Out of My Depth - Emily Barr

Have just finished Out of My Depth - what a terrible book! The characters are two dimensional, some of the storylines ridiculous, and it's all totally unbelievable. Not one of the characters is fleshed out enough that you actually care anything about them. The premise of the book is an interesting one, but it the character development is so plodding, particularly when the main characters are teenagers. The set ups for the teenage parts of the novel could be very interesting but neither the language or the girl's behaviour seems to be very authentic. They just don't talk to each other the way teenagers do - or did back in the 80s!! And the storyline about the woman in the ...  Read the complete review

"Sleep-sabotagingly moreish" Nicely put I'd say! This is another dabble of mine into the unknown, unknown author that is. I had never read a book by Emily Barr when I spotted this reduced to £2 in Morrisons last week. I know we aren't meant to 'judge a book by its cover' but I can't help it, this cover is nicely designed and it looks like it should be a good book! The story starts with Susie, a successful artist living in the French countryside with her perfect boyfriend. She decides off the top of her head to have a reunion weekend at her house with her three best friends from school; Amanda, Izzy and Tamsin. More ...  Read the complete review

On a recent library visit I found myself rapidly grabbing about five books after reading only the first couple of lines on the back of the book. I'm not one of these people that spends ages deciding if to read a book or not - if the cover looks appealing and the first couple of lines of blurb on the back doesn't bore me then I'll happily take it without a second thought. The front cover and the description of Emily Barr's "Out of My Depth" caught my attention and seemed quite interesting, while clearly avoiding the typical romantic comedy style books that seem to prevail these days. The Author Emily Barr is quite a successful author, ...  Read the complete review

I recently was lucky enough to be sent 'The Sisterhood' by Emily Barr to review for www.thebookbag.co.uk. I enjoyed it so much that I was immediately on the look out for more books by this fantastic author and came across 'Out of my Depth' - I was not disappointed as this was another fabulous read! Out of My Depth tells the story of four former school friends who meet up years later for a reunion. Right from the start the reader is aware that something dark and sinsiter occurred in their past which means that this reunion is never going to be easy - but this is at first only hinted at and gradually through the book the truth comes out. This really had me ...  Read the complete review