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Book ReviewsEvery Secret Thing |
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Book: Every Secret Thing
Written by: Laura Lippman |
Publisher: Avon Books
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5
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A superior, absorbing mystery
Rating:
5 / 5
Wow! How do you review a book when just about anything you say might be misleading, or worse, revealing? I love it when a book turns out to be completely unique in plot and characters and this really is one of those. Flawed good guys (and girls) share space with compassionate and dreadful police women and men, unsympathetic central characters who age from awkward pre-teens into unrecognizable young adults, and sincere adults who should know better. And all digesting in the stomach and central nervous system of my beloved Baltimore. This is a gritty, relentless read with revelations that flow like the skin that peels from an onion. I love books that successfully take the narration back and forth in time for a seamless story. This is one of those. To synopsize, two little girls are accused of stealing and possibly killing a baby. They are sent away to separate institutions, emerge seven years later, and then another child disappears. What are we to think? You won't know until nearly the last page and even afterward, you'll still be pondering this amazing story.
You'll finish before you realize
Rating:
4 / 5
I picked up this book without knowing who the author was and in CVS so I didn't really have high hopes for it, I just wanted something to read while I had to wait in line at the hospital. I finished the book before I even really decided if I liked it. It was really amazing once I thought over it. My friends saw me reading it and they were saying, didn't you just get that book yesterday, you almost done, it must be good. I just shrugged because I honestly couldn't say. Once it was done and all the pieces were in place I fully appericated this book. It's a great read and I've lent it to several of my friends all whom have loved it. Because of this book I've started reading some of this authors older works. Just goes to show you that you can buy a good book anywhere.
Disappointing
Rating:
2 / 5
Multiple protagonist? Does that ever work well? That was my main problem for not enjoying this novel better. I felt like it jumped around too many times with unnecassary storylines. I did enjoy reading about the two girls, and all the suspense between them. Overall some good moments of reading for me, but my first Lippman novel was disappointing after seeing all the rave reviews.
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