SECOND LIFE
by Watson, S.J
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0857520199
- ISBN 13
- 9780857520197
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Doubleday, 2013. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with a full number line beginning with "1" to the copyright page to indicate a true first print. Signed and Dated by S.J. Watson to the title page. [S.J. Watson 20th March 2015].
Reviews
On Mar 15 2015, CloggieDownunder said:
“I realize with sudden clarity that we’re wearing masks, all of us, all the time. We’re presenting a face, a version of ourselves, to the world, to each other. We show a different face depending on who we’re with and what they expect of us. Even when we’re alone, it’s just another mask, the version of ourselves we’d prefer to be.”
Second Life is the second novel by the acclaimed author of Before I Go To Sleep, S.J.Watson. When her sister, Kate is murdered in a Paris alleyway, happily married London photographer, Julia Plummer is devastated. She feels acutely that she has let her sister down, and is determined to uncover the facts. The box of Kate’s effects she has been given by Kate’s flatmate, Anna, lead her to question what she knew about her sister: she soon finds herself risking everything she holds dear in an online relationship with someone who could be the murderer. “There’s a point where an online dalliance might become dangerous, but who can really say when it is?”
After a decidedly slow start, Watson once again gives the reader a gripping tale with a plot full of tension that twists and turns multiple times before reaching a shattering climax. His cast of characters is believable, although many have secrets and some are definitely not what they first seem. Quite unlike Watson’s protagonist in Before I Go To Sleep, this narrator will exasperate readers with her naïveté, her more-than-occasional stupidity and her self-absorbed state of mind; her selfishness, too, will leave the reader gasping.
This is a psychological thriller that graphically illustrates the dangers to be found online, where no one is necessarily what they appear or claim to be. It demonstrates how, once you dispatch it by email or social media, you lose control over any image or piece of information. Today’s technology means almost anything can be faked and makes the potential for extortion of the unwary virtually limitless. Another thought-provoking page-turner.
4.5 stars
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013842
- Title
- SECOND LIFE
- Author
- Watson, S.J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0857520199
- ISBN 13
- 9780857520197
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- SECOND LIFE,SIGNED, FIRST EDITION,Watson, S.J.
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