I enjoyed the first of this book or believe me it would have been returned. Oh man, what a load of crap! I cannot believe I wasted 12 hours of my life on this nonsense. Overall, I loved it and highly recommend! I felt that the end was not disconnected at all from the story, and would encourage readers to not let it keep you from experiencing this engaging and wholly entertaining story. I for one didn't see it coming at all, and was pleasantly riveted once I got it. As for the ending, I was not appalled at all, as some reviewers. Each person contributes to his and her situation in his own way. There was something to like and to dislike about each character, so the common bad guy/good guy scenario was not really at play. This was not overdone, in my opinion, and it's use & effects on the characters' lives was appealing in that sense.
I really enjoyed this book and appreciated its use of a little fantasy to make it stand apart from others in this genre. If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? What about the narrators’s performance did you like?Įach of the narrators did a great job with their respective characters and truly brought them to life. One almost has to respect going to such lengths to hang onto the man she loves so very, very much. Talk about an absorbing backstory and an even better present-day trophy wife come tragic victim come evil genius. I don't mind being a fan of a villain who shows such diabolically planned-out chaos, and Adele is one of these. If you could sum up Behind Her Eyes in three words, what would they be?
Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes takes the modern-day love triangle and not only turns it on its head but completely reinvents it in a way that will leave listeners reeling. But Louise can't guess how wrong - and how far a person might go to protect their marriage's secrets. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong. But then why is David so controlling? And why is Adele so scared of him?Īs Louise is drawn into David and Adele's orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. And if you think you know where this story is going, think again, because Behind Her Eyes is like no other book you've heard before.ĭavid and Adele look like the picture-perfect husband and wife. But she also just happens to be married to David. The very married man from the bar.who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can't keep his eyes off Louise.Īnd then Louise bumps into Adele, who's new to town and in need of a friend. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. Though he leaves after they kiss, she's thrilled she finally connected with someone. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar, and sparks fly. Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. Why is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes? "An eerie thriller.Pinborough keeps us guessing about just who’s manipulating whom - until the ending reveals that we’ve been wholly complicit in this terrifying mind game.” ( The New York Times Book Review ) I liked the journey more than the destination, but then, I don’t skate.The instant New York Times and number-one international best seller “Behind Her Eyes” isn’t about people, really.
Behind her eyes film series#
Brown has a way of looking one way in profile and quite another in close-up her character may be exasperating, but the performer’s innate warmth provides great contrast to Hewson (Bono’s daughter, FYI) and her mercurial intimations of danger ahead.ĭoes the series stick the triple axel? Some viewers’ eyes may never stop rolling, while others will find it effectively berserk, though it relies on supernatural developments that end up looking a bit silly on screen. That’s a massive hunk of deception for Louise, and it’s only a question of when everything will get sprung in “Behind Her Eyes.”įor a good while the series relies, successfully, on the striking charisma and skillful interpretive wiles of Brown and Hewson in particular. Adele and Louise agree to keep their friendship to themselves. Adele knows she’s David’s secretary but nothing more. Director Strand and his design collaborators invent an artful eyeful of various dream states, owing a bit to Magritte and a bit more to “Alice in Wonderland” - referenced directly in one scene when Louise reads Lewis Carroll to her 7-year-old, played with lovely naturalness by Tyler Howitt.Īs Louise continues her affair with David, she also befriends Adele, again by chance.
The tentacles of addiction wrap around the narrative, along with night terrors shared by Adele and by Louise.
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