I am not a great fan of mysteries, nor do I like gore or scary things that are going to keep me up all night or force me to imagine terrible things happening to my children. But Laura Lippman? Yeah. I love her books. And this one is the latest. While I wasn't thrilled with the ending (I was actually somewhat disappointed by it), I love her ability to weave stories together - past and present - her use of language (the ease and flow of it all) and characters...just enough to feel attached to them, but not too much to where you are confused. I would say....4 stars. Considering that I have spent a great amount of time reading Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen to the younger kids at my school lately, it was joyful to read an adult book.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
One of the Many Reasons
I am not a great fan of mysteries, nor do I like gore or scary things that are going to keep me up all night or force me to imagine terrible things happening to my children. But Laura Lippman? Yeah. I love her books. And this one is the latest. While I wasn't thrilled with the ending (I was actually somewhat disappointed by it), I love her ability to weave stories together - past and present - her use of language (the ease and flow of it all) and characters...just enough to feel attached to them, but not too much to where you are confused. I would say....4 stars. Considering that I have spent a great amount of time reading Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen to the younger kids at my school lately, it was joyful to read an adult book.
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I ordered this off of paperbackswap! I needed a new read! :)
Abby! You will HAVE to let me know what you think...especially about the ending.
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