Mommy and the Murder

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Summary: Mommy and the Murder by Nancy Goldstone
Review: I couldn't understand the other bad reviews! I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was funny and the action was fast enough to keep me interested. I am going to read her sequels. Try it for yourself!

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Summary: fast-paced and funny
Review: I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more of Goldstone's work. It is amusing and fast-paced. I don't understand why some people are so upset by it...it is FICTION! It is not supposed to be taken seriously! I finished this book within days. It is very entertaining.

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Summary: Annoying from page one!
Review: I was annoyed with "Mommy" beginning with the second paragraph in chapter one, when she ignored safety and strapped her baby's car seat in the front seat,then picked a "manic-deprssive" to run her 11 month old child's play group. However, it got even worse when she accepted a party invitation from the woman who had an affair with her husband 3 weeks after she got married. To further infuriate me, her babtsitter carries a shotgun in her truck and has a questionable past regarding her husband's death. Perfect sitter, eh? There are many mant more examples of this writer's inability to create a real "Mommy" chartacter, with real intelligence to do the best for a child, like she tries to make you believe is her goal. The final insult to the reader is the ending, it's ludicrous. Totally unbelieveable. I should have stopped reading after the second paragraph, but I kept waiting for it to get better. It didn't, so don't waste your time!