A review by jaxgirl007
Live to Tell, by Lisa Gardner
4.0
Before starting this book, I hadn't read the previous D.D. Warren stories. After reading this book, I'm very interested in returning to the beginning and checking out the others. I found this book to be very engaging and it kept me guessing (and a bit freaked out) until the very end. The dialogue throughout is crisp and almost a bit comical at some points. You get the full range of emotions in this outing with D.D.
Gardner does a great job writing a story with an interesting and original premise: entire families murdered by the patriarch which seem open and shut murder-suicides but that become more complicated once other connections become obvious.
The only slight negative is that I found D.D. Warren herself to be the least interesting of the characters and a bit too one-dimensional in her personality make-up at certain points; however, it might be that reading the earlier novels would fill in some of the blanks. It was refreshing to see so much emphasis put on the supporting characters so that the ending made sense and it didn't seem like Gardner relied upon D.D. for all the action during the story.
Gardner weaves 3-4 different stories at once and while this can easily become confusing or one story doesn't get developed enough to make sense, she does a great job here of making each story interesting and just connected enough so that it doesn't feel like she's off in left field at any point. Her ending delivered and was a great end to a clever plot.
I highly recommend this book!
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
Gardner does a great job writing a story with an interesting and original premise: entire families murdered by the patriarch which seem open and shut murder-suicides but that become more complicated once other connections become obvious.
The only slight negative is that I found D.D. Warren herself to be the least interesting of the characters and a bit too one-dimensional in her personality make-up at certain points; however, it might be that reading the earlier novels would fill in some of the blanks. It was refreshing to see so much emphasis put on the supporting characters so that the ending made sense and it didn't seem like Gardner relied upon D.D. for all the action during the story.
Gardner weaves 3-4 different stories at once and while this can easily become confusing or one story doesn't get developed enough to make sense, she does a great job here of making each story interesting and just connected enough so that it doesn't feel like she's off in left field at any point. Her ending delivered and was a great end to a clever plot.
I highly recommend this book!
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review