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Title: Charley's Web (Unabridged)
ISBN: B0018OQ2FO
Author:
Joy Fielding
Publicate Date: Not Available
Publish: Not Available
List Price: $36.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Audio Download
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1: Painful to read
This book made me cringe as I read it. The characters did not behave in reasonable ways. The main character (Charley) is a no-nonsense woman who laughs off two death threats within an hour without blinking an eye. However, on the third one (which is only a little bit different from the first two), she bursts into tears and runs to her boss's office to make him call the police. The situations are contrived. The writing is weak. I can't believe this book averages four stars. I stopped reading it after twenty pages because it made me want to stab myself in the eye.
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2: Another Good Book!
I must say that i did like the story line with this book. I thought that while not all that suspenseful in the beginning...it did show what Charley's character was all about. I liked the characters and build up to the end. It has a surprise ending that will keep you guessing and keep the pages turning. I think this is another fine book for Joy. Keep up the good work.
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3: Poorly written and silly
This is a poorly written and silly 'novel.' In fact, it's hardly a novel at all. The narrative/plot is weak; the characters are poorly developed; and the prose is uninspired.
I like a good, light read as much as the next woman, but this is just plain silly.
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4: 3 stars for Fielding's latest
This was a novel that, despite its predictability, provided enough depth and entertainment to keep me reading even after I had figured out the denouement. The story -- a convicted child killer wants a book written about the crimes and holds out some tantalizing information that she may not have acted alone though she was the only one tried, convicted and put on death row. I had to suspend disbelief a couple of times that this other "perpetrator" could have escaped discovery, but the side elements in the story helped drive the plot. The prisoner asks a features reporter to do this book. The reporter, Charlotte, usually writes articles of dubious literary value on a web site using the name "Charley's Webb".....I was a bit dismayed at the main character at times -- to say she wasn't a happy, friendly reporter would be an understatement. Everywhere she turned, there was a single man looking to date her -- but this is normal in a lot of novels. What I really liked about the book was how she and her mother worked through their troublesome past and evolved into having a relationship. Most of the rest of the characters in the book were stereotypes -- the picture perfect darling precocious children, the mean neighbors, the hateful sisters, the bad boy alcoholic brother, the shady night club owner with a heart of gold, the distant father, etc.
I enjoyed this book although the triteness of the title just about put me off. The explanations in the novel regarding the names of the main character and other assorted cast did not strike me as clever but I put aside this minor annoyance and was able to read the book despite all that unnecessary detail that did nothing to add to the plot or the story.
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5: If You Spin a Web, You Just Might Catch Yourself
This book caught my attention due to the name - who can't help but think of the old classic Charlotte's Web even though they are not related in any way or not of the same type of style. Charly's Web is about a Florida columnist and single mom at thirty, who has been battling emotional scars due to family turmoil. Her mother abandoned her family to start her own new one, leaving her emotionally distraught and setting her family further and further apart from one another.
She then gets an exciting new proposition, when she gets contracted by a woman on death row to write a biography of the crime, telling her involvement in the killings of three children and the promise of her telling something that has never been told before - the identity of the other murderer. This was a great chance and exciting for her. So as Charly Web gets interviewing this clever sociopath, learning dangerous details the closer she comes to the second killer, she's putting her own life in danger.
The two woman make for an interesting read. Joy Fielding has a way of writing thrillers and mysteries that keep you engrossed in the book. I really liked it and I think you will too.
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