Sleepless
A Novel

This book is a unique enigma! It feels like you walk in the dark, collecting bread crumbs to find your way to the end of the tunnel which will lead you the bad witch’s candy house! You keep gathering missing pieces of puzzle : from different timelines, unreliable characters’ narrations. Here are fac......more

The central character of the latest book by this talented author is Nadja who many years ago was convicted of a terrible crime in her native Poland. In the present day, Nadja finds herself caught up in a situation she cannot make head nor tail off. The novel is about guilt, retribution and sacrifice......more

Natürlich ist es kein "Liebes Kind". Aber ich glaube, genau das ist der Grund, warum es so viel Kritik hagelt. Ja, "Marta schläft" ist ganz anders, und extrem verwirrend. Aber das ist doch der Reiz an dem Ganzen?!... Mich hat das Buch beschäftigt wie ein großes 1000-Teile-Puzzle, ich habe mitgefiebe......more

2.5 stars, rounded up, but just barely. I really loved last year's Dear Child, I thought it was inventive and exciting. This one, not as much. I read one review (thanks Sandy for this image) where it said this book was like you took all of the chapters out except the first and last and shuffled them......more

I really, really loved the author’s previous book, Dear Child, but this one - not so much. I love complex thrillers, convoluted plots and mind bending stories but somehow it took until around halfway for this story to start making any sense. Nadja Kulka, originally from Poland, had a pretty terrible......more