Breathless

Rating:
Summary: GREAT START - GOES NOWHERE
Review: I found the beginning of this book hypnotic. The way the autor describes the feelings of a spouse suddenly learning another has been murdered (or killed accidentally)are written about and narrated in such a real why, one can almost feel how it must be like. You really think about how at any moment your life could be altered drastically by the death of a spouse or other close relative or friend. It is a horror no one would want to really experience but the book seems to capture how a widow or widower might truely feel. The relationship between Jill and Carrie is also beautifully written.

Then the book goes nowhere. The criminal investigation of the husband's murder has none of the normal "crime suspense" novel traits. Jill's trip to London wanders, as does the book and too much time is wasted. Who cares about her college love live and her abortion and what does it add to the story? The ending was poor to terrible. The results of the criminal investigation are dissapointing to say the least. The "love affair" between Jill and David Resnick, the person in charge of the investigation, is forced and lacks depth. With all the detail of Jill we get nothing of Resnick to explain why he might be "chasing" Jill.

The book grabs you in the first 50 pages (which is why I even gave it 2 stars) and holds you up to 1/2 way. But I felt tricked into finishing it and except for some interesting comments at the end concerning infidelity and marrige (the murdered husband's secrete infidelity and Jill's complete ignorance about it could have been developed much more), the second 1/2 of the book was a waste.

I really liked the title as well as the cover, which is primarily why I chose to read the book, but I don't feel the title was "explained" at all - which I think is unfair.

Rating:
Summary: GREAT START - GOES NOWHERE
Review: I found the beginning of this book hypnotic. The way the autor describes the feelings of a spouse suddenly learning another has been murdered (or killed accidentally)are written about and narrated in such a real why, one can almost feel how it must be like. You really think about how at any moment your life could be altered drastically by the death of a spouse or other close relative or friend. It is a horror no one would want to really experience but the book seems to capture how a widow or widower might truely feel. The relationship between Jill and Carrie is also beautifully written.

Then the book goes nowhere. The criminal investigation of the husband's murder has none of the normal "crime suspense" novel traits. Jill's trip to London wanders, as does the book and too much time is wasted. Who cares about her college love live and her abortion and what does it add to the story? The ending was poor to terrible. The results of the criminal investigation are dissapointing to say the least. The "love affair" between Jill and David Resnick, the person in charge of the investigation, is forced and lacks depth. With all the detail of Jill we get nothing of Resnick to explain why he might be "chasing" Jill.

The book grabs you in the first 50 pages (which is why I even gave it 2 stars) and holds you up to 1/2 way. But I felt tricked into finishing it and except for some interesting comments at the end concerning infidelity and marrige (the murdered husband's secrete infidelity and Jill's complete ignorance about it could have been developed much more), the second 1/2 of the book was a waste.

I really liked the title as well as the cover, which is primarily why I chose to read the book, but I don't feel the title was "explained" at all - which I think is unfair.

Rating:
Summary: It was an OK read.
Review: Some of imagery was fairly good in explaing some of the scenes. I almost feel like I was there. Then other times I felt as though I was just left to dangle, bored by what I was reading. I didn't feel as though the author put that much heart into it.