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«Un thriller sensazionale che svela le nostre paure più inconfessabili. Un debutto notevole.»The Times Sono uguali in tutto. Solo la loro madre può distinguerle. O forse no. A Sarah piace il silenzio assoluto della sera che avvolge l’isola di Skye. Le piace muoversi piano nella penombra e accarezzare delicatamente i biondi capelli della sua bambina di sette anni, Kirstie, che si è appena addormentata. Mentre osserva le sue manine che stringono il cuscino, Sarah ripensa a quando quelle mani si stringevano a quelle, identiche, della sorella gemella Lydia. Niente le distingueva: stesse lentiggini, stessi occhi azzurro ghiaccio, stesso sorriso giocoso. Ma, un anno prima, Lydia è morta improvvisamente e ha lasciato un vuoto così grande che ha costretto Sarah e la sua famiglia a fuggire da tutto e da tutti su quell’isola spersa nel mare di Scozia. Lì, tra scogliere impervie e cieli immensi, Sarah sente che lei, la bambina e suo marito Angus potranno forse ritrovare la serenità. Eppure, mentre si avvicina l’inverno, Kirstie è sempre più strana. Diventa silenziosa, riflessiva, improvvisamente interessata a cose che prima non amava. Sempre più simile a Lydia, la gemella scomparsa. Quando un giorno si scatena una violenta tempesta, Sarah e Kirstie rimangono isolate. Nel buio, col solo mugghiare del vento ad ascoltarle, Kirstie alza gli occhi e sussurra: «Mamma, perché continui a chiamarmi Kirstie? Io sono Lydia. Kirstie è morta, non io». Sarah è devastata e il tarlo dell’errore comincia a torturarle l’anima. Cos’è successo davvero il giorno in cui una delle gemelle è morta? È possibile che una madre possa non riconoscere sua figlia?
- ISBN: 8811143470
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 160
- Data di uscita: 10-09-2015
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‘You keep saying she’s dead but she comes back to play with me, she was here, she was at school, she plays with me, she is my sister, it doesn’t matter if she’s dead, she’s still here, still here, I’m here, we are here – why do you keep saying we’re dead, when we’re not we’re not we’re not.’ This Leggi tutto
Firstly and mostly importantly, thank you to a friend for my copy of the book, you know who you are!! Gosh. Where do I start? I really wanted to like this, I had seen a lot of 5 star ratings, not read any reviews and thought I was in for a treat. :(( It started off well insofar as it drew me in quickl Leggi tutto
I had heard the hype about this book and as I often don't love what the world does I was not suspecting much. Then WHAM! this one knocks me off my feet. What an absolutely haunting, special and moving book. It took me through a range of feelings and my brain hurt from trying to guess what was the tr Leggi tutto
This is one of the creepiest books I have read in quite some time. Angus and Sarah Moorcraft are mourning the death of their daughter Lydia, one of a pair of identical twins. To try and recover from this tragedy they take their remaining daughter Kirstie to live on a remote Scottish Island, to try a Leggi tutto
Lydia and Kirstie were identical twin girls, but one tragic night one of them dies. Thus starts the gripping and creepy story about what really happened. The girls parents (Angus and Sarah) are having some financial troubles so they decide to move out to an island that Angus grandmother owned. Befor Leggi tutto
*3.5 stars * Angus and Sarah Moorcroft appear to be a happy family, until the death of one of their twin daughters. They move to a tiny Scottish island owned by Angus to recover, whereupon the family implodes. The surviving daughter Kirstie behaves very strangely, challenging her parents’ perception Leggi tutto
What did I just read? I did not like this book. It seems I am almost the only one who didn't! I didn't like the same things that the other four unfavorable reviews pointed out: flat characters, the nonsensical decision to move a grieving twin to an isolated island...without a boat, non-communicative Leggi tutto
I'm not going to say much about this one, because the whole point of a GOOD thriller is to go in as fresh as possible!!!!! I will say that if this book and The Girl on the Train ever got into a fist fight, The Ice Twins would be on death row for murder, no hope for an appeal. Get your creepy, icy twi Leggi tutto
This was one creepy, chilling story. A psychological thriller... a crime and ghost story combined. Or, better said, is there a crime and... is there a ghost? What happened exactly, who can be trusted and who did what exactly... Well written. 3.5 going to 4. Loved the Scottish surroundings, wild, unco Leggi tutto
I seem like I'm in the minority here as I didn't particularly find this book psychological at all and can't say I particularly enjoyed it the whole way through. At one point Sarah and Angus Moorcroft had it all: beautiful monozygotic twin girls, Sarah and Kirstie, blissfully happy marriage and a bea Leggi tutto
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