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Summary: Ms. Fielding aggressively caters to her target audience
Review: ...that audience being, females who devour those "women in peril who eventually triumphs over the evil, evil enemy by the name of "MEN". This is actually my third novel of hers that I've read, and I admit, she does have a way with suspenseful build-ups, but, all three novels are severly damaged with her alarming obsession to destroy the male enemy. It's as if she drives the nail home, but, that isn't good enough....she tosses the hammer, gets a sledgehammer and pounds the nail more...more...MORE ! This is really sad because if she were to ever get professional help with her "male issues," she would actually be one heck of a mystery writer. Yes, men are some evil creatures, and by all means inject that into your stories....it does make for some interesting reading....but jeez, lighten up with that horrific overkill you have become so comfortable with. It can't possibly be healthy, even if you are making good money off of it. ...If Ms. Fielding decides to find a more realistic approach to detect and fight the enemy, she will be an author worth reading. As it stands, these three novels are more than enough to satisfy my "more of the same" cravings.
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Summary: Don't Cry Now
Review: A very tedious book. I did finish it however. Amanda's mom was unbelievably stupid. It was very unbelievable that an educated woman would go from one situation to another feeling as sick as she must have from being poisoned, ignoring her symptoms and all she could say over and over and over and over was that she never gets sick. Well she made me sick having to listen to her.
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Summary: Don't Cry Now
Review: A very tedious book. I did finish it however. Amanda's mom was unbelievably stupid. It was very unbelievable that an educated woman would go from one situation to another feeling as sick as she must have from being poisoned, ignoring her symptoms and all she could say over and over and over and over was that she never gets sick. Well she made me sick having to listen to her.
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Summary: A Quick Read
Review: Although I certainly wouldn't categorize this book as a "must read," it is entertaining enough. It would make for good airport reading since you don't have to concentrate much to follow the plot. In spite of the claims on the book jacket, I did not find it even remotely "chilling." What I found instead were a host of cardboard characters and a goody-goody heroine whose stupidity/naivety put me off. On the other hand, the novel is fast-paced and undemanding --- a worthwhile choice for those times when you just want to "veg out" with something light.
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Summary: A Quick Read
Review: Although I certainly wouldn't categorize this book as a "must read," it is entertaining enough. It would make for good airport reading since you don't have to concentrate much to follow the plot. In spite of the claims on the book jacket, I did not find it even remotely "chilling." What I found instead were a host of cardboard characters and a goody-goody heroine whose stupidity/naivety put me off. On the other hand, the novel is fast-paced and undemanding --- a worthwhile choice for those times when you just want to "veg out" with something light.
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Summary: Enjoyable to listen to
Review: Although I went through about three possible solutions to this mystery, I still found it enjoyable to listen to while driving to and from work. Certainly had many plot twists.
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Summary: Enjoyable to listen to
Review: Although I went through about three possible solutions to this mystery, I still found it enjoyable to listen to while driving to and from work. Certainly had many plot twists.
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Summary: This book was really good, a page turner.
Review: Anyone who likes mysterys will like this book. It has quite a few caracters to keep you guessing right to the end of the book. Read and enjoy
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Summary: TIME SAVER
Review: Bonnie is one of Joy Fielding's more appealing characters. A gentle, kind woman, Bonnie raises her pre-schooler in suburbia while holding out hope her husband isn't two timing her. As it turns out, he has been a two-timer and when he is found shot to death, naturally all suspicion turns to Bonnie. The husband's first wife ends up dead as well and so, Bonnie inherits two more children, her step children. Here is where it gets interesting. ... Good read. Think you'll like this one.
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Summary: A page turner!
Review: DON'T CRY NOW by Joy Fielding
October 2, 2004
This is my third Joy Fielding book and although I don't find her to be the perfect author, I do find that she tends to write such great page turners that one will ignore the faults of the book and read on until it's over. In DON'T CRY NOW, a woman discovers she doesn't know who to trust, having been told that someone is trying to kill her and her daughter.
Bonnie has been married to her husband Rod for about six years now, and has a strained relationship with his ex-wife Joan. The book opens with Joan calling Bonnie on the telephone to warn her that her life is in danger. She begs Bonnie to meet her at an open house, which Joan is hosting (she is a real estate agent). But, by the time Bonnie arrives at the house, she finds Joan is dead, shot through the heart. Since Bonnie chose not to tell her husband or anyone else about this secret meeting, she has no alibi when the police come to inspect the murder scene. She becomes their first suspect.
Bonnie and Rod bring in the two children from his previous marriage, Lauren and Sam, to live with them after Joan's death and this itself adds tension to each scene. The two teenagers never did show a fondness for Bonnie, and she has a rough time trying to convince them at first that she is on their side. The two teens seem to get along fine with their stepsister Amanda, Bonnie and Rod's child, but they have a harder time accepting Bonnie as family.
She herself does not know whom to trust, and it leaves her sleepless at night. As the chapters turn, nearly every main character becomes a suspect, including her estranged brother Nick, her stepson Sam, and even her husband, who does not seem to have an alibi either.
DON'T CRY NOW is another fast paced book that you will not want to put down. Despite some flawed characters (it was hard to totally believe in the character of Bonnie, who seemed far less intelligent than the author meant her to be), the story line flowed from chapter to chapter. Fielding does do a good job with character descriptions and developing them, but at times I find that she tweaks these characters to fit the story. I found it hard to believe whom the murder turned out to be. It felt like a contrived Hollywood script, but all in all, I am going to recommend this one because it WILL keep you up all night, wanting to find out whodunit.
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