Whispers and Lies

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I loved Grand Avenue and was very excited to read this book. It was hard to get into and very unrealistic towards the end. I would not recommend Whispers and Lies.

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Summary: Whispers and Lies
Review: This was an awesome page turner. Joy Fielding has outdone herself by making the reader want to find out what's going on? I kept asking myself what is going to happen next? Absolutely could not wait to turn the pages and finish this suspenseful read in one day!!! The ending was a TOTAL SURPRISE !! One of the best best books I've read this year (and I generally read at least one per week).

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Summary: Whispers and Lies
Review: What a page turner! This book ... me in from the first page. I truly enjoyed it. I never saw the ending coming. It totally blind sided me. Great mystery read.

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Summary: Surprising!
Review: I have enjoyed all of Joy Fielding's work, but this book really surprised me. Threw me for a loop with the ending. Great job Joy!

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Summary: Whispers and Lies
Review: This was the most unsatisfying, disappointing book I have ever read. Complete waste of time. Actually, quite stupid.

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Summary: A Puzzling Suspense Story
Review: This book is an enigma from the beginning. Nothing seems to be as it appears and you are left wondering are the good people evil; are the evil people good? Is Terry Painter,the protagonist really being threatened or drugged ,or is it all in her imagination ? Is Allison, her tenant, really a sweet woman or is she there to wreak havoc on Terry? The story moves along at a fast pace,albeit dragging periodically. The character development is good, but also contradictory in the portrayal of the various characters as the story develops.It is suspenseful, but often unbelievably so in some of the various events. The whole story leads up to a totally twisted, perhaps surprise, ending, which led me to rethink the whole book and wonder if the clues were there all along. Although well written, this is not one of Joy Fielding's better books.

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Summary: Prize for the dumbest heroine
Review: I totally agree with the previous reviewer. This is not a book I would have chosen to read if I had known anything about it. The lead charactor is so completely unrealistic. She walks around her house feeling like someone is always peaking in. So how about buying some blinds?! I don't know, I just got tired of everything feeling so phony and absurd.

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Summary: Deceit, Desperation and Drama
Review: Lonely and 40, Terry (a nurse) nevertheless has a grasp on her life, she has a cozy home, a fulfilling and meaningful career, and possibly a new man her life. Alison is young, tall and beautiful with a refreshingly candid approach, seeking a new start in a new place. When Alison moves into the cottage behind Terry's home, friendship and companionship result. But, the author once again begins the book by letting the reader know that things simply are not as they seem. In GRAND AVENUE, I thought the approach rather novel. In this book, it seemed more like a cheap trick. As the lies begin to flow, twist and merge, some devious and dubious characters filter in, and reality becomes quite distorted and disturbed. I heard whispers of a sort of paranoia. The book is quite readable, but I can't say that I enjoyed it. By the time I finally turned that last page, faith in my fellow life travelers has been severely tested. I know there are truly strangely awful people out there, but somewhere I seek a note of hope, of a promise of better things to come - not the mood or tone of this writing.

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Summary: not sure what to say....
Review: I hardly ever do a review, unless I think a book is really great
or really horrible. I like Joy Fieldings books and would recommend them to anyone-but this one really threw me. Like someone elses review-I was disturbed at a certain point and disappointed through the rest. Maybe if I had read the reviews before I read the book I
might have been prepared-but it really was not what I expected. I love good mysterys but this bordered on "way too strange" for me. I don't mind different writing style but this left me in a strange mood.But if your like me though, curiosity will get the better of you and you'll want to read it anyway. I suggest the local library, spend your money elsewhere.

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Summary: Another Good One by Joy
Review: This is one of those books you think you have figured out from the beginning, but I missed it by a mile. It seems to me that her (Joy Fielding) books just keep getting better. The only problem . . . she doesn't write fast enough!