The Honeymoon is not short on twists. In fact, the first one (no less than 20% in) physically startled me and I actually had to go back through the book to see if I’d missed something huge just to check that I’d got it right. Turned out that it was the first of many curveballs that Seskis’ clever writing had managed to throw past me.

‘It seems that even trauma can be normalised through structure.’

‘She wouldn’t waste time here being miserable,what was the point? Make the most of life, that was her motto. You never knew when happiness would be snatched away from you.’

While the search is taking place, Jemma’s narrative constantly switches from typical hysterically anxious bride to a woman who has accepted the inevitable and is already trying to move on. There were several points where she didn’t strike me as a woman whose husband had suddenly gone missing -almost as if she’d have preferred to come to the island alone. Of course, this often disinterested attitude is another piece of evidence against Jemma being the culprit but still, there’s an unshakeable feeling that perhaps she is innocent.

Between chapters set on the island, we get a third-person perspective view of Jemma’s last eight years. We build up a picture of how Jemma came to be married to her husband and the complications of their relationship. There are a few romantic passages such as the one above but they are few and far between -and not always with the expected partner! The way she expresses love and affection is so stilted and often cold that it becomes obvious that she has problems with it. Again, Seskis vividly paints her narrator as a possible suspect in her husband’s disappearance.

As the book races towards the end, fellow honeymooners Chrissy and Kenny who Jemma is friendly with also seem to be suspects in the case. Their presence in the novel appears to be for the purpose of illustrating that even the most ‘perfect’ couple have their conflicts and also to throw yet more possibilities into the mix.

The Honeymoon constantly plays with the reader’s mind. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, something happens or someone says something that completely throws your theory out of the window. The final twist leaps out of the trees like a terrifying monster that you never imagined in your wildest darkest nightmares. I am still thinking about the ending and I think I will be for a very long time. It actually prompted me to do a little bit of Googling to try to see where Seskis had got her inspiration. It was so gruesome and unexpected that I felt it must have been based on truth, as surely no one could have imagined such a finish. I didn’t find an awful lot on the matter so whether it was based on truth remains to be seen. Thoroughly disturbing and incredibly addictive, The Honeymoon is a must-read this summer for those who love a mystery but who have a strong stomach.

‘How long did it take to really, properly know someone?’

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rhia reviews | The Honeymoon by Tina Seskis

rhia reviews | THE HONEYMOON by Tina Seskis

For as long as she can remember, Jemma has been planning the perfect honeymoon. A fortnight’s retreat to a five-star resort in the Maldives, complete with luxury villas, personal butlers and absolute privacy. It should be paradise, but it’s turned into a nightmare. Because the man Jemma married a week ago has just disappeared from the island without a trace. And now her perfect new life is…

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The Honeymoon - Tina Seskis

The Honeymoon – Tina Seskis

I think it’s safe to say that this book wasn’t at all what I expected.  On the honeymoon of a lifetime in the Maldives, Jemma’s new husband goes missing. Is he dead or alive? Has he been kidnapped or had second thoughts & run away? Here begins our mystery in paradise.  Through flashback chapters we start to uncover the complications in Jamie & Jemma’s relationship (I mean, if you’re going to…

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Emily Coleman, dans un train pour Londres, devient Catherine Brown et laisse tout derrière elle pour repartir de zéro, dans un état de grande tristesse. On comprend vite qu’un grand malheur l’a frappée et c’est la seule façon qu’elle a trouvée de se reconstruire.

Offert par une collègue de travail à la soirée de noël de l’entreprise, j’avais un peu peur de tomber sur un truc pas top, mal écrit et sans intérêt mais ce roman s’est révélé distrayant bien qu’un peu prévisible. Un peu faible par moments, quelques sauts dans le temps qui arrangent bien mais une empathie réelle, sincère qui a été en mesure de me prendre aux tripes à plusieurs reprises. Cela a marché peut-être aussi parce que je n’en attendais pas grand-chose… je l’ignore mais en tout cas, j’ai bien remercié ma collègue.

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A brutalidade da compreensão de que não há final certo, de que não há fim para o sofrimento, de que posso ter mudado minha vida toda e deixado um ano inteiro passar, mas o desespero ainda é parte de mim e sempre será... Bem, essa percepção me exaure. (...) É engraçado como é difícil, quando chega a hora de verdade, deixar para trás uma tragédia que sempre vai definir quem você é. Você precisa de uma enorme determinação e persistência para nunca voltar à cena da tragédia original, para deixar o lugar para trás.

indo longe demais - tina seskis

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  This week has a quiet one due to all the medication changes I have going on, and this alongside the hot weather has floored me over the last few days. I’m just taking things as they come at the moment and will be doing so for the next week or two at least. I do have some posts scheduled on my blog so they will still appear, and will be tweeted and posted on Facebook but I’ll only be around occasionally as and when I feel up to it. I really appreciate all of you for bearing with me in the meantime.

This week I’ve finished reading three books:

Making Space by Sarah Tierney

I loved every minute that I spent reading this novel, it just really grabbed me and I could identify so much with both of the main characters in the book. I’ve already reviewed this book so you can read my thoughts on it here if you’d like to.

Eleanor by Jason Gurley

This was my latest pick from my pre-2017 TBR and while it turned out to be not what I was expecting, I did enjoy it. There was more sci-fi elements to the book than I thought there would be but it was an interesting novel and I’m glad I read it.

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

This book is stunning. I was hooked from the very first page and I feel quite bereft at having finished it. Eleanor Oliphant is one of those characters that gets under your skin and I’m sure she’ll stay with me for a very long time to come. I’ve also already reviewed this book so you can find that here if you want to read more about what I thought of it.

  This week I’ve blogged six times:

Sunday: Weekly Wrap-Up post

Monday: Review of The Honeymoon by Tina Seskis

Wednesday: WWW Wednesday post

Thursday: Review of Making Space by Sarah Tierney for the blog tour

Friday: Review of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Saturday: Stacking the Shelves post

  This is what I’m currently reading:

Letting Go by Alex Hanscombe

This is an incredibly moving and interesting memoir written by the son of Rachel Nickell, the young mum who was murdered on Wimbledon Common as her 3 year old watched on. Alex is such a pragmatic and thoughtful man and it’s very inspiring to read how he came to terms with losing his mother in such an horrific way.

Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan

I’ve been really looking forward to reading this book and it absolutely doesn’t disappoint.  Every time I pick this book up I get completely enthralled and am fascinated by this book.

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

This is such a good read, I’m really enjoying reading it.

How to Survive a Plague by David France

I’ve been reading more of this book this week and have got so engrossed in it that it’s taken me away from my other books.

  Update on my TBR:

TBR at the start of January 2017: 1885 (see my State of the TBR post)

TBR in last week’s Wrap-Up: 1941

Additions:

Books bought/received for review/gifts: 6

Subtractions:

TBR Books culled this week: 3

Total:

TBR now stands at: 1944

    I’m linking this post up to Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer’s Sunday Blog Share.  It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

  How has your week been? What have you been reading? Please share in the comments below. If you write a wrap-up on your blog please feel free to share the link. 🙂

Weekly Wrap-Up! (28 May) This week has a quiet one due to all the medication changes I have going on, and this alongside the hot weather has floored me over the last few days.

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"Green Season and Strong Personalities" Hello lovelies. Today I have my first exam from this semester. Romanian grammar (my main language) which is harder than english one. Also, I have a project to make. But I am good. Today is a rainy day, and I love it! What you have been up to lately? QotD: Have you read books by authors from another continents? Which ones and what is the book's name? TAGG TIME: • i was tagged by @kricket_ashryver_of_kazan to do #strongfemalecharacters , #currentlyreading , #girloncover and #femaleauthors . So I am currently reading "One step too far" by Tina Seskis. Her character is Emily, a strong woman, married and with a child, who runaway home, goes to London and create a new life there. Meanwhile, we get to see parts of her past and what awful life she had, even though she was nice to everybody. What is Emily's secret? I don't know yet, but I can't wait to read the book. • @agatha.and.books tagged me to do #openbook . I tagg whoever wants to do the challenges. P.S. On the bookmark I have it says: "When you meet a human being with a strong personality you should ask him what books is he reading"! - Ralph Waldo Emerson Have a nice day everybody! #spring #bookandflowers #bookandnature #purpleflowers #bookmark #may #bookstagram #booklover #questionoftheday

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