Tom Rob Smith
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| Title | : | The Farm |
| Author | : | Tom Rob Smith |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | February 13th 2014 by Simon & Schuster UK |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Crime. Suspense. Mystery Thriller. Audiobook |
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Until the moment he received a frantic call from his father, Daniel believed his parents were headed into a peaceful, well-deserved retirement. They had sold their home and business in London, and said "farewell to England" with a cheerful party where all their friends had gathered to wish them well on their great adventure: setting off to begin life anew on a remote, bucolic farm in rural Sweden. But with that phone call, everything changes. Your mother's not well, his father tells him. She's been imagining things--terrible, terrible things. She's had a psychotic breakdown, and has been committed to a mental hospital. Daniel prepares to rush to Sweden, on the first available flight the next day. Before he can board the plane, his father contacts him again with even more frightening news: his mother has been released from the hospital, and he doesn't know where she is. Then, he hears from his mother: I'm sure your father has spoken to you. Everything that man has told you is a lie. I'm not mad. I don't need a doctor. I need the police. I'm about to board a flight to London. Meet me at Heathrow. Caught between his parents, and unsure of who to believe or trust, Daniel becomes his mother's unwilling judge and jury as she tells him an urgent tale of secrets, of lies, of a horrible crime and a conspiracy that implicates his own father.Be Specific About Books In Favor Of The Farm
| Original Title: | The Farm |
| ISBN: | 1471110672 (ISBN13: 9781471110672) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Daniel, Tilde, Chris, Håkan Greggson, Elise Greggson, Mia Greggson, Ulf Lund, Kristofer Dalgaard, Stellan Nilson, Olle Norling |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) Gothenburg(Sweden) |
| Literary Awards: | Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee for Longlist (2014), Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2015) |
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Ratings: 3.55 From 21208 Users | 2709 ReviewsCriticism Out Of Books The Farm
2.5 Stars Having read and absolutely loved Child 44 I was very excited and had pre ordered my hard copy of The Farm by Tom Rob Smith. The praise on the blurb of this novel really leaves you to believe you are about to embark on a " Chilling, hypnotic, and thoroughly compelling novel. You will not read a better triller this year" The Novel is set in Sweden and tells the story of Chris and Tilde who retire there to a farm in a remote area to recapture what could only be considered the goodTom Rob Smiths new stand-alone novel The Farm (after the highly successful Child 44 trilogy) shows his diversity in story-telling. This is not an action-based, in your face, thriller like his previous work, but a psychological mystery, a coming out of sorts as a writer.The mystery behind the farm is a mystery itself. Mostly told from the perspective of the mother (Tilde) of the main character, Daniel, it starts off with a phone call from his father (Chris) saying how mentally ill Tilde is and
This is such a good book, a little disappointed with the last page but the story is solid and the revelations are very interesting. A story is told from one point of view at first but there is so much more to find out and we do once the second point of view is analyzed. It is a very fast paced book and if you like mysteries, youll like this one .
"Promise that you'll listen to everything I say with an open mind. All I ask for is an open mind. Promise me you'll do that, that's why I've come to you. Promise me!"Daniel is shocked when his father rings in tears to announce his mother is sick, not physically ill but mentally, and he has been forced to admit her to a psychiatric hospital. Distraught, Daniel makes immediate plans to travel to Sweden where his parents now live, but before he can board the plane his mother arrives in London,
From some of the negative reviews i have read, I understand that lots of people seem to have been disappointed by the plot. But this is not a novel in which the plot is king, it is about the nature of indiviudal perception and memory. That we all have such different views of the novel speaks to the essence of the very theme it explores. I, personally, really like stories that play with ideas of truth, who it belongs to and who creates it, what happens when one person's truth clashes against
I have a hard time pigeon-holing this in the thriller category, since two-thirds of the narrative takes place at a kitchen table in a London apartment in the form of a conversation between a mother and son. It's a testament to Smith's confidence as a writer that he spools out a story in a nearly all tell, very little show fashion. That doesn't mean it always works. After repeated cutbacks of scene to that London kitchen, I began to roll my eyes and wish SOMEONE WOULD GET TO THE BLOODY POINT
If I know one thing about this author it is his tendency to write slow, detailed stories that will almost bore the reader into sleep, and then end it all with a big explosive bang to wake you up and place you firmly back into the plot. I think this applies to every one of his four books that I've read. Daniel, an adult son living in England, is called by his heretofore idyllicly married parents to act as a sort of judge and jury to what they are experiencing on their farm in Sweden. Chris, his
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