Helpful Score: 3
I have loved all of Lippman's stand alone books, but this one was really a big disappointment! Very boring and hard to even make it through...don't bother with this one.
Helpful Score: 3
I am an avid reader of Laura Lippman and usually love her books. Not this one, I thought this was horrible; it was a book about an author doing research to write a book. I would much rather her researched it and then wrote the book it would have been much better. There are so many characters in this book that the author even gets them mixed up and at one point uses the wrong name for the character that she is talking about. There is a twist at the end but was not a good enough twist to redeem the rest of the book.
Helpful Score: 2
Enjoyed the premise; good storyline. Seemed overly wordy at times.
Helpful Score: 1
Disappointing. Did not hold my interest and did not finish.
Helpful Score: 1
I expected this book to be a mystery about Callie Jenkins and her missing baby. What happened to the baby? Who's the baby's father? What's the big secret? Instead, this book was about race relations, class structure and the lies parents tell their kids to protect them. I thought the ending was unsatisfying. I just wished for more from this book. Not in the same league as "To the Power of Three".
And boy were there a lot of affairs! It was almost as if there was pro-affair propaganda going on.
And boy were there a lot of affairs! It was almost as if there was pro-affair propaganda going on.
Helpful Score: 1
Well written if a bit too long. Helped this "middle-aged" women reflect on her own life.
Helpful Score: 1
A good story, but I thought the build up to the story was a bit slow. I also found keeping the characters, or who was speaking a bit difficult to follow.
I finally finished this book yesterday. It seemed like it took me forever! The story was good, but just seemed to drag!!! I hope if I read anything else of hers, it moves a bit better.
I finally finished this book yesterday. It seemed like it took me forever! The story was good, but just seemed to drag!!! I hope if I read anything else of hers, it moves a bit better.
I really liked this book. The story really keeps your interest and makes you want to see what really happened so many years ago. Don't pass this book up.
I enjoyed "What The Dead Know" so I was eager to pick up this book, but it did not hold up for me. I could get over my dislike for the main character, but I could not suspend belief with regard to the other characters and their actions. Here and there, an interesting moment, but not much more.
This is the first Laura Lippman book I have read and it will probably be the last. I had a hard time getting through this boring story.
Extremely DISAPPOINTED in this book ! Thought it was just terribly boring!!!
A writer whose last book tanked discovers an unsolved mystery from her own past and will stop at nothing to solve the riddle and capture a subjec for her next book.
A slight deviation from her usual murder/mystery style but still very enjoyable. I don't know if it was because I read late at night and can usually only make it thru one chapter at a time, but in this case it worked to my advantage because she covers a different character in each chapter. I enjoyed the slow build up and then the final explanation of Callie's actions. I also enjoyed the reference to each person's perception of truth. For years I recalled an event from childhood in a totally different manner than my sister recalled. That's really the basis of this book!
