Reviews for Windy McPherson's Son

The average rating for Windy McPherson's Son based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-04-30 00:00:00 Peter Wood I happened to glance at the wildly diverse ratings/reviews on goodreads about this book, because I was kind of torn about a rating for it. I haven't read any of Jackson's other books, and I've never seen The Ghost Whisperer, but my feeling was that the story was a bit soap-y, and didn't fully realize itself as any one kind of book. Sometimes, that's ok. Laurel Hawthorne lives in a gated community called Victorianna, raising a daughter, Shelby, with her husband David. One night, the ghost of a neighbor girl awakes Laurel to find the dead body of the girl in their pool. There is little blame here toward the Hawthorne household, it just happened to be their pool. Laurel's world revolves around Shelby and keeping her protected from the ensuing investigation. David retrieves Laurel's parents to help out, Laurel reacts by making up with her wild sister Thalia and bringing her back to Victorianna as well. It just should have been a much longer book. There are all sorts of family secrets coming out, some easily foretold. The mystery is never really fully played out as a mystery, the family dysfunction falls short of making it an Oprah book, the cheating spouse isn't really cheating, and the "I can see dead people" role never makes it to the forefront either.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-05-01 00:00:00 Earl Gray Joshilyn Jackson is perfectly ok with having her heros murder people. It's true that the people that are offed mostly need killing, but still. Killing someone in the past seems to be her nasty secret of choice in both this book and Gods in Alabama (which I preferred). This book started out really strong, but I think totally lost its way at the end. Her characterization of Bet and the town she came from didn't ring true to me. They were too stereotypical to be believed. And in both this book and Gods in Alabama, I felt like I should have seen the end coming, but didn't. That makes me feel stupid, which I don't enjoy. Although that isn't her fault. Regardless, this book was a disappointment to me.