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2nd out of 9 books
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See Jane Run
by
Joy Fielding
Jane Whittaker has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age . . .or even what she looks like. Frightened and confused, she wanders the streets of Boston wearing a blood-soaked dress-and carrying $10,000 in her pocket. Her life has become a vacuum--her past vanished. . .or stolen. And all that remains is a handsome, unsettling stranger who claims to be he
...morePaperback, 416 pages
Published
September 1st 1992
by Avon
(first published May 1st 1991)
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Aug 05, 2008
Daniella
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone who just needs something to take the edge off their boredom.
Recommended to Daniella by:
No one
Shelves:
mystery-and-suspense,
2008
I found this book lurking in the corner of a disused upstairs bedroom and, being a fan of mystery/suspense, it looked interesting enough at first glance that I immediately curled up with it to read. Unfortunately, I found See Jane Run to be disappointing at best.
The story starts out with great potential--a woman suddenly finds herself in the middle of downtown Boston, alone and with no idea of who she is, wearing a bloody dress and a coat with $10,000 stuffed in the pockets. It could have been t...more
The story starts out with great potential--a woman suddenly finds herself in the middle of downtown Boston, alone and with no idea of who she is, wearing a bloody dress and a coat with $10,000 stuffed in the pockets. It could have been t...more
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Jane Whittaker wakes as if from a dream at the corner of Cambridge and Bowdoin. She knows where she is going and what she planned to buy but not her name, her hair color, or her age. The first pages of this book describe what Jane remembers and what she doesn't giving the reader a feeling overwhelming dread and sympathy. Then we learn she is covered in blood under her coat and has a pocket full of money.
From there, we follow Jane as she searches for help, finally landing at the...more
Jane Whittaker wakes as if from a dream at the corner of Cambridge and Bowdoin. She knows where she is going and what she planned to buy but not her name, her hair color, or her age. The first pages of this book describe what Jane remembers and what she doesn't giving the reader a feeling overwhelming dread and sympathy. Then we learn she is covered in blood under her coat and has a pocket full of money.
From there, we follow Jane as she searches for help, finally landing at the...more
Of all my AP Psychology books, I thought this would be the best, quickest to read, and most entertaining. On the back, it said that the book was a "thriller," and "full of suspense." I couldn't wait to begin. But it turns out, the waiting didn't end with opening the book. Suspense lasted for the first couple of chapters and then peaked briefly in spotty places, but for the most part the first 75% of the book was quite lacking in it. It didn't help that the back of the book informed me weeks befo...more
May 13, 2007
Lisa Vegan
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who enjoys a good thriller, mothers
This is one of my favorite thrillers. Wonderfully suspenseful book about an amnesiac woman. Learning why she got that way elevates this story way above some mindless mystery thriller. I really cared about this woman. I thought about it and talked about it a lot for a long time after I read it. Really well told story, an enjoyable read, and a very satisfying book.
Back Cover Blurb:
One afternoon in late spring, Jane Whittaker went to the shops and forgot who she was. She couldn't remember her own name. She couldn't remember whether she was married or single, widowed or divorced, childless or the mother of twins....What in God's name was happening?
Jane's nightmare is only just beginning. When a handsome, distinguished man, calling himself her husband, comes to claim her, she is taken to a beautiful home she doesn't recognise, kept away from the family and f...more
One afternoon in late spring, Jane Whittaker went to the shops and forgot who she was. She couldn't remember her own name. She couldn't remember whether she was married or single, widowed or divorced, childless or the mother of twins....What in God's name was happening?
Jane's nightmare is only just beginning. When a handsome, distinguished man, calling himself her husband, comes to claim her, she is taken to a beautiful home she doesn't recognise, kept away from the family and f...more
I really liked the discovery of the story through Jane's eyes and her very slowly remembering bits and pieces of her past. It was also quite difficult to put down, before the end.
I absolutely did not see coming the reason why Jane felt such a shock, as to forget who she was, although the main culprit looked too good to be true and highly suspicious. At some points, I wanted to shake Jane to have her call her brother much earlier on, or ditch the pills earlier on.
I felt the ending was a bit abru...more
I absolutely did not see coming the reason why Jane felt such a shock, as to forget who she was, although the main culprit looked too good to be true and highly suspicious. At some points, I wanted to shake Jane to have her call her brother much earlier on, or ditch the pills earlier on.
I felt the ending was a bit abru...more
From the very first page this book is gripping as we view the world from the point of view of Jane, someone who has lost her memory. She has no idea who she is and then discovers that she has $10,000 in her coat pockets and the dress she has on is covered in blood.
It is so well written that we are taken on the nightmare with her as she realizes little by little what has happened.
There was a movie made of this book and I had seen it a long time ago. Since I couldn't remember the movie outcome it...more
It is so well written that we are taken on the nightmare with her as she realizes little by little what has happened.
There was a movie made of this book and I had seen it a long time ago. Since I couldn't remember the movie outcome it...more
Nach bereits zwei gelesenen Büchern Fieldings, die nicht ganz überzeugen konnten, wagte ich mich nun an das von vielen Freunden und meiner Familie angepriesene "Lauf, Jane, Lauf". Anders als bei den anderen fand ich hier schnell in die Geschichte und war direkt mittendrin. Janes Geschichte fesselte und lud quasi zum "paige-turnen" ein. Einen Stern abzug gibt es, weil mich das Ende als Thrillerfan nicht ganz vom Hocker hauen und überraschen konnte. Aber trotz allem ein spannendes Buch, das jede g...more
This was a quick read, but quick reads do not a bad book make. I enjoyed the suspense, and the way myself as a reader wasn't entirely sure until the very end what was real and what was the trap. As someone who suffers from "figuring-out-the-plot-too-soon-itus", I appreciated the way Fielding had me waver from certainty to uncertainty. What I didn't like was the difficult-to-follow passage of time. I wasn't sure if there were a month in between events, or less, or more. This was my first foray in...more
When I opened this book and read the first sentence, I didn't stop reading until chapter 6! Despite my cataracts and the small print of a hard-cover version of 300+ pages, I finished this book in 6 days. A record for me, I guess.
To call this a page turner, unable-to-put-the-book-down item, is an understatement. If you like suspense novels, you will like this as much as I did. I am going to try to read everything Joy Fielding has written, it is that good. I don't want to discuss the plot for fear...more
To call this a page turner, unable-to-put-the-book-down item, is an understatement. If you like suspense novels, you will like this as much as I did. I am going to try to read everything Joy Fielding has written, it is that good. I don't want to discuss the plot for fear...more
A shocking and horrifying novel, Joy Fielding creates a story about a wonderful family living in Boston, but one day shattered by a shocking truth....
Jane Whittaker, a Boston housewife has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age or even what she looks like...she has no identity. Frightened and confused, she finds herself on a downtown street of Boston wearing a blood-soaked blue dress, her pockets stuffed with $10,000. After 24 hours, calm and collected she approaches a polic...more
Jane Whittaker, a Boston housewife has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age or even what she looks like...she has no identity. Frightened and confused, she finds herself on a downtown street of Boston wearing a blood-soaked blue dress, her pockets stuffed with $10,000. After 24 hours, calm and collected she approaches a polic...more
SEE JANE RUN - Okay
Fielding, Joy - 1st in series
Jane Whittaker has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age . . .or even what she looks like. Frightened and confused, she wanders the streets of Boston wearing a blood-soaked dress-and carrying $10,000 in her pocket. Her life has become a vacuum--her past vanished. . .or stolen. And all that remains is a handsome, unsettling stranger who claims to be her husband, whispered rumors about a dead child whom she cannot recall. . .and...more
Fielding, Joy - 1st in series
Jane Whittaker has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age . . .or even what she looks like. Frightened and confused, she wanders the streets of Boston wearing a blood-soaked dress-and carrying $10,000 in her pocket. Her life has become a vacuum--her past vanished. . .or stolen. And all that remains is a handsome, unsettling stranger who claims to be her husband, whispered rumors about a dead child whom she cannot recall. . .and...more
Feb 15, 2008
Nancy
marked it as to-read
Jane Whittaker has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age . . .or even what she looks like. Frightened and confused, she wanders the streets of Boston wearing a blood-soaked dress-and carrying $10,000 in her pocket. Her life has become a vacuum--her past vanished. . .or stolen. And all that remains is a handsome, unsettling stranger who claims to be her husband, whispered rumors about a dead child whom she cannot recall. . .and a terrifying premonition that something truly h...more
I read this when I was about 10 years old (I'm 27 now), a BSC freak. I believe I picked this up at a garage sale (along with with a semi-erotic horror novel) and the woman selling it was like, "Are you sure you should be reading this?"
It was a page turner for me and maybe one day this summer when I have more time, I shall read it again and update my review.
The premise of the book was what drew me in, she doesn't know who she is and she is carrying thousands of dollars.
It was a page turner for me and maybe one day this summer when I have more time, I shall read it again and update my review.
The premise of the book was what drew me in, she doesn't know who she is and she is carrying thousands of dollars.
The book promises to be a riveting psychological thriller and lives up to it. Jane Whittaker is vulnerable and there are times when you can identify with her frustrations. The book is carefully composed keeping the suspense alive and throbbing right till the very end. There are times when the story progresses rather slow and you want the author to pull it up and give it pace. And the pace does come as if on cue that things were indeed getting boring. Somethings are a little overstretched but ove...more
Jane Whittaker "awakens" to find herself on a downtown Boston street with a large amount of money in her pockets and wearing a blood-soaked dress. Although she remembers Boston and how to function, she cannot remember who she is or how she ended up on the street. She finally has the sense to ask a police officer for help and she is taken to a hospital, where it is discovered that she is the wife of a prominent pediatric surgeon. Most of the story involves Jane trying to unravel her back-story an...more
It’s a page turner, but my frustration with Jane and the too long chapters on her contemplating her unknown life kept it from being excellent. I kept wanting it to read faster. But once things started happening halfway through the pace and story picked up. The end was great and I did enjoy it.
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رمان برگزيده ی " نيو پورت ديلی نيوز " که واقعا تکان دهنده و زيباست.
داستان اين کتاب منحصر به فرده. قول می دم هر چقدر باهوش باشيد نمی تونين آخرش رو حدس بزنين!
اين کتاب استقبالی بی نظير را در پی داشت. بی دليل نيست که "ديلی نيوز" در اين باره می گويد: داستانی هوشمندانه...با زيبايی و جذابيت خاص، که خواننده را تا آخرين صفحه با خود همراه می کند.
به ناگاه دنیای او در فراموشی غرقه شد....
مات و مبهوت و سرگردان در بوستون...
با لباسهایی خون آلود و جیب هایی پر از اسکناس...
و برای «جین ویتاکر» این آغاز راه بود...
داستان اين کتاب منحصر به فرده. قول می دم هر چقدر باهوش باشيد نمی تونين آخرش رو حدس بزنين!
اين کتاب استقبالی بی نظير را در پی داشت. بی دليل نيست که "ديلی نيوز" در اين باره می گويد: داستانی هوشمندانه...با زيبايی و جذابيت خاص، که خواننده را تا آخرين صفحه با خود همراه می کند.
به ناگاه دنیای او در فراموشی غرقه شد....
مات و مبهوت و سرگردان در بوستون...
با لباسهایی خون آلود و جیب هایی پر از اسکناس...
و برای «جین ویتاکر» این آغاز راه بود...
This was one of those books that I REALLY couldn't put down. I just kept reading "one more chapter" and before I knew it, it was dawn. I was about 15 pages from the end of the book and I kept nodding off and rereading the same page, so I finally put the book away, slept for a few hours and then woke up, picked up the book and finished it. I clearly enjoyed this book.
I actually got my boyfriend to read this book with me. I read it years ago in high school. I think I probably enjoyed it more back then but it was still a good read. I felt like I was watching a lifetime movie while reading this book. I felt so bad for the woman and knew something was up with how she was being treated. Great ending with her daughter!
I borrowed this book from a friend. I didn't have high hopes for it. I started it on a very long train ride home and could not put it down. I finished this book in less than a day. Interesting characters and many twists and turns. The ending was ok, wished it could have been a little more exciting, but it did tie up the story nicely.
This is one of my favorite books! It starts with a women who wakes up, has blood on her and $20,000 in cash and doesn't know her name. If that doesn't grab your attention not sure what will. But the author holds your attention though the entire book! Was amazed by the ending, not what I expected, and disturbing, but a great book!
Excellent psychological thriller. Had me tied up in knots wondering what the truth was. Joy starts out gripping you and then slowly but surely grabs you deeper and deeper in no way I have experienced before. Delighted to say, she is a Canadian and has many other books I have yet to read.I will be seeking out more of her stories for sure.
I read this many years ago, and the fact that I remember it means it made an impression on me. I sometimes read three books a week, and for the most part, they are enjoyable but not especially memorable. I was hooked from the very first, enjoyed the suspense, and didn't quickly figure out the end.
I love this mystery and it led me to other books by the author. I find it interesting in retrospect that this book is about amnesia and though my bout was not so severe I do remember loving this book and at the time not understanding how one could truly have amnesia. Now I understand completely :-)
This book hooked me from the very first line and all the way to the end was impossible to put down. I've enjoyed her other books but none compared to this story of a woman with amnesia, trying to remember her life. A movie was made out of it (Lifetime type) which i found on DVD? Horribly bad!
I had only read one other Joy Fielding book, "Whispers And Lies," and had seen the movie based on her book "The Other Woman." This earlier book was better than either of those. It was suspenseful and well-written, but I find the subject matter disturbing and don't usually subject myself to books on the topic.
I love anything by Joy Fielding. Suspense is my thing. I rarely have time to read, so when I do, I want a abook I can't put down and/or can't wait to read again. I've never been much of a reader, so this says a lot about her!!
This is a book I read in a dayI could not put it down. It throws you in at the deep end from page 1 and keeps a frantic pace to the end. You think you have got the plot then bam everything changes.An excellent read.
I saw the movie adaptation of this book,was riveted...so of course I picked up the book...Awsome...suspensful.....page turner doesn't describe it....you'll want to read everything else Joy has written....which I have...
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Joy Fielding (née Tepperman; born March 18, 1945) is a Canadian novelist and actress. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she graduated from the University of Toronto in 1966, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. As Joy Tepperman, she had a brief acting career, appearing in the film Winter Kept Us Warm (1965) and in an episode of Gunsmoke. She later changed her last n...more
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Born in Toronto, Ontario, she graduated from the University of Toronto in 1966, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. As Joy Tepperman, she had a brief acting career, appearing in the film Winter Kept Us Warm (1965) and in an episode of Gunsmoke. She later changed her last n...more
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