Reviews for Woman Without a Past

The average rating for Woman Without a Past based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-03-27 00:00:00 Philip Duncan Woman Without a Past is a tedious book that fails both sides of the romantic suspense equation. The romance is bloodless and unbelievable, and the suspense is nonexistent. The story, about an adopted woman who discovers the truth about her birth family, goes nowhere. I never believed the heroine had anything at stake, and I often wondered why she cared so much about solving her newly found family's "mysteries." The author repeats often that the heroine is concerned for her supposed twin sister, but it happens too soon after their meeting to be plausible motivation. It didn't help that the romantic suspense author makes her main character a romantic suspense author. Not too self-indulgent. Especially when the heroine, Molly, runs around all the time observing things with her "writer's eye" and often reflects on her creative process. Nauseating. What plot there is teems with absurdities like a psychic cat, a haunted rocking horse, and messages from beyond the grave. The characters do little more than call each other up and arrange meetings where they endlessly discuss things. That way the author can eke out the meager plot in drips and drabs, lacing the whole with clumsy foreshadowing of the "if I had only known then..." variety. All in all, an entirely forgettable book.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-02-21 00:00:00 Edward Ong A nice cosy gothic style mystery - undemanding but the right sort of read I needed right now! Although I guessed most of the plot but that didn't spoil my enjoyment of it - I haven't read a book like this in ages and it reminded me of the books I read years ago - authors like Barbara Michaels and Victoria Holt. This arrived recently, a trade from BookMooch - my first mooched book! All the way from a moocher in the states - it's been on my wishlist for a while because it's set in beautiful Charleston, a town I was lucky enough to visit in April 2007 for the BookCrossing Convention, and where I met such wonderful people. What I enjoyed most about this book was its setting - it did bring back memories of Charleston, a beautiful town and area ....and I do mean to visit again some day.