In Libreria
Sinossi
Roach ha ventiquattro anni e lavora in una libreria londinese: vende di tutto, ma per lei gli unici libri che vale la pena leggere sono quelli che raccontano di crimini, omicidi, serial killer, casi di cronaca nera. Con gli auricolari sempre nelle orecchie, sintonizzati sugli amati podcast di True Crime, Roach non consiglierà mai a un cliente commedie romantiche o i bestseller delle giovani star di TikTok. Forse perché anche la sua vita è così: solitaria e immersa nelle storie dei suoi serial killer preferiti, mentre nutre un odio profondo per tutti quelli che sbattono la loro felicità in faccia agli altri sui social. Ma quando arriva in libreria una nuova collega, le cose cambiano: Laura è tanto luminosa e felice quanto Roach è oscura e insoddisfatta, adora i libri per bambini e conquista gli altri colleghi in un attimo, per non parlare del suo curatissimo profilo Instagram. Pian piano, Roach comincia a esserne ossessionata e presto scopre un passato oscuro, dei segreti mal celati, un mistero che le lega.
- ISBN: 8856687011
- Casa Editrice: Piemme
- Pagine: 432
- Data di uscita: 27-06-2023
Recensioni
From the moment I started reading Death of a Bookseller, I was absolutely lost to the story – sucked down into it so completely I couldn’t think about anything else. Alice Slater has written a novel that sinks in its teeth and refuses to let go; I buzzed for days after finishing it. Roach has worked Leggi tutto
Meet Roach (real name Brogan), she works in Spines, a bookshop in Walthamstow. She’s a Goth, a loner, dark if not morbid and obsessed with true crime. Oh, let’s not forget the pet snail, yes, that’s right a pet snail! Roach is quite happy (as much as she can be that is) working in the bookshop until Leggi tutto
4.5 stars So freaking good, with some of the best character writing I’ve read in years. Messy heroines, dark humor, and an utterly engrossing examination of how feelings of kinship can lead to obsession, and so easily cross the line. As a former bookseller of many years, the bookstore setting is so f Leggi tutto
1 / 5 It was bad enough that it made me want to finish the book to see how much the ending added to it. This book is literal horse****. I’m just happy my local library paid for this book and not me because you could save abit just avoiding this read. I genuinely cannot see how you even give this boo Leggi tutto
A dark, chilling novel on obsession and the ethical ambiguity of true crime fascination. Told in an intimate and haunting set of perspectives, Death of a Bookseller hears from both the exploiter and the exploited, the super-fan and the defender of victims. The discussion around the ethical issues su Leggi tutto
Thank you to the author Alice Slater, publishers Scarlet and W. W. Norton, and Edelweiss, for an advance digital copy of DEATH OF A BOOK SELLER. This book held me like fists around my lungs and didn't let go until the very end, which I did not see coming, by the way. Bodie Roach is a bookseller (some Leggi tutto
I don't know what to say about this book. I have so many conflicting thoughts. For starters, I wonder why anyone would give it more than 1 star. TW: SA When I first saw this book, I was excited. I was so thankful I got the arc from Netgalley! Like WOW, this book sounded so good. And the cover? Chefs Leggi tutto
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