A review by tab2004
The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
3.0
I really enjoyed the first couple of Lisa Gardner books I read but lately I am starting to find them trying too hard to be clever instead of coherent. I figured out what was wrong with the husband less than half-way in. The question I had was why could'nt the wife? This is supposedly an intelligent woman, a teacher, yet she can't figure out why her husband won't touch her and lets her have 'spa treatments'? And of course the detective who was helping her becomes obsessed with her.
I am also getting a little tired of the style in which she creates her female heriones. I can't exactly put my finger on why but most of the time they just end up annoying me. I can't seem to care about their situation and that does not bode well for the book.
That said I do like her writing style and she tries to give the characters some depth but I am just finding it wanting or maybe I am expecting too much.
I am also getting a little tired of the style in which she creates her female heriones. I can't exactly put my finger on why but most of the time they just end up annoying me. I can't seem to care about their situation and that does not bode well for the book.
That said I do like her writing style and she tries to give the characters some depth but I am just finding it wanting or maybe I am expecting too much.