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The Survivors
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4 bright and shining โญ� for my first Jane Harper novel!!
This woman ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐
๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ'๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต-๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ a ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ.
This is a slow (and I mean slooowwww) burn, character driven mystery.
For me the best thing about this book is how realistic the characters are. Their actions and dialog are genuine and relatable. I enjoyed learning about all the townsfolk, both 12 years ago and at present time. It provided a lot of murder suspects and a lot of red herrings. Tons of fun!
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Here is a strange (to me) quote
'๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ.' ๐๐ช๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ. '๐๐ถ๐ต-'
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ....
I have ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง seen a kitchen with a door leading to it! Is it an Australian thing? I'm so curious lol
Anyways, I highly recommend this fantastic, atmospheric book!
This woman ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐
๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ'๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต-๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ a ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ.
This is a slow (and I mean slooowwww) burn, character driven mystery.
For me the best thing about this book is how realistic the characters are. Their actions and dialog are genuine and relatable. I enjoyed learning about all the townsfolk, both 12 years ago and at present time. It provided a lot of murder suspects and a lot of red herrings. Tons of fun!
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Here is a strange (to me) quote
'๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ.' ๐๐ช๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ. '๐๐ถ๐ต-'
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ....
I have ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง seen a kitchen with a door leading to it! Is it an Australian thing? I'm so curious lol
Anyways, I highly recommend this fantastic, atmospheric book!
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Fantastic review, Farrah! Iโve seen the kitchen with a door in the U.S., but in older homes. ๐
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I so agree, she is an amazing writer. I read all her books blurb unseen! Wonderful review. Still in the midst of my audiobook of this one.
How did you get the book?It's not available in the USA.
Conspiracy!
Terrific review! This will be my first Jane Harper as well! Coming up soon!
Oops deleted my comment. App on phone sometimes hard to navigate. Rrecommenting:ย Great review! I loved her book, The Dry. Her writing is amazing. A lot of older homes in NZ have separate kitchen and dining/living areas so there are doors between. More modern homes are open plan. I imagine it's the same in Aus. I love the door between my kitchen and living area so when I cook highly fragranced foods the smells stay in the kitchen.
Michael wrote: "Fantastic review, Farrah! Iโve seen the kitchen with a door in the U.S., but in older homes. ๐"Thanks Michael!! I hope to one day see a kitchen with a door!! I need to be able to travel again lol
Christina wrote: "I so agree, she is an amazing writer. I read all her books blurb unseen! Wonderful review. Still in the midst of my audiobook of this one."I want to read The Dry now because she impressed me so much ๐ฉโ๐� I cant wait to see your review!
Aristotle wrote: "How did you get the book?It's not available in the USA.
Conspiracy!"
Haha ๐คฃ๐คฃ Like most conspiracy theories there's a perfectly rational reason behind it ๐
Jayme wrote: "Terrific review! This will be my first Jane Harper as well! Coming up soon!"Thanks Jayme, I really think you'll enjoy this!
Claude's wrote: "Oops deleted my comment. App on phone sometimes hard to navigate. Rrecommenting:ย Great review! I loved her book, The Dry. Her writing is amazing. A lot of older homes in NZ have separate kitchen ..."
That is very interesting Claude!! I can definitely see the advantages to having a door to the kitchen but the idea is so foreign to me ๐
I can't wait to read this. Great review. A lot of older homes had separate kitchens, with doors leading to them off the hall. โค๐๐โ๐ฅฎ
I'm so looking forward to this one...thanks for the review, Farrah! We lived in a 60 year old house that would be 90 years old now, and there was a full sized swinging door between the kitchen and the dining room...I thought that was weird, too.
Great review Farrah- looking forward to reading this one!
I'm thinking of making this my first Harper novel too! Good review!
Great review Farrah, Iโm glad you enjoyed and I hope to read it eventually. I think kitchen doors are a feature of older homes.
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "I can't wait to read this. Great review. A lot of older homes had separate kitchens, with doors leading to them off the hall. โค๐๐โ๐ฅฎ"Thanks Sandy ๐๐ Its very interesting to me to learn that so many homes actually do have a kitchen with a door lol
marilyn wrote: "I'm so looking forward to this one...thanks for the review, Farrah! We lived in a 60 year old house that would be 90 years old now, and there was a full sized swinging door between the kitchen an..."
Thanks Marilyn, I think you'll enjoy this book ๐
And I love that you had a swinging kitchen door. It makes me think of gunslingers coming into a saloon in the Old West ๐ค
Ceecee wrote: "Great review Farrah- looking forward to reading this one!"Thanks Ceecee!! I cant wait to read your review ๐
Oscar wrote: "I'm thinking of making this my first Harper novel too! Good review!"Thats awesome Oscar! I want to read her others now ๐
Pat wrote: "Great review Farrah, Iโm glad you enjoyed and I hope to read it eventually. I think kitchen doors are a feature of older homes."Thanks Pat!! ๐ Others are agreeing with you, kitchen doors were apparently a thing. I'm so used to seeing open kitchens that are the heart of a house that I cant even picture them as a closed off room ๐
Grand review, Farrah :)) Have high hopes for this book as I did enjoy Ms Harper's previous ones :)
Great review Farrah ....... love Jane Harperโs writing :)
Great review Farrah! I haven't read this author, but think I should! How do you get into your kitchen, if there's no door?!
Beata wrote: "Grand review, Farrah :)) Have high hopes for this book as I did enjoy Ms Harper's previous ones :)"Thanks Beata!! I really think you'll love it โ�
Richard wrote: "Great review Farrah ....... love Jane Harperโs writing :)"Thanks Richard! I'm a fan of hers now too ๐
preoccupiedbybooks wrote: "Great review Farrah! I haven't read this author, but think I should! How do you get into your kitchen, if there's no door?!"Thanks tons! and lol..... I've never seen a kitchen with an actual door ๐๐ Just entryways or openings.
Iโve only read The Lost Man by JH so far but really liked it! Glad you enjoyed this one Farrah, great review! :)
Yes, I definitely agree with heaven - Jane Harper knows how to write and keep the reader interested. Through her books, I became acquainted with the Australian style of prose.
In very old houses doors or even hallways blocked off kitchen so if fire in kitchen whole house didnโt go with it
great review Farrah! I agree, Harper is awesome
Brandice wrote: "Iโve only read The Lost Man by JH so far but really liked it! Glad you enjoyed this one Farrah, great review! :)"Thanks tons Brandice! ๐ I plan to read her older books now too ๐
Kremena wrote: "Yes, I definitely agree with heaven - Jane Harper knows how to write and keep the reader interested. Through her books, I became acquainted with the Australian style of prose."I was so impressed with how effortless and real her writing was ๐
Bonnie wrote: "In very old houses doors or even hallways blocked off kitchen so if fire in kitchen whole house didnโt go with it"That makes sense!! ๐๐
Barbara wrote: "great review Farrah! I agree, Harper is awesome"Thanks so much Barbara!๐
Excellent review doll ๐
Fantastic review, Farrah! I felt the same way about this book!
Melissa โ� Dog/Wolf Lover โ� wrote: "Excellent review doll ๐"Thanks so much Melissa ๐
Meredith wrote: "Fantastic review, Farrah! I felt the same way about this book!"Thanks Meredith! I loved your review of it!!
I'm a huge fan of Jane Harper's work. Yes she is an amazing writer and got me interested in reading more Australia mystery writers. Harper's The Dry just blew me away.
Ceelee wrote: "I'm a huge fan of Jane Harper's work. Yes she is an amazing writer and got me interested in reading more Australia mystery writers. Harper's The Dry just blew me away."I'm planning to read all of her previous books now and am mad that I didnt do so sooner! ๐
My kitchen has two doors. ๐
Renee wrote: "My kitchen has two doors. ๐"Lol! I've never seen a single kitchen door and you have two!!? I'm glad you enjoyed the book Renee. Awesome review ๐๐
Farrah wrote: "Renee wrote: "My kitchen has two doors. ๐"Lol! I've never seen a single kitchen door and you have two!!? I'm glad you enjoyed the book Renee. Awesome review ๐๐"
Actually my kitchen had two doors too! ๐ That house is almost 100 years old now...none of our newer houses have kitchen doors.
Farrah wrote: "Renee wrote: "My kitchen has two doors. ๐"Lol! I've never seen a single kitchen door and you have two!!? I'm glad you enjoyed the book Renee. Awesome review ๐๐"
Thank you, Farrah. Iโm pleased you enjoyed it too, Jane Harper is a wonderful writer. I hope you enjoy her other books just as much.
Kitchen doors are common in older NZ houses.
marilyn wrote: "Farrah wrote: "Renee wrote: "My kitchen has two doors. ๐"Lol! I've never seen a single kitchen door and you have two!!? I'm glad you enjoyed the book Renee. Awesome review ๐๐"
Actually my kitche..."
Yes, itโs quite common in older NZ homes.
Renee wrote: "Farrah wrote: "Renee wrote: "My kitchen has two doors. ๐"Lol! I've never seen a single kitchen door and you have two!!? I'm glad you enjoyed the book Renee. Awesome review ๐๐"
Thank you, Farrah...."
Hopefully one day I'll be lucky enough to visit NZ. Then I'll admire the sea and beaches but also look for a house that has a kitchen with a door lol
Renee wrote: "marilyn wrote: "Farrah wrote: "Renee wrote: "My kitchen has two doors. ๐"Lol! I've never seen a single kitchen door and you have two!!? I'm glad you enjoyed the book Renee. Awesome review ๐๐"
Ac..."
I guess I'll just have to take a holiday in NZ and see for myself since I'm adding 'see a kitchen door' to my bucket list ๐
Farrah wrote: "Renee wrote: "Farrah wrote: "Renee wrote: "My kitchen has two doors. ๐"Lol! I've never seen a single kitchen door and you have two!!? I'm glad you enjoyed the book Renee. Awesome review ๐๐"
Than..."
I can show you around my place when you get here... you will flip out! Because I actually have THREE doors leading to the kitchen. ๐ฑ One in the hallway, one leading outside, and one is a sliding door which can block the kitchen off from the lounge. ๐
These doors stay open all the time btw, except for the one leading outside. Itโs not my official front door though.... I guess I have two of those.
I have too many doors. ๐
Omg. Kitchens and doors!! My parents had a old federation style home. There were 3 doors that opened into the kitchen. ๐
Glad you enjoyed one of my favourite Aussie authors, Farrah. Yes, I had 3 doors into our farmhouse kitchen, and my husband grew up in NZ with a 2-door kitchen. It means you can keep one room in the house warm (my mother-in-law was a fantastic cook in a very cold house).Without air conditioning, which many Aussie farms don't enjoy (or didn't until recently), it keeps the heat in the kitchen instead of adding to the burden in the rest of the house. It probably goes back to older times where the kitchen was actually in a separate, partly attached building, for fire reasons as suggested above.
