The Confession

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The things I didn’t: the characters are not likeable at all and the bad choices they made really triggered me because Burton is THAT GOOD with creating characters, but also, I wasn’t rooting for any of them. Elise was boring, apart from her ‘good looks’, Connie was arrogant and soulless and Rose was the most aimless 30-something I’ve read in a long time - and not in a good way. I just didn’t care. The premise of The Confession is one that has been done time and again. A young-ish woman forms a bond with an older woman, the latter is often famous (she can be an actress like in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo or a writer such as in The Thirteenth Tale) or merely involved in some mystery of sorts ( The Brimstone Wedding). The older woman will often confide in the younger one, who in her turn will find herself re-assessing her often until then unfulfilling existence. These books often implement a dual timeline to tell both of these women's stories and towards the end a big secret will be revealed. So yes, I knew that this book was threading familiar paths...still, I hoped that it would give this scenario, or at least these dynamics, a new spin...(it didn't).

Burton's first novel for children, The Restless Girls, was published in September 2018. [12] The story is based on the Brothers Grimm tale, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. [13] Times changed, and while such books have continued to exist, it has often felt as though they were drowned out in a cacophony of big, important stories by men on big, important male themes. All of which is a way of saying how necessary Jessie Burton’s third novel feels. When the storylines in The Confession converge, the characters face devastating truths. It sends clear ripples through both the reader and protagonists. An ambiguous closing sequence concludes The Confession. Burton clearly has her finger on the pulse and wishes that her readers to connect the dots when it comes to the final fate of those that form The Confession. The story of the intoxicating relationship between two women, and its fallout * Sunday Times Culture * Jest da se s njegovom obitelj ne podnosi, ali bože moj, to je tek nešto s čim se ne treba opterećivati. Jest da joj je otac, kao jedina obitelj, odselio u Francusku i jest da joj see najbolja prijateljica posvetila podizanju obitelji, ali to nije ništa što bi Rosin život obojilo lošim bojama.Ljubav. Kakav li je to osjećaj? Elise je vjerovala da je cijeloga života na prstima hodala oko ruba vulkanskog kratera čije dubine nije mogla izmjeriti, ali koji je bio pun nečega moćnog, nečega što joj nikada prije nije bilo dano da vidi. Dolje u mraku bilo je mnogo sretnih duša, ali i mnogo mrtvih tijela.” For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. The story of three women: Elise, Constance and Rose, who are united by love, rejection and self-understanding. What elevates the story is Burton's writing - like in The Miniaturist and The Muse - this is a book that'll sweep you along and make you reflect on your own choices in life * Stylist * All the while Rose is having some sort of identity crisis: does she love her boyfriend ? What does she want to do with the rest of her life? Can she ever know herself when she's grown up with a missing parent?

It came smoothly to me, this loosening the threads of my own identity, weaving a new one. How had it become this easy to let go of myself, to pour words and fantasy into these gaping holes?”

Her best yet, I'm dazzled by it . . . it's ambitious and courageous in its scope and I was thrilled and emboldened. The Confession is clever, assured and compelling and I am deeply jealous of every reader who has it all ahead of them -- Daisy Buchanan, author of The Sisterhood

I’ve read another book by the author and found this one very different. So don’t expect it to be similar. In spite of its promising start (I did enjoy the first few cheap tees), and its beautiful front cover (isn’t it lovely?), The Confession was a rather frustrating book. Between its dichotomous arguments, its poorly developed characters, its uneven tone, and its propensity for melodrama it just didn’t work for me. Rose has always felt a void in her life, her mother abandoned her as a baby, and she feels a abiding need to know more about her, convinced it will make her feel more whole as a human being and contribute to a greater sense of her identity. She finds out from her father that Elise had links with Constance, a woman who had withdrawn from public life at the height of her fame and lived a reclusive existence since then. Rose embarks on a quest to discover more about her elusive mother as she inveigles her way into Constance's life under false pretenses, securing a position as her carer. She goes on to develop a lively and critically important relationship with Constance that is to form the basis of her life changing decisions as she learns to become more of who she is. There are echoes of the past in the present as the ghost of Elise hangs over and haunts Constance and Rose. My anger was sharpening, becoming more easily accessible to me. No one else could tell. I was good at keeping it to myself. p 57Burton is also a non-fiction writer. Her essays have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, Vogue, Elle, Red, Grazia, Lonely Planet Traveller and The Spectator. [3] Early life and career [ edit ] While initially I appreciated the story's conversations around motherhood, I soon noticed that there wasn't a single female character who was happy or at peace with not having children. We have the one who desperately yearns for a child; one who is about to have a second one and although she is not blind to the stress this will bring she seems relatively happy; and there are the ones who become pregnant and are faced with the choice of continuing or terminating their pregnancy. Connie, the one character who had the potential of being content with not having children, seemed incredibly distressed when Rose asked her why she never had any children . Three decades later Rose Simmons is on a dogged hunt to unearth the secrets of her mother's disappearance, when she was a baby. Her close-lipped father has finally divulged some closely-guarded secrets and her search has dead-ended at Connie's front door. Past and present begin to collide as all that has been previously undisclosed is revealed, whether it is best for those still living that they do so, or not. I was drawn into this book straight away, the characters are very vivid and strong independent women, you want them to have a happy ending. This story encompasses the story of love, relationships, loss in a warm and compassionate way. Preston, Alex (5 July 2022). "The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton review – bold and thrilling sequel to The Miniaturist". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 August 2022.