Reviews of The Long, Long Afternoon

it’s a cat’s life….

17/01/2024 – 08:14

Lovely book….

Yesterday, I kissed my husband for the last time . . . It's the summer of 1959, and the...

mtagm

13/01/2023 – 10:28

An atmospheric read

The setting to this story is an area called Sunnylakes, California in the 1950s. This is a...

danielle.amor

11/07/2022 – 21:13

A good read

My Review for the Long Long Afternoon is below:: The Long, Long Afternoon is a gripping drama...

jorooks

25/05/2022 – 11:09

A very different read

I enjoyed this book far more than I expected to. It was very atmospheric and brought to life the...

chriscairns

13/03/2022 – 17:23

Definitely a long long afternoon

I totally inhaled this book and read it in one sitting. Author, Inga Vesper deals with some...

anya.williams_x

12/12/2021 – 19:16

I really enjoyed it

This was a fascinating read for me. I wasn't sure at first; the cover didn't make me believe it...

lucia91t

07/10/2021 – 15:01

The sunniest neighbourhood... the darkest secrets!

"In a sunny and rich Los Angeles neighbourhood everything seems perfect… perfectly-trimmed lawns,...

emilyb_123

17/09/2021 – 23:22

OMG

I have yet to read this book, although I would ABSOLUTELY love to, the front cover draws my...

corrina

13/09/2021 – 09:58

Enjoyable

The Long, Long Afternoon by Inga Vesper has been all my too be read pile for a very long time! I...

lorrainelowe

13/09/2021 – 08:52

Started well, but too many plot holes!

I thought this book started off really well, and I loved the mix of Mad Men, Stepford Wives and...

umamahkhawaja13@icloud.com

11/09/2021 – 19:05

I liked aLOT

this book it’s a really good book,, I’m intrested in crime and mystery so I was very excited to...

handagreat

02/09/2021 – 09:30

Great

I dont want to say to much as to not spoil the book but the characters were really well written....

belishann1

01/09/2021 – 03:24

Amazing

This is Inga Vesper's debut novel, The Long, Long Afternoon. The crime novel is set in 1959 in...

puttingjentopaper

04/06/2021 – 09:22

Loved this

I found this such an interesting book. To begin with I wasn't so sure, the cover didn't make me...

emmastorey

29/05/2021 – 23:24

Pretty Good

I'm not very experienced with the 50s, and there were definitely some culture shocks when I first...

agjbooks&gems

24/05/2021 – 17:22

Couldn't put it down

What a great book! I couldn’t put it down and I lost track of time! The story is so cleverly...

taemia

16/05/2021 – 02:37

Great storyline

Opening The Long, Long Afternoon with the line: "Yesterday I kissed my husband for the last...

brown_flopsy

04/05/2021 – 09:33

Wonderful!

1959: Welcome to Sunnylakes, Santa Monica, a picture perfect, white middle-class neighbourhood,...

emmas.biblio.treasures

03/05/2021 – 19:21

A mesmerising debut

“Yesterday, I kissed my husband for the last time." Sunnylakes, Santa Monica - a town whose...

jackie oldfield

03/05/2021 – 16:23

Wonderful book

A wonderful murder mystery that covers race inequalities and an era, we should all Learn from....

declan_book

21/04/2021 – 23:04

Would recommend

Inga Vesper opens The Long, Long Afternoon with the line: "Yesterday I kissed my husband for the...

shay

21/04/2021 – 17:32

A good read

The genre for the long, long afternoon is indeed mystery and suspense, revolving around a...

preyingforbooks

21/04/2021 – 07:01

Lazy Read

This book looks thick but I took only one day to finish it! I read it together with an audiobook...

lynnfrankie

19/04/2021 – 21:44

An interesting narrative

I listened to this book on audiobooks and really enjoyed it. The narrators were of an extremely...

thapanita

18/04/2021 – 15:45

Great!

I enjoyed reading this whodunnit which is set in 1959 California. It is packed with racial...

anna77

18/04/2021 – 04:47

Really shows the reality of the “American Dream”

I am not usually a fan of thriller or crime books but this book was so enigmatic that I couldn’t...

maya2005

16/04/2021 – 16:59

so good in a pandemic!

This book is amazing, it is written from three different perspectives and the writing style is...

alarkinsong

15/04/2021 – 22:25

A quick read

The Long, Long Afternoon did not take a long, long time to read - rather it really was very...

aabb22

13/04/2021 – 21:56

quite good

A decent little whodunit with much to enjoy. I particularly liked the sense of time and place,...

lizard

13/04/2021 – 17:52

Amazing Writing

I loved this book immensely. While the story itself was amazing, the writing style really...

booklover231

12/04/2021 – 20:52

I liked it

The Long, Long Afternoon is set in 1950s America when issues such as racism and misogyny were so...

dash

12/04/2021 – 11:23

Loved it!

My pick of this weeks reading is the brilliantly evocative novel “The Long Long Afternoon” by...

herefrombooktok

12/04/2021 – 03:32

good!

Very interesting and intriguing from the start! Powerfully engaging from the very first page. The...

js1023

11/04/2021 – 21:11

Fantastic

The preview has very much hooked me in. I absolutely love it. I am so fascinated to find out...

storeyimogen

11/04/2021 – 12:34

A must read!

This is Inga Vesper's debut novel, The Long, Long Afternoon. The crime novel is set in 1959 in...

emilyx

11/04/2021 – 11:04

Brilliant

This book is amazing, it is written from three different perspectives and the writing style is...