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Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Opinion:
First Published:
Jun 2005, 192 pages
Paperback:
Jun 2006, 192 pages
Yellow received high
praise when first published in the UK in
early 2004, with The Times Literary
Supplement saying, 'Simple but highly
effective, Yellow sets the net
curtains of one's mind a twitch,' and The
Daily Mail describing it as 'a taut,
maze-like narrative that will entrap you
within pages.' Opinion in the USA has been a
little more mixed - most offer praise but a
few, such as the reviewer for Publishers
Weekly, are less enthusiastic saying, "Visman
does turn out some sharp prose while keeping
readers guessing, but Stella is too grating
to hold readers' sympathy, even when she
deserves it."
In response to PW I would ask, since when do
we have to like a character to appreciate
good writing? Visman says that she was
inspired by Hitchcock's Vertigo
(1958) and Booklist describes Yellow as "like Ruth Rendell at her
best, but with a mordant hipness.
So, if you enjoy psychological thrillers
with a good dollop of menace and paranoia,
click below to browse an excerpt from this
excellent second novel.
This review was originally published in The BookBrowse Review in July 2005, and has been updated for the
July 2006 edition.
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