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🌟 BOOK REVIEW🌟 🌟 💫 One of the things I remember from Sarah Pearse’s debut, The Sanatorium when I read it back in early 2021 is the author’s potential to take her readers to a seclusion and make them share the claustrophobic vibes which the characters in her book felt. She sticks to her forte in the follow up novel “The Retreat” where she pays homage to an Agatha Christie fan favourite. However, unlike the previous gorgeous mountainous setting cut off by an avalanche, here the retreat on a secluded island off the coast of Devon with an equally dangerous history forms the backdrop. We continue the journey through the eyes of Elin Warner but adding to the dynamics are the sister duo of Jo and Hana accompanied by Jo and their older sister Bea’s boyfriends, along with their common friend, Maya. What starts off as an innocent trip to mend broken bonds gets eerie as Bea turns up dead though she was never supposed to be there on the island! Enter Elin, still fighting her inner dark demons- and as the storm approaches, can she decipher the island’s mysteries and identify and stop a killer at large or will she end up losing herself and her support system in Will- that’s basically the story in a nutshell. The writing from the very outset is breathtakingly fast and the atmosphere the author builds here just adds to the magic. A large part of the book worked for me due to the sister dynamics and the continuous guessing game about the killer. The emotional aspect worked even better than the 1st book since we are now much better acquainted with Elin and her past. In fact, it helps you relate a lot more with the character during the eventual showdown. The sister angle worked fine and the final reveal was well justified. The only downside is the continuous references to a social media stalker and similar to the first book, this leaves you with an open ending. The wait for Book 3 starts! #bookreview #bookrecommendations #thrillerbooks #theretreat #sarahpearse #erinwarner #reesesbookclub #mystery #agathachristie #environment #bookstagram #bookphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch8sEFrLgzu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Eu simplesmente não conseguia parar de ler este livro! E olha que eu não gosto de ler thrillers a noite, porque normalmente fico agitada e depois nao durmo direito, mas este eu simplesmente não conseguia largar.⁣ ⁣ Elin e seu namorado Will estão num resort nos Alpes Suíços para comemorarem o noivado de Isaac, irmão dela. Um irmão distante, com quem divide um trauma, a morte prematura do irmão mais novo. Ela é uma policial ade licença do trabalho.⁣ ⁣ O hotel foi adaptado de um antigo sanatório e mantem aspectos sinistros até hoje. Eu definitivamente nao gostaria de jeito nenhum de me hospedar lá...⁣ ⁣ Em meio a uma tempestade, que interdita as estradas, os hóspedes e funcionários terão que lidar com desaparecimentos, mortes misteriosas e pistas desencontradas.⁣ ⁣ Eu achei a escrita da Sarah muito fluida, gostosa de ler e envolvente. Talvez por não me ligar tanto neste gênero, eu não fiquei incomodada com algumas pontas soltas que a trama apresenta. A leitura é bem rápida.⁣ ⁣ A sensação de perigo, de estar presa num espaço perto de um assassino foi bem forte e me deixou tensa.⁣ ⁣ O fato da autora ter conhecido pessoalmente o cenário das montanhas de Crans-Montana, trouxe clareza às descrições das paisagens. Já imagino o enredo transformado num filme.⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Pra mim foi uma boa tensão, com direito a sensação que tinha alguém me espionando, vestindo aquelas máscaras antigas descritas na história. Socorro!⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ A capa, lindíssima e o título, seguem os originais.⁣ ⁣ A edição da Intrínseca está muito bonita, os detalhes da diagramação são muito bons, revisão impecável. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Você já leu? Quer ler?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #ResenhaMaeLiteratura⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ O Sanatório, de @SarahPearseauthor Tradução: Marcelo Schild Arlin⁣ @intrinseca⁣ Leitura #55 de 2022⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 4,0 ⭐⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #maeliteratura ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #dicadelivro⁣ #OSanatorio⁣ #sarahpearse⁣ #intrinseca⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #bookstagram (em São Paulo, Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CemnR7_pRtC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Just because I haven’t been posting (or finishing books) doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading.

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‘The Sanatorium’ by Sarah Pearse

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With Buttons the cat.

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Reading dates: sometime in 2022 to 24/12/22

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#TheSanatorium #SarahPearse #Books #Reading #December #Winter #Photographs #Instagram #2022

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One my favourite and most relatable quote from the Sanatorium.

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Cine: Criaturas celestiales (1994)

Peter Jackson (nacido en Wellington, Nueva Zelanda, el 31 de octubre de 1961) tiene una carrera ecléctica, la cual se inició merced a la fascinación que le despertó, cuando era niño, el clásico “King Kong” (1933). Nadie le hubiese predicho un futuro venturoso al ver sus primeras películas, de un estilo entre gore, plagado de humor negro y de naturaleza estrambótica: hablamos de “Mal gusto” (”Bad Taste”, 1986), “El delirante mundo de los Feebles” (”Meet the Feebles”, 1989) o “Braindead” (1992). Para su cuarta incursión en el largometraje, Jackson y su esposa Fran Walsh decidieron basarse en un espeluznante hecho real acaecido en 1954 y que despertó la conmoción nacional. Y logró una película intensa, que fue recompensada con una nominación para el premio de la Academia de Hollywood a Mejor Guión Original y significó el primer paso hacia el reconocimiento definitivo de la industria, la crítica y el público merced a proyectos posteriores como las trilogías de “El Señor de los Anillos” (2001-2003) y “El Hobbit” (2012-2014), su versión de “King Kong” (2005) o el que es su último acierto: el documental televisivo de tres partes “The Beatles: Get Back” (2021), que puede verse en Disney+.

La historia comienza de una manera casi idílica: tras un breve documento fílmico sobre Christchurch (Nueva Zelanda), la cámara se infiltra en un colegio para darnos un vistazo de la malhumorada Pauline Parker (la debutante Melanie Lynskey), cuyos diarios sirven para narrar la historia. Malhumor que se borra al conocer a la británica Juliet Hulme (Kate Winslet, también debutante, aunque sólo en el mundo cinematográfico, pues había aparecido ya en el televisivo), quien la deslumbra con su inteligencia (¡corrige en clase a la profesora de francés!), su culta picardía y su carisma. Estamos en 1952 y presenciamos el inicio de una cálida amistad regada con su amor por la lectura, mucha fantasía y cierta dosis de inocencia.

Claro que las jóvenes, que fantasean con, tras morir, encontrarse en un Cuarto Cielo lleno de arte y sin cristianos, sueñan con un futuro en Hollywood y aman al tenor Mario Lanza, llevan su relación a un punto que inquieta a sus padres, que procuran separarlas, decisión que llamará a una tragedia ¿inevitable? (La película suele estar enmarcada bajo la temática LGBTQ aunque la propia Hulme, vale la pena decirlo, ha descartado de cuajo la naturaleza del afecto que le unía con Parker),

Desde luego, Lynskey y Winslet se llevan toda la atención, pero justo es también mencionar a Sarah Pearse y Simon O'Connor como Honora Parker y Herbert Rieper (los padres de Pauline) y Diana Kent y Clive Marrison como Hilda y el Dr. Henry Hulme, padres de Juliet, hoy conocida como Anne Perry, autora de historias de misterios detectivescos. Así como lo leen.

Las verdaderas protagonistas del drama, muy parecidas a las actrices que las encarnaron: Pauline Parker y Juliet Hulme

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Everyone's in danger. Anyone could be next. The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse @SarahVPearse @ThomasssHill @TransworldBooks #TheSanatorium #MiniMondays

Everyone’s in danger. Anyone could be next. The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse @SarahVPearse @ThomasssHill @TransworldBooks #TheSanatorium #MiniMondays

An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is

the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But she’s taken time off from her job as a detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to celebrate her estranged brother’s recent engagement, she has no choice but to accept.

Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge. Though it’s beautiful,…

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Book Review: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

Idon’t read many books in this genre, and I have to say that I’m glad that I read this book. There have only been a handful of books in this genre that I have not been able to work out the ending and this s one of them. The story had me gripped. It was so atmospheric, it almost reminded me of the film “The Shining” with Jack Nicholson by Stephen King. However to me this book was far better. I felt as though I was there with them trapped at the top of a mountain.With others and wondering who the killer is and who will be their next victim.

Elin Warner and her boyfriend Will have been invited to an isolated hotel in the Swiss Alps to celebrate her estranged brother Isaac’s engagement to an old family friend Laure. Who works at the remote hotel.

When Elin and Will arrive at the remote hotel Le Sommet. She feels uneasy about how remote they really are especially with a bad storm on the horizon, and how exposed they are to the elements. But she’s not sure if her feeling of unease are down to the hotels sinister passed as a sanatorium or about meeting her brother again.

Elin didn’t feel any better about the hotel when she entered it. As the architect (who went missing under mysterious circumstances) had tried to keep clinical look and feel of the hotels past. Along with exhibits dotted around the place as gruesome reminders. One of the exhibits is a strange kind of gas mask that was used to help TB sufferers.

While Elin is there she hopes that she’ll gat a chance to address some of the issues behind their younger brothers death. As things have never been the same between Elin and Isaac ever since. Along with these issues Elin is on an extended break from work as a detective after a case she was working on didn’t end well.

When Laure, Isaac’s fiancée goes missing Elin automatically goes into her detective role by interviewing Isaac, her work colleagues and the owners of the hotel. All the while the storm outside rages meaning that they have to start evacuating the hotel.

Just as Elin and Will are about to be evacuated Isaac askes her to stay, she agrees. When a body of a woman is found at the bottom of the hot outdoor pool. Isaac jumps in thinking its Laure, but it turns out to be a female member of staff.

They contact the local police, but there has been an avalanche meaning that there wont be any help coming and that they are truly on their own. Will Elin find out who the murderer is before another body turns up and will she find out what has happened to Laure?

Pages: 368, Publication Date: 18 February 2021, My Rating: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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