The killing Doll

by Ruth Rendell | Mystery & Thrillers |
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Registered by wingTyrnimarjawing of Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on 4/7/2015
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Journal Entry 1 by wingTyrnimarjawing from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
The winter before he was sixteen, amateur magician Pup made a Faustian pact and sold his soul to the devil. He wasn't quite sure what he was going to get in exchange.

Pup's older sister, Dolly, is manically obsessed with her birthmark, believing it is responsible for her status as a social outcast. She becomes pathologically transfixed by Pup's dabbling in magic, desperate to believe he has occult powers that can cure her disfigurement, improve their lives, and kill their stepmother.
As Dolly's obsession grows, a young mentally disturbed Irishman lurks just around the corner, inseparable from his sharpened set of knives...
In this intense and deeply disturbing novel, Ruth Rendell explores a haunted world of obsession, delusions and murderous fantasy, with dazzling virtuosity.
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Update 11.4.15
Good Read! Rendell never lets me down:)

Journal Entry 2 by wingTyrnimarjawing at Zografou - Ζωγράφου, Attica Greece on Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Released 9 yrs ago (8/25/2015 UTC) at Zografou - Ζωγράφου, Attica Greece

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Sent to Feltre, Greece. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 3 by feltre at Zografou - Ζωγράφου, Attica Greece on Sunday, September 13, 2015
I came back from my holidays and found the book waiting for me, with a lovely card in it. Thank you so much for the surprise!

Journal Entry 4 by feltre at Zografou - Ζωγράφου, Attica Greece on Thursday, October 1, 2015
A dark novel of psychological suspense. Just my cup of tea!

Journal Entry 5 by feltre at Zografou - Ζωγράφου, Attica Greece on Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Released 8 yrs ago (8/23/2016 UTC) at Zografou - Ζωγράφου, Attica Greece

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Sent to Clairby11xxx.

Journal Entry 6 by Clairby11xxx at Farnborough, Hampshire United Kingdom on Friday, August 26, 2016
Thanks for the book :)

Journal Entry 7 by Clairby11xxx at Farnborough, Hampshire United Kingdom on Thursday, December 15, 2016
This is one of those books I feel I shouldn't give too much away about, suffice to say it is about a teenage boy who sells his soul to the devil and how that decision affects his sister's life. When I say devil I do not mean a literal character, this is not a fantasy, rather a suspenseful study of the occult and mental illness, touching on alcoholism and with a bit of murder thrown in for good measure. Sounds cheery doesn't it?

I honestly had no idea where this was going until I was about 70% through it, Rendell builds the tension very well throughout and kept me interested enough to carry on while I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen. The characters are some of the more interesting I have read about (maybe because this would not be my go to choice of genre) and the narration was constantly switching between them which I really enjoyed. By the end I could tell who's mind I was in even if it wasn't made clear for a couple of sentences.

This is a book where the small things matter, you notice the routines of the characters and their little quirks. There is no travelling and the whole book revolves around one house in a London suburb. I think the small scope completely absorbed me and I emerged from the last page a little stunned at having been dumped back into reality.

If you like a little bit of darkness and a slow burn then this is the book for you.

Released 8 yrs ago (12/16/2016 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom

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Chosen from the First Sentences VBB, safe travels :)

Journal Entry 9 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Friday, December 23, 2016
The book arrived safely today.
Thanks, Clairby11xxx! It looks just like a book I'd enjoy, from one of my favorite genres :-)

Journal Entry 10 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Monday, November 18, 2024
While reading this book, I kept waiting and waiting and waiting. The thing I was waiting for, occurred only at the end of the book.
Well, to be honest, I didn't like this book. I didn't like Pup and Dolly even less. Kudos to Rendell, that she kept me reading till the very last page despite the waiting and my not caring a bit for both main characters.
A few interesting themes/subjects came by in this book. A sister taking her mother's place in taking care of her brother after she dies. The wish that life would be much better when this or that would no longer exist. Or when person A would no longer be here, friends would suddenly appear as well. Multiple personalities in a person, or (if I'm wrong about that), life with a person with mental health problems. Alcoholism, cheating, murder, homosexuality, when looked at this short book from that angle, it is packed, even though the pace of the story was very slow. Not sure if I'll pick up another book by her again.

Released 4 wks ago (1/16/2025 UTC) at Paddy O'Ryan Irish Pub in Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands

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In the green bookcase outside the side entrance of Paddy's. Across the alley from the butcher's.

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