{"id":134786,"date":"2025-03-15T08:07:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T08:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/the-grapevine-by-kate-kemp-book-review-books-on-the-747\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T08:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T08:07:45","slug":"the-grapevine-by-kate-kemp-book-review-books-on-the-747","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=134786","title":{"rendered":"The Grapevine by Kate Kemp \u2013 Book review \u2013 Books on the 7:47"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Grapevine<\/em> by Kate Kemp has a very interesting premise. While it centres around a crime \u2013 the murder of Antonio Marietti \u2013 (not a spoiler, it\u2019s literally in the prologue) this isn\u2019t actually the heart of the novel, as the killer isn\u2019t the mystery, but it is the trigger for everything else. For the secrets and lies of a small neighbourhood that come pouring out.<\/p>\n

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Opening sentence: <\/strong>Naomi was on her knees in the bathroom, scrubbing the yellow and white chequerboard tiles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Everybody needs good neighbours<\/h2>\n

Set during an oppressively hot summer in Australia in 1979, The Grapevine <\/em>holds a magnifying glass up to a middle class road \u2013 Warrah Place \u2013 in an Australian suburb. Yes, I was picturing Ramsey Street <\/a>while reading. <\/p>\n

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People act differently when they get into a group. Tammy has been through enough at school to know that was true.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We\u2019re introduced to the blend of different characters that make up the six-ish houses on the road. These include couples Naomi and Richard, Lydia and Ursula and Peggy and Leslie and characters like Guangyu and Tammy that live with their families.<\/p>\n

Ants everywhere<\/h2>\n

12-year-old Tammy is a key narrator in The Grapevine<\/em>. It\u2019s her childlike interpretation of the situation and her keenness to help find out what really happened that drive the story and pull the threads together. As tensions rise and everyone starts to suspect everyone else of the murder, the back stories of the characters are soon revealed, making this a riveting read.<\/p>\n

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\u2018It\u2019s what I heard. On the grapevine.\u2019 <\/em>
\u2018I don\u2019t believe you,\u2019<\/em> said Tammy. Was Peggy telling lies just to send Tammy off-track?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shifts in the story had a unique break point \u2013 there was a splicing of sections taken from Tammy\u2019s summer report on her science experiments with ants, providing a light-hearted metaphor for the brewing situation on Warrah Place.<\/p>\n

The Grapevine<\/em> is a coming-of-age story for Tammy \u2013 on the cusp of high-school, she grows and learns from what happens. A lot of the story is narrated by Tammy and while that gave a unique spin, I would have liked to have heard more from the other character\u2019s POV, especially given the unexpected twist at the end.<\/p>\n

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Tammy had a vague sense that secrets acted as currency for intimacy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Overall, I really like the tone of The Grapevine<\/em>, Kate Kemp has a way of capturing the detail of each character\u2019s secrets so it never feels like too much information through the story, there\u2019s just enough so you get a sense of everyone and what\u2019s making their world crumble behind closed doors. The Grapevine<\/em> was a simmering-pot of a read, highly enjoyable.<\/p>\n

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