Elinye ilizwi elinamandla lifikelela kwimarike yokupapasha ngesiphakamiso esitsha. Ubulumko kunye netalente ayilolifa lakhe nawuphi na umbhali. Kwaye abafikayo abafana no-Anna Snoekstra baba sisiganeko esimangalisayo soncwadi. Kule meko kuhlobo lweenoveli eziyimfihlakalo.
El incwadi intombi kuphela libali likaRebecca, libonwa njengohambo oluyimfihlakalo lokuzazisa phakathi kweemeko ezimnyama eziya kusenza sithandabuze yonke into ejikeleze intombazana.
Siqala kuRebecca Winter njengebhinqa eliselula elineminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu ubudala: ibhinqa elisebenza nzima, elithandwa lusapho kunye nabahlobo, kunye nokungahlolisiswa okuncinci okunxulumene nobudala kodwa kungekho nto isenza ukuba sifanekisele into ezayo (ekuphela kwayo). isibonakaliso esenza ukuba sicinge ngekamva elimnyama yinto yokuba sifunda inoveli enokuthi iyimfihlakalo enalo mbono ucacileyo).
Kodwa kuza ixesha apho yonke into itshintsha. Ububi sisixhobo asisebenzisayo umbhali ukukhokela umxholo webali. Kukho into embi eqala ukujikeleza uRebheka. Ubomi bakhe buqala ukutshintsha ukusuka kumbala opinki ukuya kurhano olungwevu lude luye kumngxuma omnyama othusayo.
Kwaye uRebheka ungena kulaa mngxuma umnyama. Wena njengomfundi awuyazi into ebinokwenzeka kwaye uziva ubanjelwe ngamandla lutshintsho olumandla lwendawo. Xa ufumanisa ukuba, sele kudlule iminyaka elishumi kungekho mkhondo kaRebheka. Intombazana encinci yanyamalala kwaye inoveli imile kwi-limbo apho usafuna ukwazi ...
Xa uRebecca ebuya kwiminyaka elishumi kamva, wonke umntu uyasokola ukufudusa indawo yobomi bakhe ngaphambi kokuba anyamalale. Bacinga ukuba uRebecca usenguloo mntwana ufikisayo, nangona sele engumfazi oqolileyo ozama ukuzibeka ezihlangwini zikaRebecca angenguye.
Kodwa umngxuma omnyama usekhona, isixa seemeko kunye neenkalo ezingaziwayo zabalinganiswa ziyaqhubeka zifihla, zinika iimpawu zobuxoki, zisimema ukuba sicinge into engekho kwaye silindele ukumangaliswa.
Umxube phakathi kwenoveli yezengqondo kunye ne-thriller ikunika ithuba lokuqokelela iimvakalelo eziphikisanayo, ukuziva ulahlekile ekufundeni, ukumangaliswa yimpawu ezingalindelekanga zabalinganiswa.
Intombi kuphela iyinoveli yezengqondo enezona nxalenye zibalaseleyo zomtsalane. Emva kweRebecca kukho amaphupha aphukileyo, ubundlobongela, ukuphelelwa lithemba, kunye nokungaphezulu kwemvakalelo ethile yokuba umlingiswa we-macabre ufihla kwiingcango zomngxuma omnyama, ephakamisa isandla sakhe ukuba "akumeme" ukuba ungene.
Ungathenga ngoku Okuphela koMntwana, incwadi yamva nje ka-Anna Snoekstra, Apha: