BLOG TOUR, BOOK REVIEW - Overboard by Ivy Ngeow

A man's body is found by fishermen off the coast of Southern Thailand, he is badly injured, has severe burns and is suffering from amnesia. He is told that he was on-board a luxury boat that caught caught up in a storm and that he is the only survivor.

Two women Pheobie and Dominique, one is told that her husband is dead and one that she can come and take her husband home.

But not long after they return home, the man is the victim of a assault which causes his cloudy memories to start returning.

What is the truth about his identity? What happened before the boat sank? What impact will his return have on the lives of the other characters?

There was four main characters in this story

You - The mystery man
Pheobie - The pregnant wife of someone called Greg
Dominique - Rich, self absorbent wife of someone called James
prezmek - A poor plumber from Poland

The chapters of this story were voiced from the perspectives of the four main characters, each of whom had their own unique personalities and character traits. My favourite character was Prezmek, the poor Polish Plumber who found himself caught up in these people's lives just because he made the mistake of getting involved with a woman. My favourite chapters were the You parts of the story which was where all the mystery and intrigue happened for most of the story. I really didn't like self absorbed Dominique and I couldn't make up my mind how I felt about mysterious You and Pheobie. This story did contain a moral lesson which two characters learnt to their cost which is, you should really appreciate what you have because if things change, yoI could possible miss your previous life once it's gone.

I will be honest and admit that it took a while for this story to grab my attention but once it did I found that it was a enjoyable read. It was very clever how the author interwove the four characters stories together and the story did have a satisfactory, realistic conclusion. This is a well written, debut thriller and I  would happily read more of this author's books in the future.                                         

                                                                ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Ivy Ngeow was born and raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. A graduate of the Middlesex University Writing MA programme, Ivy won the 2005 Middlesex University Literary Prize out of almost 1500 entrants worldwide. She has written non-fiction for Marie Claire, The Star, The New Straits Times, South London Society of Architects’ Newsletter and Wimbledon magazine. Her fiction has appeared in Silverfish New Writing anthologies twice, The New Writer and on the BBC World Service. Most recently, her story was published by Fixi Novo in an anthology.

Ivy won first prize in the Commonwealth Essay Writing Competition 1994, first prize in the Barnes and Noble Career Essay Writing competition 1998 and was shortlisted for the David T K Wong Fellowship 1998 and the Ian St James Award 1999.
Ivy has been a highly-accomplished multi-instrumental musician since childhood and won fifth prize (out of 850 entrants) in the 2006 1-MIC (Music Industry Charts) UK Award for her original song – Celebrity, when she formed her own band, Satsuma (2005-07). Her songs are funky, modern and eclectic, with strong urban grooves and lyrics. Satsuma has played headlining gigs at top London venues such as: The Marquee Club, The Troubadour Club, The Water Rats, The Betsey Trotwood, Plan B and Clockwork.

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Website : http://www.writengeow.com/
Twitter: @ivyngeow

PUBLICATION DATE: 24th January 2020
PRINT LENGTH: 388 Pages
PUBLISHER: Leopard Print Publishing
ISBN-10: 2913584003
ISBN-13: 978-1913584009
GENRE: Thriller

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Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Overboard-compelling-modern-suspense-novel/dp/1913584003

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