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Skin Deep

By: Liz Nugent
Narrated by: Annette Flynn, Sophie Ward, Declan Rodgers, Anna Maria Everett, Daniel Betts, Trev Fleming, Michael Gould
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Publisher's Summary

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Skin Deep by Liz Nugent. 

Cordelia Russell has been living on the Côte d'Azur for 10 years, posing as an English heiress. Now her money is gone, and her luck is running out. Desperate to escape her grotty flat and grim reality, Cordelia spends a decadent night at the Negresco. But surrounded by the young, beautiful and privileged, she feels her age and her poverty. 

As dawn breaks, she stumbles home through the backstreets. Even before she opens her door, she can hear the flies buzzing. It hasn't taken long for the corpse in her bedroom to commence decomposing.... 

Liz Nugent's novel is the dark, twisted and shocking story of what takes Cordelia from an island childhood in Ireland to ruin in Nice. 

©2018 Liz Nugent (P)2018 Penguin Audio

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Great story--good characterisation

This book seems to have polarised readers, alienating those who found the characters unlikeable. i can see that it wouldn't appeal to those who want a more black and white approach but IMO they are missing the strength of a story that captures well the effects of dysfunctional, neglectful and abusive parenting on children as they [struggle to] grow up and function as adults. i enjoyed the development of the character of Delia who was deeply flawed but clearly a product of the violence of her childhood.

i was completely drawn into the story, which is a cracking, character-driven adventure. It is not 'literary' in the sense that the language is straightforward, but is well constructed and not without depth -- given the author's grasp of the way that narcissistic and emotionless personalities are formed. The way that characters interact is well handled, as is the plotting. i also thought that the focus on "damaged" people in the relationships that emerge later in the story was an interesting theme.

5 stars for pace and enjoyability. I lopped one off as there are some weak points -- notably the retelling of episodes from different protagonist's pov. The viewpoints of Chiara and Peter are flat and one-dimensional, adding nothing to the story or characterisation. Tom's viewpoint at least adds one fact-- but in general this device is not well used.

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Got drawn into it

It certainly wasn't what I expected, but I found I had to listen to the whole book, it was that well written. First time I can remember being that hooked into a book when I thoroughly disliked the main character as she didn't seem to have any redeeming features.

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Managed to listen to 2 hours

Too depressing to continue. Judging by the other negative reviews I haven't missed anything by not finishing.

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Intense

Wow what a story. Was quite dark & sometimes hard to continue listening to, but I found compelled to keep listening to find out how & what happened.

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Could not put it down

Was hooked from the first paragraph. Kept me guessing the whole way through. Great Ending!

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shit ending, just a book about daddy issues borin

just a book about daddy issues, boring !! I was waiting the whole book for something interesting to happen......anything but no.

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Soooo not my cup of tea either...

I don’t understand the author’s concept for this novel as there is nothing to like about the main character Delia, she has no redeeming qualities and her manipulative personality is abhorrent.
I didn’t enjoy this book at all, though I persevered to the end, hoping there would be some glimmer of redemption, there wasn’t!

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  • 07-03-2024

Twists and turns

Loved this, and how much I dislike the main character I was hooked into her story. Brilliant

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Disturbing and enthralling

A journey thru an immensely disturbed woman’s life- I hated her, sympathised with her, felt repulsion toward her and wished her nothing but grief yet I couldn’t help feeling a loathing for the childhood she had been subjected to- a damaged child,a deeply disturbed father and a life of lies- not a story that you will easily forget

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Plenty to keep you interested.

Plenty of twists and turns going on. Found it hard to put down. loved the main characters. Very good narration by all the narrators.

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