Murder Maker - Margaret Johnson
PLOT: Carla is a middle-aged British woman. She has no children, but she had a husband: they split up months ago, ‘cause he found ‘somebody else to love’.
She was so overcome that she couldn’t go out, meet somebody else, she was spending her day crying and telling herself how unfair life was.
But now she wants to ‘built’ a new life, without her husband: she joins a listening group of women who have been left by their husbands. She meets three wonderful women there: Dianne, Gemma and Cathy. She becomes really attached to these women, she shares her story with them and comes to know they all have similar stories.
As Carla knows these men, she understands how shallow and selfish they are. They remind her of her ex-husband, and now she wants only a thing: revenge.
COMMENT: I loved this book. Well, it's not a masterpiece or something i'll never forget, but I didn't expect a book like this: usually, 'Cambridge University Press' books are quite boring and the language is too simple.
But this book is different: it's well-written, the language is simple but the vocabulary is quite refined.
I found 'Murder Maker' an interesting book and I really recommend it.
- Agnese. 9780521536639 It's nothing spectacular - after all its target audience is English learners. So I guess that if you're making your first steps in reading in English (and you're in high school), the story of a slightly psychotic female serial killer will definitely hook you. 9780521536639 [CATabajo]-[CASTder]: Inicialmente empieza bien, 4 amigas que tienen problemas con sus respectivas parejas, hasta que una de ellas decide consciente o inconscientemente vengarse de cada una de ellas empezando con un viaje a Cuba. Al leer como finaliza la primera trama ya ves, bajo mi opinión, que el objetivo no es desarrollar unas tramas muy complicadas, sino viajar a través de 4 tramas distintas y que te vayas familiarizando con diferente vocabulario en ingles. Aun así, es un libro que se lee bastante rápido y te tiene entretenida porque piensas, como será el siguiente asesinato?
[CATder]: Inicialment comença be, 4 amigues les quals tenen problemes amb les seves respectives parelles, fins que una d’elles decideix conscient o inconscient venjar-se de cadascuna d’elles iniciant tot amb un viatge a Cuba. Al llegir com finalitza la primera historia, ja veus, sota la meva opinió, que l’objectiu no és desenvolupar tota una trama complicada, sinó, viatjar a través de 4 histories distintes i que et vagis familiaritzant amb diferent vocabulari en angles. Encara així és un llibre que és llegeix ràpid y entretingut perquè penses, com serà el següent asesinat? 9780521536639 I thought this book was very good, it’s an easy quick read and I couldn’t stop reading for some time. The writing was very easy making it a hard book to put down. I liked the perspective it was written in. I’d like to see a sequel to this book showing Carlas friends perspective of (spoilers)
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Of killing carlas ex boyfriend I think that would be a refreshing perspective on their situation, also bcz of the ending of course 9780521536639 This is a book for English learners, so I thought it wouldn't be as entertaining as it was. Some of the parts of the novel are quite detailed, but the end was just crazy and explained in just three pages. A story about revenge. 9780521536639
After being jilted by her lover, Carla is devastated and intends to seek revenge. She joins a self-help group for people in similar situations and there she meets three women who have been betrayed or abandoned by their husbands. Carla decides to rehearse her revenge on these men and starts by buying a ticket to Cuba.
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Murder Maker
This was a book I had to listen on audio for my pronunciation class. And being a book for school, I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
Though I thought it was kind of predictable I still found it very enjoyable. Carla was so annoying and her actions made no sense at times (her last love interest). I especially didn't like how she never talked to her daughters. It was very weird to me. But still, this book shows how women are capable of gruesome murders just like man are. But honestly, the ending wasn't very good.
We are supposed to do presentations with some general topics that this book has, and I decided to do Female serial killers through historyand I found out loads of interesting stuff and pretty disturbing facts too.
So, all in all, it was an okay book, and the woman who did the audiobook was amazing. She did accents and changed voices based on gender and age, which I quite enjoyed. 9780521536639 Muy entrenido, engancha mucho. Me lo leí en menos de 24h 9780521536639 It’s an excellent thriller that any adult will enjoy reading. It’s easy English and fast paced. Loved it. I’ll also look for other books of the same production like ‘He Knows Too Much by Alan Maley’ and others. 9780521536639 Libro cortito, no tiene un vocabulario complicado de entender. Bien, ameno y que engancha. 9780521536639
SUMMARY Murder Maker
