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Title: Someone to Watch Over Me : A Novel by Judith McNaught ISBN: 0-671-52575-1 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (107 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Okay, but not one of her best
Comment: I am a huge Judith McNaught fan, as many of the reviewers here have been. I enjoy both her contemporary and historical romance novels and have been anticipating "Someone to Watch Over Me" for quite some time. However, I was really disappointed when I finished reading this book. I don't think she was meant to write contemporary romantic suspense.But, in her previous novel, Night Whispers, she did a much better job of it.
What I did like about Someone to Watch Over Me was the protagonist, Leigh's romantic interest Michael. He was what kept me reading on. His character wasn't developed enough for me though. Whereas in previous Judith McNaught novels, the heriones are strong, funny, smart, and interesting, I felt that Leigh was lacking somehow. As she desperately tries to find out what has happened to her husband, you start to wonder how could she be so oblivious to her husband's activities. Secondly,Michael and Leigh seem to get "together" quite quickly. From the beginning of the book, she's madly in love with her husband, and then all of a sudden, through uncovering information about her husband, she just realizes she's in love with another man. It seemed way too rushed. Furthermore, the "suspense" to the whole story begins to be quite predictable long before the end of the book.
For me, the intrigue part, whether it be about business mergers/corporate take overs, and so on, in Judith McNaught's previous books such as Remember When and Paradise have always detracted from the rest of her writing. I love the romantic interaction, and the quality of character development which she usually achieves so well. In Someone to Watch Over Me, I feel like these things have taken the back burner, and the intrigue/suspense has become the main focus of her writing.
Personally, I did not enjoy the secondary romantic story of the investigators, and thought it wasn't very relevant. I usually enjoy when secondary characters also have a storyline, but it didn't work for me. The appearance of certain characters from Ms. McNaught's previous novels just seemed to be kind of thrown in so that she could link the book to her other ones.
I do really enjoy Judith McNaught's writing, and I hope that her next novel will be a better effort and that she sticks to romance writing. If it wasn't a book written her, I probably wouldn't have finished it all the way through.
Contemporary romantic suspense authors I would recommend instead of Judith McNaught would be Linda Howard or Karen Robards. They tend to be more realistic, less romantic and sweet, but definitely more suspenseful.
Rating: 5
Summary: Intruigue at its Best
Comment: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is filled with all the plot elements readers love. Intruigue, romance, suspense, wit, etc. grab this for all elements.
The hero is one of my favorites to date. He is enigmatic to the hilt and you will keep turning the pages to find out what happens next. Don't miss this one.
Rating: 3
Summary: Mediocre effort
Comment: This is a mediocre work by JM's standards. The first part of the book narrated the accident and flashback of the loving time between Leigh Kendall and Logan Manning. The flashback broke the story momentum and suspense. It make the search for Logan appeared longer and more draggy than it should be. The flashback also made the reader skeptical of how loving the couple really were. It came across that JM was trying hard to persuade the readers to believe in something which she would shatter later.
When Michael Valente, Samatha Littleton and Mack entered the scene, then the story started to look more exciting. That also meant that Leigh Kendall was such an uninspiring character to hold much of the readers' interest in the first part of the book. I was much more hooked on the chemistry and attraction between Sam and Mack than between Michael and Leigh. Unfortunately, JM did not spare much ink on Sam and Mack. Sam and Mack had the more interesting and clever dialogue too. I found Leigh's falling in love with Michael too unconvincing and abrupt, though Michael's devotion towards Leigh was touching and endearing. And for a romance novel, the (very) few love scenes were very anti-climax. The love scene between Sam and Mack could have so much more potential, more explosive than the effort JM put in.
In addition, there were plenty of loopholes in the book. The final revelation about Logan, the murderer and Logan's source of unexplained income were presented very sloppily - all dumped at us at once without much logic and explanation. It left the readers with more questions than answers. In short, this is a readable novel with some interesting characters and pockets of good moments, but fall short of a good novel, especially of one by JM.
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Title: Birthright by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0399149848 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 31 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Double Standards by Judith McNaught ISBN: 0671737600 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Paradise by Judith McNaught ISBN: 0671776800 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Perfect by Judith McNaught ISBN: 0671795538 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Night Whispers by Judith McNaught ISBN: 0671525743 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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