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"[Sophie] combines the creepy narrative power of a young William Golding with the disturbingly accurate memory of what it is like to be a child. . . . So good that one can only wonder what [Burt] will do next."
—The Times (London)
In a dark room of a dilapidated house, as a storm rages outside, Matthew lights a candle and places it in the center of the floor. Its light spreads across the wall and illuminates Sophie, tied up in a chair facing him. She is frightened, fearful of what he might do next. But for now, it seems, all Matthew wants to do is talk. Talk about the events of nearly twenty years ago, about their strange childhood, and about the summer when Sophie grew up and everything changed . . . forever.
Young Mattie and Sophie lived in a world seemingly without constraints. Their cold mother barely paid attention to her children. Their father, a mere shadow in their lives, was never home. So Mattie and Sophie had the run of the gardens and the woods beyond. They played youthful games, but Sophie was extraordinarily intelligent, a fact she took great pains to hide from her teachers, so as not to stand out. Sophie was everything to Mattie, and he worshiped her. He wanted to know her secrets, the things that went on inside her brilliant mind. But Sophie was changing. And the summer before she went away to boarding school, the things she had worked so hard to conceal would come spilling out—and Mattie would have to live with the shocking consequences.
Now he's all grown up, too, and Matthew wants answers to the questions that still darken his mind—no matter what the cost. . . .
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—The Times (London)
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![Sophie, [Sophie] combines the creepy narrative power of a young William Golding with the disturbingly accurate memory of what it is like to be a child. . . . So good that one can only wonder what [Burt] will do next.
—The Times (London)
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George Lawrence
reviewed Sophie on August 04, 2011![4 Stars Rating for Sophie, [Sophie] combines the creepy narrative power of a young William Golding with the disturbingly accurate memory of what it is like to be a child. . . . So good that one can only wonder what [Burt] will do next.
—The Times (London)
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Sophie
Siblings Mattie and Sophie Howard have an unusual upbringing characterized by too much free time on their hands and absentee parents. Though their mother is in residence, she may as well not be because she barely acknowledges them and for most the story remains an unhappy and mildly sinister presence. Their father, supposedly traveling the world for work, visits sporadically but never for extended periods.
At the start of the book, Mattie is confronting Sophie on issues he feels were hidden from him as a child and which he feels he now must address as an adult. Sophie, tied up and smarting from a blow to her face, cannot leave and is forced to relive Mattie's recollections of their childhood.
By virtue of the fact that Sophie is bound at the beginning of the story, danger and violence hang over the whole proceedings regardless of how mundane the recollections may seem. As you listen to Mattie discuss what appears to be an idyllic childhood in an English village, you wonder what could have led to the present situation. That Sophie loved her brother is never in question and the lengths she will go to protect him become evident almost immediately. If not for the dysfunctional parents, Mattie and Sophie's lives as children would be considered normal. A beautiful country side, adventures and discoveries, picnics and all the little things that make childhood so beautiful and confusing are relayed with an expert touch. The author is an amazing story teller who transports you into Mattie and Sophie's lives in all its vivid details.
But even as a child, Mattie notices little thing that suggest that there might be more to Sophie than at first thought. For one thing, Sophie is brilliant but hides her intelligence anytime people begin to notice. At thirteen, though she purposefully fails an exam that would have guaranteed her a scholarship, she cannot stall the inevitable, being sent off to boarding school. This impending departure heralds the beginning of the end. Life changes and innocence, if it had ever existed, is lost forever.
I can't say too much more because it would ruin key points but will say that I enjoyed this book very much. As the story unfolds, you turn pages with bated breathe, anticipating yet worried about what comes next. But as much as I liked this story, the end left me puzzled. Though the answers were provided for many mysteries, I was left wondering what the end actually meant. With a story like this, I don't want to guess, conjecture, hope, etc, that the end meant so and so. I want to know for sure.
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—The Times (London)
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