Kansas's Reviews > Listening Walls
Listening Walls
by
by
No sé que tiene Margaret Millar, que es casi la única ahora mismo en novela negra que soy capaz de soportar. Ultimamente tengo poco aguante con este género, porque no soporto las trampas y las manipulaciones argumentales, pero Margaret Millar es una autora muy honesta, que va al grano y casi sin darte cuenta, con un par de diálogos, te ha contado más sobre un personaje, que otros con varias páginas de análisis psicológicos, muchos autores de ahora podrían aprender de ella. La adoro porque además es capaz de hurgar en ese aparente perfecto estilo de vida americano, en esto es como David Lynch: todo parece perfecto en la superficie, sobre todo de las familias, pero cuando profundizas en el caso, hay toda una serie de capas oscuras y turbadoras.
"It was a street of conformity; where identical houses were painted at the same time every spring, a place of rules where gardens, parenthood and the future were planned with equal care, and even if everything went wrong the master plan remained in effect–keep up appearances, clip the hedges, mow the lawn, so that no one will suspect that there’s a third mortgage and that Mother’s headaches are caused by martinis not migraine."
"It was a street of conformity; where identical houses were painted at the same time every spring, a place of rules where gardens, parenthood and the future were planned with equal care, and even if everything went wrong the master plan remained in effect–keep up appearances, clip the hedges, mow the lawn, so that no one will suspect that there’s a third mortgage and that Mother’s headaches are caused by martinis not migraine."
Sign into Goodreads to see if any of your friends have read
Listening Walls.
Sign In »
Reading Progress
July 2, 2017
– Shelved
July 2, 2017
– Shelved as:
to-read
Started Reading
July 4, 2017
–
Finished Reading
Comments Showing 1-2 of 2 (2 new)
date
newest »
message 1:
by
[deleted user]
(new)
Aug 23, 2021 04:56AM
A ver si me estreno con la autora de una vez...
reply
|
flag