Sister

Highly compelling and totally riveting!

Sister is an engrossing, emotional thriller touching on devotion, betrayal, self-absorption, madness, and grief. It keeps you wondering just how unraveled Bee is going to become and wondering what really happened to Tess. The story is cleverly plotted and fast paced. Bee is the responsible sister and Tess is an impulsive free spirit who sees the beauty in the world around her. When Beatrice learns that her beloved sister has disappeared, she rushes home to London. But when the police find young Tess's body, everyone seems ready to accept it as suicide. Everybody, that is, but Beatrice. While bureaucracy stands in her way, she leaves the rules behind and goes in search of the truth. Her search and discoveries blend romance, politics, and science in surprising ways. When everyone is sure that her pursuit of Tess's killer is a delusion, she has to nurture that so-called delusion to unlock the truth. This selective turn of the head gives her a vivid personality. The book is highly compelling and totally riveting. The writing is excellent.

17 out of 17 people found this review helpful.

I just finished it but I'm tempted to just start it all over again...

Riveting thriller that had me torn between not being able to put the book down with not wanting to finish it because I loved the characters and storyline so much.

11 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

Great Summer Read

I couldn't put this book down! The plot kept me guessing and just when I thought I had the mystery solved it would twist and turn again. Writing was smart and characters well developed. The beautiful relationship of Bee and her sister brought me to tears. LOVED IT!

10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

Not what I expected

After reading the reviews I couldn't wait to download this book and curl up for a good read. I was very disappointed. For me it was just a long drawn out letter and I couldn't wait to finish it and get back to my usual mystery writers. Maybe the fact that I don't have any sisters kept me from being able to appreciate her drive to find the truth behind her sisters life and death. Sorry guy's

5 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Not bad

Overall a pretty good read, not great. There were numerous points in the story i wanted the author to just get to the point. The ending was alright.

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Decent read.

I truly felt connected to Bee and Tess, until about page 200, then it seemed like the story just strayed too far from their relationship and on to a very twisty reality of Beatrice. A turn in the novel that I wasn't expecting and believe may have hindered the initial plot. It was unexpected and a unique turn but seriously under developed and rushed. Still, I will recommend this book and look forward to watch/reading as this author perfects her style!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Excellent, I highly recommend this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed this beautifully written book. The characters are wonderful, the essence of the story was captivating. Would love to read other books written by Rosamund Lupton. I have recommended this book to many friends already. Enjoy, Luv 2 read.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Another wonderful debut by a new mystery writer

One of the things that I am enjoying about being involved in Goodreads and writing a blog, is the amount of new authors that I have been exposed to. Rosamund Lupton is another one of those authors. Sister is her debut novel, and it is well worth the read. What Lupton gives us is a tale of the relationship between two sisters all wrapped up in a mystery. Rather than taking away from either story, these two stories fit well together and keep the reader involved. Bee flies to London as her sister is reported missing, only to have the police discover her sister's body and to have the coroner declare it as a suicide. Bee does not believe Tess would commit suicide and proceeds to try to prove otherwise. The story is told in the form of letters to her sister and Bee's ultimate recollection of events. I found both stories captivating and engrossing. The characters were excellently portrayed and believable. The relationship story had the right mix of nostalgia and poignancy. The mystery was excellent, complete with all the right twists and turns and an ending that was surprising on more than one level. Great debut by Ms. Lupton and I am looking forward to reading her next book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Read this - Especially if you have a sister

This book is suspenseful with enough twists to keep you thinking, guessing & interested. I was a bit underwhelmed with the overt genetics underpinnings. I also at times had to focus on the setting - are we in the past or the present?; however, there is an eventual payoff to the reader. The best part of this novel the author's ability to vividly portray the bonds of sisterhood.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great story, well written

Rosamund Lupton has become one of my author's to watch with Sister. This isn't a murder mystery novel as much as it is a story that demonstrates the power of the bonds of sisterhood under the worst of circumstances. Through Lupton's writing I began to find myself mourning for Tess, the lost sister, and desperately wanting to see Beatrice succeed in proving Tess didn't kill herself. Sisters made me long for the bond that these two sisters had in my own life.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Loved It

I really loved this book....can hardly wait for her next one! The end was especially good. I did not see it coming and it definately left me wanting more books from this author! This book would also make a good book club read because it has mystery, suspence, and romance. In other words, a little bit of something for everyone.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Highly Recommend

I heard an interview with the author on NPR and decided I would pick this up. It was great, as I have a sister and it was so real, I totally understood the prespective of the narrator and couldn't put it down until I was finished!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great debut novel

Compelling and well written

Not what it is cracked up to be

Not nearly as good as I thought the reviews had read. I was pretty disappointed. I always finish a book, but this took me awhile to go through since it just drew on. Too wordy and a weird ending.

I just finished reading this book and it is outstanding. It keep

I just finished reading this book and it is outstanding. It keeps you interested and it has a surprising ending. I did not want the book to end. I will look for her second book.

This book had me hooked from the start! The book begins with one

This book had me hooked from the start! The book begins with one sister missing and the other searching for her. It then evolves into a story of intrigue. The reader will be guessing if the sister died by her own hands or by another's. It is a journey of love and self discovery. I could not put the book down once I became enmeshed in the story. I highly recommend this book.

I loved it!

This book was great ! I could not put it down the ending was so good, such a twist.

Moving story of the tight connection between sisters

This is a story with many twists. The characters are well-developed and as the plot advances, it takes breath-taking turns that makes it harder and harder to put the book down until the end.

The main character evolves in unexpected ways and her relationship and dedication to her sister is both heart-warming and sad. It is on par with Sara's Key.

Sister Fights Nearly to the Death to Find Sister's Killer

I read this along with a couple girlfriends on my ereader. Even though I didn't pick to read this book, I think I still would have read it eventually based on the synopsis. I don't typically read mystery/thrillers, but I guess I don't necessarily place this book in the typical thriller category with Stephen King or James Patterson. Rosamund Lupton was a new author to me since SISTER is her first novel. Again, I am thrilled to find a new author that I can follow and someone whose first novel I really liked.

Right away, you know that the character's sister has died, but you don't know how and the novel takes you through many twists and turns all the way to the absolute last page of the story. It had me literally sitting on the edge of my seat as I was reading through the last 2 chapters.

The story is told to me, the reader, as if I am the dead sister. So, it took some getting used to as the living sister (Beatrice) is recounting the events of her sister's (Tess's) death through the telling of a letter as well as through the telling of the events to a lawyer. There are divisions in the book so you know when there is a change in the telling of the story, but at times it was still confusing.

The story is set in London. Since I have never been to London I am not familiar with the places the writer talked about, but her descriptions allowed me to easily picture the parks, the weather, and the scenes in the story. I also appreciated that I was reading it on the Kindle and could easily find the definitions of the British terms that were used.

Another great perk to reading on an ereader is being able to highlight certain passages along the way. A lot of my highlights were common to other readers. They were things I wanted to remember and sentences that made me pause to think. My favorite statement from the book:

She pans life for gold and finds it daily....only learning the words to describe a wonderful world, refusing to know the words for a bleak one and in doing so linguistically shaping the world that you inhabit. Page 279 What a happy way to live.

This was definitely a page-turner and kept me interested all the way to the end. There were shocking twists, but towards the end of the book, I did figure out the murderer. But the author still found ways to bring more twists at the end. I was a little disappointed in the ending. I was left wanting more and a little unsettled, but still was left with hope for the character.

This would make an excellent book club pick as there are lots of discussable topics including grief, trust, relationships, and genetics. The topics in this book are heavy and may not be for everyone. Cystic Fibrosis is featured in this story and has brought this horrible disease and it's treatment to the forefront.

SISTER has won several writing awards including the Best Debut of 2011. Rosamund Lupton has since written another novel titled AFTERWARDS set to be released April 24, 2012. I look forward to following her writing career and am sure she will find great success. Be sure to check out her website for more information.

Spellbinding!

Enjoyed the intriguing writing style....the storyline, the character development, and subplots...excellent. The ending doe not disappointed. Great book!