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When Richard Blythe's wife, Rachel, dies from cancer after a protracted illness, he is determined to get away from it all amid the wilds of the countryside, leaving his young twins, his job, his friends and all known responsibilities for a few precious weeks of reflection and healing. However, within days, the world has caught up with him, confronting him with a vulnerable girl whom he finds unconscious and who clearly has more of a story to tell than she is divulging. This unfortunate meeting starts a series of events that unsettle Richard's life to the point where he can no longer anticipate what will happen next or gauge who is on what side. Then he meets the seductive Sophie, who appears to like him but she seems to be working to a different agenda, and one that Richard can only guess at. More importantly and because of his own feelings, his conscience suddenly becomes a controlling factor. 'Pooh Bridge' is a mesmerising murder mystery, seeped in grief, which continuously offers the promise of the beguiling snake that is coiling in readiness to bite, but when it does strike it is not in the direction anticipated.
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This author rambled and would change the subject a lot. I agree that the book isn't what it seemed to be. It was more about this man's personal life and feelings than what happened to this girl he found in the woods. Certain things didn't make sense and the part of the story I was really interested about wasn't solved in my mind.
but none the less it engages one's attention. Richard's wife had died and he embarks on a camping trip to sort of have some time to himself to grieve and heal. He happens upon a young woman who has been attacked, and tries to help. However, she disappears from his campsite and is later found dead.
He can't put her out of his mind, and in a sort of unintentional journey, he tries to learn more about her and what brought her to her end.
Too many "coincidences" but it's a decent read.
I purchased this book solely based on the title. I have a slight obsession with Winnie the Pooh - and have a friend in the UK who lives near the bridge that "pooh sticks" was conceived on. That alone was enough to intrigue me.
What I found was a beautifully crafted story following the changes to a recently widowed 39 year old man, with twin 13 year old children. Richard is completely lost without his wife Rachel and to 'keep her close' he wanders on a walkabout through the countryside, to be alone with his memories, and unsurprisingly a direction for his life.
We travel with Richard through his guilt at traveling so much of the time for work, his inability to feel accepted and liked by his inlaws, his confusion at events unfolding around him. Written with a sweetness and depth of feeling, I really did see Rachel through Richard's eyes, and felt their connection. The connection that he describes as so consuming, so self-sufficient that I know her parents felt utterly isolated and useless.
It isn't until many different pieces fall into place with the progression of the story do we see the significance of the bridge, it's ties to the past, and the possible path the the future.
If you are looking for a well crafted story with many twists and a great heart - I would recommend this book. It's not your typical love story - it's far more realistic.
As noted, this book was just okay. It was a passable mystery but way too long. There were some good actions and mystery scenes but they were interspersed with pages of lengthy descriptions of his every single thought and of every woman he met, who were all quite beautiful and who were also all openly interested in him, making other men in the story stare jealously. I kept having flashbacks to 007, James Bond. I got the feeling I was reading something from the early years of British mysteries, so maybe that's what the author was shooting for?
Like others, I was also disappointed in the ending. After building up all the international spying and murder intrigue, we were given a pretty feeble explanation that the main character swallowed without hesitation. He was kidnapped, drugged, arrested, followed, kicked out of foreign countries and had his home broken into, but he decided to let bygones be bygones. Though the story was okay, I probably won't try any more from this author.
I was prepared for coincidences and unlikely events pulling the story all together---this is fiction after all. But after all of the turmoil and chasing about the world, the ending left me feeling let down.
The story started well, a man who deeply loved his wife needing to get away from it all after her death to sort through his thoughts and all that. Because it was meant to be suspense type fiction the requisite dead body showed up, the searches, the being followed all seemed in line. Our protagonist and story teller, Richard was just clueless enough in his bumbling to seem real. His family, the twins and the in laws were sympathetic characters who were given just enough depth. Well, perhaps not David, he seemed to get the short end of the Pooh stick in this story. Rachel seemed a bit to perfect, but then as it is her grieving widower telling the story he would have that tendency we all do to only remember the best parts of our lost loved ones and forget the crabby days we all have.
Things broke down for me in Brunei. While the setting itself was well captured, the author lost me with the introduction of both Abby and Sophie. Abby seemed like a minor character with no real impact by the end other than to serve as a conduit for Sophie to meet Richard. He was introduced, he gave a bizarre tale for wanting Richard there, then boom he is gone. Sophie just never came across as likeable, and her appearance at the end was too swift, her story too bizarre, and the very end made to be too saccharine to be stomached. I kept hoping for a different sort of ending those last couple of pages, but alas no gunman showed up on Pooh Bridge.
The story started well. I would try this author again; I just need to forget the last couple of pages. Sorry.
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