Simone van der Vlugt
Author of The Reunion
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Image credit: Simone van der Vlugt - Photo: Wim van der Vlugt
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Besmet!; Jacoba; Houvast; Het kerstwonder — Author — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Vlugt, Simone van der
- Legal name
- Watertor, Simone
- Birthdate
- 1966-12-15
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Birthplace
- Hoorn, Netherlands
- Places of residence
- Alkmaar, Netherlands
- Education
- Lerarenopleiding, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland (Nederlands | Frans)
- Occupations
- writer
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This book is hard to rate. There are some parts with bad writing (think teenage romance novel) and horrible anachronisms. On the other hand: the writer has made a period from Dutch history comprehensible and easier to relate to. The characters are somewhat flat, but the way they behave is not far-fetched.
This book made it easier for me to remember all kinds of details from the Dutch 80-years-war. I wish I had read this book during my studies.
This book made it easier for me to remember all kinds of details from the Dutch 80-years-war. I wish I had read this book during my studies.
Giallo psicologico, suspence sino alla fine. Ogni volta che pensi di aver individuato l'assassino saltano fuori nuovi indizi, fino alla soluzione e al finale a sorpresa.
Il male è contagioso, per questo bisogna cercare di fare il bene
Il male è contagioso, per questo bisogna cercare di fare il bene
Free thriller that is both neat and yet too spelled out to create sufficient suspense. All plot lines are knotted together in the end, so the book also does not linger.
A visually handicapped girl witnesses a violent assault by three men at a jeweler’s shop, near her home. The shop owner gets killed, the girl is not hurt, presumed blind (she carries a red and white stick). In the evening the Police reports on the fatal assault mentioning that the witness was visually impaired (rather than blind). Then the hunt is on. The girl is threatened at the village fair, feels threatened by an office cleaner, is nearly driven over by a run-away car. Finally at her sister’s birthday party it becomes clear that at least one of the perpetrators is part of her own inner circle of friends. Another plot line concerns a long-lasting guilt complex of her able sister with regard to the visually impaired one. A final climax resolves everything. So, nicely plotted, and yet unsatisfactory. Why? Because everything is spelled out, continuously, leaving nothing to the reader’s imagination.… (more)
A visually handicapped girl witnesses a violent assault by three men at a jeweler’s shop, near her home. The shop owner gets killed, the girl is not hurt, presumed blind (she carries a red and white stick). In the evening the Police reports on the fatal assault mentioning that the witness was visually impaired (rather than blind). Then the hunt is on. The girl is threatened at the village fair, feels threatened by an office cleaner, is nearly driven over by a run-away car. Finally at her sister’s birthday party it becomes clear that at least one of the perpetrators is part of her own inner circle of friends. Another plot line concerns a long-lasting guilt complex of her able sister with regard to the visually impaired one. A final climax resolves everything. So, nicely plotted, and yet unsatisfactory. Why? Because everything is spelled out, continuously, leaving nothing to the reader’s imagination.… (more)
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Het gaat over een overval bij een juwelier..een vrouw die slechtziend is, is getuige..de juwelier zelf wordt neergeschoten. De dagen na de overval wordt de vrouw nog bedreigd (bijna omver gereden, gechanteerd op de kermis) uiteindelijk bleek dat 1 van de drie overvallers in haar vriendegroep zit.