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Killing Me Softly Paperback – January 5, 2006

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Now that you've read GONE GIRL...

Alice Loudon has it all: a devoted boyfriend, a marvelous circle of friends, a challenging job as a research scientist. Then one morning, on her way to work, she exchanges a lingering look with a devastatingly attractive man. Adam Tallis is the essence of every female fantasy--a daring mountain climber who has been hailed as a hero. As a lover, he is more passionate than Alice's wildest imaginings. Soon there isn't anything or anyone she wouldn't give up to stay by his side. Soon all she has is Adam, and life with this stranger will take her to new heights of madness...and fear.
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"A compulsive read...peak psychological suspense."―People magazine

"First-rate...geniune chills run down the spine..."―Orlando Sentinel

"French pulls off [sexual obsession] as well as anyone in recent memory."―Chicago Tribune

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (January 5, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 385 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0446696889
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446696883
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.97 x 8 inches
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Nicci French is the pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together.

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Presela Anne
5.0 out of 5 stars A Look Into A Gripping And Emotionally Dark Love
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2016
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It was seeing the movie on cable that made me order this book. Typically, I expected the book to closely follow the film. However, without revealing details to those who have not yet read the book, or seen the movie, I won't go into detail about the differences.

Suffice it to say that I had to separate book from movie, and rate each as a separate entity. This is a good book, psychologically gripping, and also very emotionally disturbing. It is a fascinating look into the gripping psychological experience a person may endure when they "fall in love" in a way that is all consuming. This is about a mind-altering love, magnetically intense, that overtakes the main character and leads her down a path of doubt, darkness, and even terror. In many ways it was heartbreaking. Yet, these sorts of relationships exist, as we all know, and I feel the writer wrote an excellent account of how a person can lose themselves so completely when their will is almost involuntarily surrendered to someone else. This type of "love" is for me proof that we do NOT choose who we love, and that certain kinds of love are most definitely not a choice.
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M. L. Epstein
4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2009
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I waited 2 weeks after I read this book to review it.

It's a story about obsession. A man and woman, meet by chance, feel an immediate attraction and become obsessed with each other. What would that feel like? According to this book, pretty great... at first. She leaves behind her live-in boyfriend and her friends. They slowly shut out the rest of the world. It gets creepy.

For the first week after I read Killing Me Softly, I constantly rehashed each decision the main character Alice had made. Would I have done that? Would I have gone there? It kept me up at night. My point being the book sucked me in. It bothered me. It disturbed me.

I still think about it daily - 2 weeks later.

The writing is good. The characters are good. The story is disturbing. The ending feels like a cheat. However, you should read it.
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Kindle Customer Sharon Tripp
3.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite.
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2018
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While indeed not my favorite of the Nicci French novels, it was yet another impossible book to put down book. The authors always pull you right in from the beginning and you speed along to the end. Usually their novels feature smart, strong women. Smart women who usually do incredibly stupid things and get into trouble, but still strong and strong willed women. The problem I had with this book was Alice. She was weak and really not that smart. Since reading Tess of the D'Ubervilles in my youth I have abhorred weak women in novels. It is a prejudice of mine and may not ruin the story for many. Certainly a lot of women in the real world are taken in by men and their stories are just as important, but I don't enjoy that kind of character. So, a good read it you don't share my preferences.
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Elle
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2017
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The movie is one of my favorite psychological dramas. I decided to read the book because we all know that the book is always better than the movie. Now I know that they are actually two different stories. Equally fantastic both have a wonderful intensity with rich characters and beautiful imagery. Both were completely heartbreaking but in the best way. If you want all the angst, the feels and a strong alpha male romance. Only you want something other than the same old cookie cutter romance. I highly recommend this book.
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Patty
5.0 out of 5 stars Nicci French is in a class by herself
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2013
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I am a huge fan of this author and am so glad I "stumbled" on her as her books aren't at my local B&N. She is British so I assume that may have something to do with it-having a British publisher, not sure. I like the whole London/British setting and I am not a huge suspense reader but her books keep you right on the edge and this one was no different. You feels as if you are the main character in this book and feel her thrill as she meets this new man, her blinded love and ultimately you feel her fear as the real man's darker side begins to unravel. Don't pass this one up!
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Gillian A
4.0 out of 5 stars Love the early Nicci French
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2017
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I would give this 4-5 stars. It's a well-written story of sexual/psychological obsession. Gripping and taut -- hard to put down. I believe it to be one of Nicci French's best and so much better than the recent Frieda Klein series.
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Heide
3.0 out of 5 stars Californication
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2014
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Started watching this and enjoyed it very much. before i started i checked to be sure it was part of my membership. Watched 5 epsiodes enjoyed very much. Went back the next day and they asked me to pay. Classic Bate and Switch technique. Really Amazon. Give us back Californication. Isn't that what the membership fee is for?

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tedsone
5.0 out of 5 stars Best novel she ever wrote.
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2020
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This was such a powerful, well constructed and confident thriller. Her use of language, characterisation and cunning control of the reader's expectations put her in the top echelon of thriller writers.
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Barbara
5.0 out of 5 stars Nicci French
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2018
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Really enjoy this husband and wife teams book. Have read quit a number of their books and enjoyed everyone. They tell amazing stories that are real page turners. Recommend to anyone,
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Bookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars Intrigue in spades
Reviewed in Australia on January 17, 2020
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I love all Nicci French books (except for the change of style with the Monday, Tuesday, etc series). There is something 'unputdownable' and sheer readability about all these books, with a combination of psychological mystery and undertones of menace imbuing the normal lives of our victims. Read one Nicci French, and you'll want to read them all. I've read 'Killing Me Softly' several times, and will probably read it again some time in the future. If you like psychological thrillers, give it a go!
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D. M. Purkiss
5.0 out of 5 stars Fine thriller with a serious side
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2011
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I wish I could give this book to every Twihard. It's beautifully written in a good plain style. I found Alice very easy to believe, even though I didn't much like her. The plot demands that she gives up her whole life for Adam - it's erotic obsession - but then she suddenly starts getting curious about his past. I thought it might partly be the obsession itself - she literally seems to think of nothing else - but I also thought the book might have spent more time on this, more time explaining how her doubts arose. As for Adam, I've known a few alpha males... they do fill up a life and make it seem important. The drama, the possessiveness - all of it makes the person feel important, as if everything in their life has immense importance. Alice buys this, and then gives up on it. Apart from the violent sex, it's hard to see that Adam is a threat to Alice UNLESS she wants to leave, which she seemingly does. I felt quite annoyed with her yo-yoing. Having behaved crazily, she then can't commit to the craziness enough. I thought at times that the book might have been better without the genre elements, without the murders and intrigues. what if there was simply a book about obsessive love? Is that problem enough in itself? However, I did enjoy it very much, and will try some more of this author's work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful
Reviewed in Australia on July 30, 2018
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You can sense the danger in this book. Some how when the book was finished i felt sire there was more to come. I felt that Alice might also be hiding something. Or perhaps she imagined her situation.
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Teaney
4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping, terrifying, amazing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2013
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Alice is living with Jake, average life, until an earth-shattering chance meeting with a blue eyed man sweeps her off her feet and her life as she knows it is thrown into turmoil.
Alice is seduced by Adam's obsession with her. To me it felt as if Alice was living in a fog, under a veil, like there is no clarity when she is with Adam. She knows that she will never be loved like this again, but is it enough, and at what price. Adam leads a haphazard life. Never putting down roots, or settling in one place. Perhaps that's a product of his upbringing. You never get to the bottom of his true history.
The writing is "staccato-style" and takes a bit of getting used to. Also not sure if there was a problem with the kindle version, but sentences and chapters merged into one another without a break, and read a bit oddly.
It was a gripping book, bordering on disturbing and I think the authors got the balance just about right. Read it in one evening.
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