Today's review
Look Again by Lisa Scottline 
Quick read but very unfulfilling,
August 16, 2009
This could have been a great novel or at least a chance for Lisa Scottoline to use her courtroom expertise and experience as a lawyer. The premise was intriguing -- single mother discovers by happenstance that the son she has adopted may have been a kidnapped baby. The investigation was sound, if a bit unbelievable at times. The moment of truth arrives but instead of the author plunging us into the adoptive mother's despair and giving us a riveting emotional treatise on the legal aspect of this actually happening, Scottoline cops out. The chance to really explore this moral dilemma and to be compassionate about the incredible pain experienced by both sides in the battle is sidestepped by banality and the completely unbelievable ending.
This book started out well, but was a very big disappointment. Pass.
I felt the same way about the book of hers I read. Liked it, but not super thrilling.
ReplyDeleteTo me, a book is so much about the ending. If the story is really good but it ends bad (I guess that means if I don't like HOW the author chose to end it), then it ruins the whole thing for me and leaves a negative impression.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see your comments about this author, it sounds like someone I will skip. Books like this really need to be believable, or else, what's the point...
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