The Girl Who Survived by Lisa Jackson

".........  I enjoyed the book and read it quickly. The story grabbed my interest within the first page and kept it throughout. The setting just added to the story, it was the perfect package for a creepy Christmas thriller. My main con is the author repeated…. A lot! It wasn’t chapters or even pages apart either it was sentences apart that she wrote almost word for word what she’d just written ....." " The Girl Who Survived catches you right from the beginning. It moved on and makes you feel like your right there. It gets your heart pumping. I would recommend this to anyone that enjoys a good murder mystery. Can’t wait to read move of Lisa Jackson...."

미스터리, 스릴러, 호러, 로맨스, 심리, 장편소설이다. 전체적으로 분위기가 어두운 편이고 막장의 끝을 보여주는 이야기라 개인적으로 별로 좋아하지 않지만 작가의 능력때문에 아무튼 계속 읽을 수 있었다. 특히 'step-' 'ex-' 같은 단어들이 많이 등장하는 작품이라 등장인물들의 관계들에 대해서 초반에는 혼돈스럽다. 어쩌면 작가는 이런 점을 노렸는지도 모르지만.... 문장은 난해하지 않지만 단어나 표현등은 좀 어려울 수 있다.  slaughtered, screaming, fingerprints on the hilt, Valium, redemption, ringleader, heinous, people saw what they wanted to see, stock image, phobia, Christmas Eve, self-inflicted, screwup, affidavit, horrid voice, message, garret, barrel of a gun, knife, reporter, double jeopardy, persons of interest, trailer, divorce, seed, idolizing, trapped, drugged, complicit, different name, secrets, run away, decapitate, captive, greedy, jealousy, trust, chase, suicide 등이 작품을 이해하는데 중요한 표현들이다.