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| Title | : | The Ice Cream Girls |
| Author | : | Dorothy Koomson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 452 pages |
| Published | : | 2010 by Sphere |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Mystery. Contemporary. Crime |
Dorothy Koomson
Hardcover | Pages: 452 pages Rating: 3.98 | 9698 Users | 816 Reviews
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As teenagers Poppy Carlisle and Serena Gorringe were the only witnesses to a tragic event. Amid heated public debate, the two seemingly glamorous teens were dubbed ‘The Ice Cream Girls’ by the press and were dealt with by the courts.Years later, having led very different lives, Poppy is keen to set the record straight about what really happened, while married mother-of-two Serena wants no one in her present to find out about her past. But some secrets will not stay buried – and if theirs is revealed, everything will become a living hell all over again...
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| Original Title: | The Ice Cream Girls |
| ISBN: | 1847443648 (ISBN13: 9781847443649) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 9698 Users | 816 ReviewsEvaluate Based On Books The Ice Cream Girls
I read this a long time ago. I remember liking it. I do remember the storyline but not the ending.Dorothy Koomson's masterpiece! I fell in love with her writing with "My Best Friend's Girl" I and was acquiring Serbian editor of that novel... This title, despite the chick-lit covers, is serious book, having serious theme of child abuse, murder, and impact on lives of two girls and their families... Perfectly researched topic and masterfully written!#mustread
I read this a long time ago. I remember liking it. I do remember the storyline but not the ending.
Two and a half stars. I debated for a long while over a rating for this. In the end I gave it two and a half stars because it was okay but I couldnt say I liked it. That no doubt has a lot to do with the subject matter. Serena and Poppy stand trial for the torture and murder of Marcus, an ex teacher. Poppy is convicted of the murder and gets sentenced while Serena does not. However she still lives each day with what happened and the secret she has kept from her husband.While it kept me reading,
The plot in this book has more holes than Swiss cheese. Does that sound cliché? Well, this book is full of them. I wish I can get the hours back that I wasted. All this book left me with was questions.What upset me the most about reading this book was not only how Serena and her family never managed to tell Evan that she had been on trial for murder 20 years ago BUT that he never read or heard about the 'infamous' trial that took place in the same country they lived and met in!!! England isn't
I like Dorothy Koomson but this one was tricky! The whole premise of two teenage girls being independently seduced by their teacher and how that relationship was brought to an end was fine. The legalities of it - not fine. I found it impossible to accept that neither girls' parents didn't notice changes in behaviour, bruises etc, that any judge or jury in the UK would accept that this man was a gentle soul and that the girls were evil when he'd been abusing them since they were 15, that one girl
This would have been a five star read for me as I was fully engrossed from the first page, I just found a couple of things rather unbelievable and unrealistic and although it is a work of fiction, it had me overthinking these parts. However, I loved the story and how it was told and I will certainly read more by this author again.
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