A review by robinsbooks
The Last Will of Moira Leahy by Therese Walsh
4.0
I had hoped to give this book five stars and thought it might be worthy, but after 150 pages decided there was little too much paranormal and mysticism involved, which I really don't care for anymore. However, I kept reading for the secrets that were slowly revealed during the story.
Maeve and Moira are twins and the story alternates between their childhood and contemporary times when Maeve, a university professor of languages, appears to be the only twin around. At the start of the book she purchases a keris (Javanese dagger) at an auction and feels an immediate connection. From here this extremely neurotic and socially inept woman struggles to understand the keris, which takes her to Italy where she meets up with the man she was attracted to before he went to Europe to find his mother. During her visit she suffers various mishaps while trying to find out why the dagger has such power over her.
I found Maeve so neurotic that I had a hard time identifying with her problems and the novel at times wandered into the “had-I-but-known” school of plot devices, but the story of what happened to the twins in the past kept me engrossed and I was happy with the resolution.
Maeve and Moira are twins and the story alternates between their childhood and contemporary times when Maeve, a university professor of languages, appears to be the only twin around. At the start of the book she purchases a keris (Javanese dagger) at an auction and feels an immediate connection. From here this extremely neurotic and socially inept woman struggles to understand the keris, which takes her to Italy where she meets up with the man she was attracted to before he went to Europe to find his mother. During her visit she suffers various mishaps while trying to find out why the dagger has such power over her.
I found Maeve so neurotic that I had a hard time identifying with her problems and the novel at times wandered into the “had-I-but-known” school of plot devices, but the story of what happened to the twins in the past kept me engrossed and I was happy with the resolution.