Elizabeth Day shows skill and mastery of the form and uses foreshadowing to incredible effect. Jake's parents become increasingly involved in the story as secrets and deceptions lead to a make or break scenario for Jake, Marisa and Kate.Īs the reader progresses through the novel, they realise the power an unreliable narrator has over them. A crisis point is reached, but this isn't the end of the thriller. It becomes clear that things no longer add up. The reader is then presented the same events again from a different viewpoint, that of Kate. We are introduced to all the main characters, including the manipulative mother-in-law figure. the first half of Magpie pretty much sets the scene. The tension begins to become palpable.Īnd on it goes. She resents Kate's presence and thinks that Jake spends far too much time cosied up to Kate instead of her. Following the entrance of film publicist, Kate, into the equation, things start to unravel for Marisa. We learn of the early relationship between Marisa and Jake and their need to take in a lodger to increase their income. We see her being shown round the house they will go on to live in, despite the omen of a single magpie swooping into the living room, as the estate agent shows her round. Elizabeth Day's Magpie begins with Marisa, the narrator for much of the story, explaining her relationship with Jake and their desire to begin a family.
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