Michelle Gagnon (1) (1971–)
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Don't Turn Around (PERSEFONE Series Book 2) 1 exemplar
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- 1971-07-04
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- USA
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- Michelle Gagnon is a former modern dancer, bartender, dog walker, model, personal trainer, and Russian supper club performer. Her thrillers The Tunnels and Boneyard have been published in North America, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Australia. Both were IMBA top ten bestsellers.
Her upcoming book, The Gatekeeper, concerns a domestic terror plot by anti-immigration hate groups and will be released in November 2009. In her spare time Michelle runs errands and indulges a weakness for Scrabulous and Hollywood blockbusters. She lives in San Francisco with her family.
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so good :) such cool characters. i loved the ending and want more in so ways but happy it got a actual ending
so good :) such cool characters. i loved the ending and want more in so ways but happy it got a actual ending
This was honestly such a let down. I wanted to like this, I really did. So I kept reading. It got better in the last 80ish pages and then got worse again.
My main problem with this book was that I didn't like Janie (main character). It is understandable to be upset after losing parents, but that was all she did, to the point of just whining. There was little plot, only missing mom and dad. Then there was Daniel. He came into the book in a reasonable spot, but the instalove was disappointing. There was no cute YA buildup or even real world getting to know each other build up.
The synopsis states, "Janie feels hopelessly out of place in their world of Napa weekends, fancy cotillions, and chauffeurs." There was hardly any mention of that. Janie went to maybe one event in the whole book. There was mention that the Rochesters were rich, but no writing on the actual events like I wanted. It was more like, 'Last night they went to a fancy party, I did not go. I miss you Mom.' It was boring.
The basis of the plot is set on strange things happening like screams and moving objects, but there are like 5 creepy things in the book, and they only pick up in the second half of this. In between strange moments, there are about 30 pages of boring words or Janie missing her parents. I was wanting suspense and intrigue. I didn't find that here.
Honestly, I didn't like a single character other than Nicholas and Alma. The others were all annoying or awful (some on purpose, others, not so much).
Final thoughts, I enjoyed the conclusion of the mystery, but the last 5ish pages were unsatisfying. They could have gone in a different direction or explained more about the aftermath.
Sidenote: As a dog lover, I don't think peeing on puppies is something to laugh about.… (mer)
My main problem with this book was that I didn't like Janie (main character). It is understandable to be upset after losing parents, but that was all she did, to the point of just whining. There was little plot, only missing mom and dad. Then there was Daniel. He came into the book in a reasonable spot, but the instalove was disappointing. There was no cute YA buildup or even real world getting to know each other build up.
The synopsis states, "Janie feels hopelessly out of place in their world of Napa weekends, fancy cotillions, and chauffeurs." There was hardly any mention of that. Janie went to maybe one event in the whole book. There was mention that the Rochesters were rich, but no writing on the actual events like I wanted. It was more like, 'Last night they went to a fancy party, I did not go. I miss you Mom.' It was boring.
The basis of the plot is set on strange things happening like screams and moving objects, but there are like 5 creepy things in the book, and they only pick up in the second half of this. In between strange moments, there are about 30 pages of boring words or Janie missing her parents. I was wanting suspense and intrigue. I didn't find that here.
Honestly, I didn't like a single character other than Nicholas and Alma. The others were all annoying or awful (some on purpose, others, not so much).
Final thoughts, I enjoyed the conclusion of the mystery, but the last 5ish pages were unsatisfying. They could have gone in a different direction or explained more about the aftermath.
Sidenote: As a dog lover, I don't think peeing on puppies is something to laugh about.… (mer)
Well this was all kinds of fun. The ending was a little clunky (a lot clunky at the very end) but it did not really matter -- I enjoyed getting there so much that I was feeling forgiving. I am not much of a thriller reader, and I really dislike most modern thrillers where violence against women is described in microscopic detail. This is much more Laura Lipmann circa the Tess Monaghan series than Karin Slaughter or Riley Sagar. If you are looking for good violent fun where attacks on women occur but where wounds are not not described in gleeful detail this may just work for you. (I don't want to beat up on Karin Slaughter. I lived in DeKalb County GA for 15 years and her philanthropic work for the DeKalb County Library made it one of the very best library systems I have had access to, and I have lived in a lot of metropolitan areas. I am grateful to her. She seems like a lovely person, and though I don't like her books I am glad the vast majority of people do and DeKalb County wins.)
I listened to this, and the narration by Jaime Lamchick was great… (mer)
I listened to this, and the narration by Jaime Lamchick was great… (mer)
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