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«Kate Morton, [...] en la tradición de literatura clásica anglosajona, es el último fenómeno literario. [...] atrapa a lectores con lazo por su manera de contar gustosa, minuciosa, victoriana.»
El País Semanal «Entre sus páginas se oyen ecos del mejor Maupassant, el lejano Bradbury y sus tormentas internas y el psicológico Henry James y sus personajes inquietantes. Pero, sobre todo, Morton ha dado vida a un territorio mítico e la posesión más valiosa del ser los recuerdos.»
Ángeles López, Qué leer «Sin duda, esta australiana nacida en Queensland en 1976 es la escritora del momento.»
El Cultural «Un brillante debut australiano [...] Un rico contexto histórico para un fuerte drama emocional y un misterio cautivante [...] Desbordante, con un lenguaje seductor, mansiones grandiosas, personajes pretenciosos, crueles y apasionados [...] completamente adictivo.»
The Australian Women's Weekly «Este impactante debut posee tanto una atmósfera de misterio criminal como una absorbente saga familiar que evoca, bellamente, otra era [...] La casa de Riverton es un encantador relato sobre los extremos a los que la gente llega por amor y en nombre del deber.»
Notebook Magazine «Kate Morton ha creado con habilidad e inteligencia una novela que es, de hecho, como anuncia su publicidad, "de lectura compulsiva".»
Australian Book Review «Una impactante historia de lectura obligada que está destinada a triunfar.»
Woman's Day «Este es uno de esos escasos libros en los que uno puede sumergirse, compartir las alegrías y dolores de los personajes y acompañarlos en su búsqueda de la felicidad.»
Sunshine Coast Daily «[...] Lleno de secretos, misterio y suspense [...] [el pasado es evocado] con tan seductor detalle que uno tiene la impresión de retroceder en el tiempo, y de sentir el dolor y el éxtasis del amor.»
New Idea «[...] Un libro imposible de soltar [...] el relato lo tiene todo. Romance y tragedia, fidelidad y devoción, angustias amorosas y crímenes.»
Wairarapa Times Age «[...] Una rica ficción histórica con abundante encanto de época.»
Bookseller and Publisher «La sensibilidad de Morton por la recreación del lugar y la época está altamente lograda; es un cálido y encantador lugar al cual escapar.»
Sunday Telegraph «Desbordante de un lenguaje seductor, casas grandiosas, personajes pretenciosos, crueles y apasionados [...] Completamente adictivo.»
The Australian Women's Weekly
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مشاهده همهThis was lovely and elegant and I think Kate Morton has a new fan over here.The pacing was slow and on some level we knew at least most of how the book was going to end--we're told up-front that there was a death and even who it is--but this was a book about getting to that point, and in that it was beautifully conceived and very well-written.I found myself feeling for the characters, who end up in awkward situations primarily of their own making and yet are sympathetic. I'm never quite sure if I would have done things differently than they did, so it is hard to fault them for problems that lead to eventual disaster.It paints a picture of a different world, but a world that I know was real for many people, which is why I love to read historical fiction so much. Grace is trapped between two worlds and can't quite successfully navigate either of them. I like the framing device of having this be a story she was dictating to her grandson. It meant information about the ending could be given, but still hidden to some extent.The ending worked for me; I liked how things got to the expected outcome, but in a way that was surprising and relied on a misunderstanding that came up early in the book that lead to eventual disaster. I'll definitely be picking up more Kate Morton books. She reminds me a bit of Belva Plain, though obviously they write from entirely different places. This has a similar sort of slow, family saga feeling to it, where mistakes are made by the main character that lead to problems, where there are mysteries but they are the gentle kind that aren't really the driving force of the book. The driving force is the characters and the general mood of the story, and I enjoy that quite a bit.