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The Nesting por C. J. Cooke
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The Nesting (original 2020; edição 2020)

por C. J. Cooke (Autor)

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"Architect Tom Faraday is determined to finish the high-concept, environmentally friendly home he's building in Norway - in the same place where he lost his wife, Aurelia, to suicide. It was their dream house, and he wants to honor her with it. Lexi Ellis takes a job as his nanny and immediately falls in love with his two young daughters, especially Gaia. But something feels off in the isolated house nestled in the forest along the fjord. Lexi sees mysterious muddy footprints inside the home. Aurelia's diary appears in Lexi's room one day. And Gaia keeps telling her about seeing the terrifying Sad Lady... Soon Lexi suspects that Aurelia didn't kill herself and that they are all in danger from something far more sinister lurking around them."--Publisher description.… (mais)
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Título:The Nesting
Autores:C. J. Cooke (Autor)
Informação:Berkley (2020), 368 pages
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I was looking forward to listening to The Nesting after loving C.J. Cooke's books The Lighthouse Witches and I Know My Name. And, The Nesting is a good book, just not as captivating as the ones I've read before. I did find myself struggling to warm up to Lexi (hard to explain without spoiling the book, but her way of getting the job irked me), and frankly that I think I was one of the reasons I had a hard time with the book. Storywise did I like the mystical vibes and happenings and the last part of the book was really thrilling. ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
Excellent mystery/suspense with a supernatural element. ( )
  amyghilton | Apr 7, 2021 |
The Nesting by C.J. Cooke is a 2020 HarperCollins publication.

Had potential, but missed the mark

Lexi Ellis, recovering from a suicide attempt, is desperate for work a place to live. She manages to steal another woman’s identity- now using the name, 'Sophie', and lands a plum job as a nanny for two girls named Gaia and Coco. The girls’ mother died tragically, and their father is determined to complete the home they had begun building before her death.

Despite her inexperience, Lexi quickly adjusts to her new job and forges a bond with the girls. Things begin to go awry when the girls claim to have seen a ‘Sad Lady’ and the other staff members may have begun to suspect Lexi is not who she claims to be.

This book should have been an easy win for me. Unfortunately, it fell flat. I did enjoy the Norwegian folklore, but the execution is quite poor, in my opinion. The story employs some wonderful Gothic plot devices, but the characters are dull and without enough depth or emotions to pull me toward them in any way- good or bad- not to mention the incredibly improbable situations, that even I couldn’t let slide.

Overall, the folklore is the saving grace for this one. Everything else about it was a letdown.

2 stars ( )
1 vote gpangel | Jan 15, 2021 |
Kicked off the new year with a pretty good book. Filled with dread, suspense and confusion, this is a spectacular gothic mystery not to be missed.
Lexi is barely scraping bottom, when the opportunity to be the au-pair for two little girls in Norway springs up. Tom, the girls’ father, is recently widowed and building his late wife’s dream house near a fjord.
Lexi deceivingly snatches up the job and is prepared to start afresh in dreamy Norway looking after two girls whilst writing her novel.
Alas, nothing is as it seems and she finds herself busy beyond words. She is quite taken by the girls and finds herself falling in love with them as if they were her own, but... what is that presence she sometimes sees lurking around the house? Why did the girls’ mother kill herself? What is that sense of dread she gets when she is out with the girls near the woods? And is Tom really who he appears to be or is there something more sinister to him than meets the eye?
Absolutely loved this atmospheric little gem of a book. I never saw the ending coming and I am already purchasing the author’s previous novels. Super recommend. ( )
  AleAleta | Jan 13, 2021 |
After a break-up with her boyfriend and finding herself homeless Lexi finds her perfect getaway - nannying for a family who have lost their mother, and a father desperate to finish building their perfect home. But not all is as Lexi expected, there's something evil lurking, wanting to destroy it all.
Perfectly chilling Nordic Thriller. I couldn't get enough.

Cooke's writing keeps you hooked from the very beginning and the characters were very well written and even when I wasn't reading The Nestling it's all I could think about...getting back to picking up this brilliant book. Definitely 5/5 stars worthy. ( )
  Bookworm842 | Oct 5, 2020 |
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After a failed suicide attempt, aspiring writer Lexi Ellis, the desperate narrator of this hypnotic psychological thriller from Cooke (I Know My Name), loses her job and her home in the north of England....She’s hired to work for architect Tom Faraday, the father of two young girls, who’s nearly finished building a house in a remote region of Norway in honor of his late wife, Aurelia. Once in Norway, Lexi fits easily enough into her nanny role, but odd things start to happen, from almost being locked in the basement to learning about the housekeeper’s obsession with Aurelia, whose death was deemed a suicide. Lexi comes to think it was actually murder. Readers will keep guessing what’s really going on right up to the surprise ending. Rebecca fans won’t want to miss this one.
adicionada por Lemeritus | editarPublisher's Weekly (Sep 1, 2020)
 
A British woman in crisis borrows the identity of a stranger to get a job as a nanny, but she and the children she cares for could be in danger.... Lexi is offered the job of watching over two girls, Gaia and Coco, while their father finishes building a high-concept home, a project he began prior to the sudden death of his wife. Lexi loves the job and the girls—but soon the kids start talking about a Sad Lady they see around the house. As strange happenings pile up, Lexi suspects their mother was murdered, and she becomes concerned for all of their safety. Very little about this book rings true. The plotting is rushed and relies on unexplained, sudden twists, such as Lexi’s staying at a women's shelter for a week or being able to bluff her way through an interview without having read the job description. Entire months are omitted from the story, including Lexi's first as a nanny, which she describes only as "pretty hazy." These issues, along with wooden dialogue and a first-person narration that reads more like a diary than a thriller, obscure any sense of mystery that could engage the reader. This gothic thriller doesn't offer enough intrigue to overcome its weaknesses.
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"Architect Tom Faraday is determined to finish the high-concept, environmentally friendly home he's building in Norway - in the same place where he lost his wife, Aurelia, to suicide. It was their dream house, and he wants to honor her with it. Lexi Ellis takes a job as his nanny and immediately falls in love with his two young daughters, especially Gaia. But something feels off in the isolated house nestled in the forest along the fjord. Lexi sees mysterious muddy footprints inside the home. Aurelia's diary appears in Lexi's room one day. And Gaia keeps telling her about seeing the terrifying Sad Lady... Soon Lexi suspects that Aurelia didn't kill herself and that they are all in danger from something far more sinister lurking around them."--Publisher description.

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