Skip to main content

Book Review: Behind Closed Doors by B A Paris.


Book: Behind Closed Doors

Author: B A Paris

Pages: 351

Read On: Paperback pictured above

How Long it Took Me To Read: 2 days

Plot Summary: Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love.

Picture this: a dinner party at their perfect home, the conversation and wine flowing. They appear to be in their element while entertaining. And Grace's friends are eager to reciprocate with lunch the following week. Grace wants to go, but knows she never will. Her friends call—so why doesn't Grace ever answer the phone? And how can she cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim?

And why are there bars on one of the bedroom windows?

The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?
 


Things I Liked: 

1. I enjoyed the writing. It was simple, smooth and the author did a great job keeping the pace of this book tight and fast. 

2. The book goes back and forth between present day and the past and this keeps the pace of this book going. It also provides the required answers into how this couple met and fell in love. 

3. This book is scary, scary in a way that altogether real. The idea of meeting a gorgeous stranger, falling in love and being swept off your feet and marrying him only to  discover that he is not at all what you thought he was. He is a monster. A cruel man who is making your life hell. Isn't it terrifying? To even contemplate that this could happen to you! Gah! I don't even want to think about it. 

4. I love Esther. She came across as really annoying and slightly rude when we first met her but as the book goes on I really began to appreciate her. And by the end I really loved Esther and her cleverness. 

5. Jack is a total creep. A horrible, horrible man and all of his evilness is shown so well in the book. The author does good job of really getting across his cruelty. 

6. Grace and her sister Millie's bond were so special and so nice to read about. 

7. I also thought how Grace handled her new married situation was fairly realistic, she did the best she could to escape her hellhole of a marriage. 

8. I couldn't put this book down. I wanted to keep reading and wanted to find out what became of her Grace and poor Millie. 

9. The ending was fantastic. Just brilliant! I loved it! I wanted to clap. I think I did! 

Things I Didn't Like: 

1. I didn't love the fact that the mystery was given up so easily and so quickly into the book. In fact the backflap gives up the ghost a little too soon. 

2. I might be a little naive but I felt like Grace could have, maybe, done a little more to escape her situation. She tries in Thailand but once she is back in the UK she doesn't do quite as much. 

Rating: 3.75/5 

A very enjoyable book that I just couldn't put down. I highly recommend! 

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Review: The Magic of the Lost Temple by Sudha Murthy.

Book: The Magic of the Lost Temple Author: Sudha Murthy Pages: 163 Read On: Paperback How Long it took Me To Read: 1 day Plot Summary:   City girl Nooni is surprised at the pace of life in her grandparents' village in Karnataka. But she quickly gets used to the gentle routine there and involves herself in a flurry of activities, including papad making, organizing picnics and learning to ride a cycle, with her new-found friends. Things get exciting when Nooni stumbles upon an ancient fabled stepwell right in the middle of a forest.Join the intrepid Nooni on an adventure of a lifetime in this much-awaited book by Sudha Murty that is heart-warming, charming and absolutely unputdownable. General Thoughts: Ah! A happy little Children's Book! I wanted it the minute I spotted it in the bookshop. And I started reading it pretty much immediately. :)  I read it after reading a beyond dull and boring and soulless book. This book just cured my bookish blues. I l

Book Review: The Room on the Roof by Ruskin Bond.

Some snippets of the stunning art inside the book!  Book: The Room on the Roof Author: Ruskin Bond Illustrator: Ahlawat Gunjan Pages: 171 Read On: Hardback How Long It Took Me To Read: 3 days or so. Plot Summary:   Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part in Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends. Plunging for the first time into the dream-bright world of the bazaar, Hindu festivals and other aspects of Indian life, Rusty is enchanted … and is lost forever to the prim proprieties of the European community.  General Thoughts: This book is super special. Not only this 60th anniversary edition an absolute beauty. This is also a signed copy I picked up from Mussoorie when I was in Landour earlier in the year. This is perhaps one of Ruskin Bond's most well kn

Review: Grandma's Bag of Stories by Sudha Murthy.

Book: Grandma's Bag of Stories Author: Sudha Murthy Pages: 176 Read On: Paperback How Long It Took Me Read: 2 hours Plot Summary:   When Grandma opens her bag of stories, everyone gathers Around. Who can resist a good story, especially when it’s being told by Grandma? From her bag emerges tales of kings and cheats, monkeys and mice, bears and gods. Here comes the bear who ate some really bad dessert and got very angry; a lazy man who would not put out a fire till it reached his beard; a princess who got turned into an onion; a queen who discovered silk, and many more weird and wonderful people and animals. Grandma tells the stories over long summer days and nights, as seven children enjoy life in her little town. The stories entertain, educate and provide hours of enjoyment to them. So come, why don’t you too join in the fun? General Thoughts: I've read quite a few Sudha Murthy books this year and really enjoyed them. I find them soothing, simple a