Wanda M. Morris
Författare till All Her Little Secrets
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Morris, Wanda Michelle
- Födelsedag
- 1959
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Utbildning
- Yale Writer's Workshop
- Yrken
- corporate attorney
- Organisationer
- Association of Corporate Counsel, Georgia chapter
Sisters in Crime
Mystery Writers of America
Crime Writers of Color - Agent
- Lori Galvin [literary]
Allison Warren [film/TV]
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Statistik
- Verk
- 3
- Medlemmar
- 427
- Popularitet
- #57,179
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 16
- ISBN
- 22
I liked these sisters well enough, each were placed in an interesting predicament, Violet, on the run after she murdered her rapist, and Marigold, single and pregnant by someone other than her boyfriend.
I wanted more obstacles in Violet’s story, she’s a black woman in 1964 running from the police. It seemed like her journey should have been more difficult and more tumultuous than it is. She easily finds a way out of town, easily travels, easily finds shelter, easily lands jobs, easily finds a community and serious boyfriend who are mostly fine with how little she reveals about herself. There’s a couple big moments she faces, overall though, I didn’t feel like there were enough heart in your throat situations where you wonder how is our heroine going to get through this.
As for Marigold, we’re told over and over how intelligent she is, only for her to constantly make dumb decisions. It was one thing for Violet to occasionally act without thinking because acting rashly is supposed to be a big part of her personality, but don’t keep telling Marigold is smart and never show me any evidence that she actually is, it’s annoying, I mean, for instance, if your sister is supposed to be in hiding, would a smart person practically point the way to her?
I wasn’t a fan of the POV chapters of Mercer, a guy for hire, who is trying to track Violet down. His thoughts felt repetitive and unnecessary, they didn’t really add to the story and he wasn’t much savvier than Marigold. I guess he was supposed to provide suspense, show us he was closing in or whatever, but for me, it seemed like it would have been more suspenseful if we only saw him from the sisters’ POV, if Mercer were more of a mysterious figure following them and we didn’t know why he was there or when he would pop up, instead you’re overly informed about the guy.
If so much space wasn’t occupied by Mercer, maybe a bit more time could have been spent on developing Violet’s romance in a way that I could feel some attachment to it or exploring Marigold’s interest in the civil rights fight and as mentioned earlier, this could definitely have devoted a few more pages to amping up the suspense around Violet’s run from the law.… (mer)