To the Power of Three
by Laura Lippman
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Read in March, 2008
This is the second stand-alone book by Laura Lippman I've read and I am finding I like these much better than her series. In this, three best friends are shot in a high school bathroom. One dies, one has a minor wound and one is critical. The story is told from the point of view of one of the girls, a detective trying to figure out what happened, the father of the dead girl, a high school outcast. Lots of POVs here, but they all work and it's easy to follow the storyline as it goes back in time ...more
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Read in October, 2005
I wanted to read this after hearing Laura Lippman speak at the National Book Festival and I was not disappointed! A stand alone book (she normally writes a series about a PI in Baltimore named Tess Monaghan) that starts the reader on a traumatic day in the middle of a mystery. As the book moves along, you have two stories: the present day in which the detective slowly separates truth from fiction and the past year of these three girls who used to be best friends. To say more would give away t...more
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Three girls are shot in a restroom at a suburban high school. One, the most beautiful and popular, dies instantly, another is critically injured, the third has a relatively benign injury to her foot. Who shot the girls? Why? The story told by the surviving teen does not match the evidence. Detective Sergeant Harold Lenhardt tries to put all of the pieces together and in the process learns far more about teenage girls than he would prefer to know.
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Read in January, 2007
I have to say I found this book to be pretty disappointed. I expected much more. I think the author could have done a lot more with the story. It had the potential to be really good, but definitely fell short. The book went on for much longer than it needed to. I was interested enough to want to know what happened at the end, and when I finally made it there, I said, "that's it?" I wanted a lot more.
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Read in January, 2005
Three adolescent girls, together in a high school bathroom one spring schoolday morning; one ends up lying on the floor, murdered. Which surviving girl did it, and why? (Tip: no, it's nothing sexual). This is a very good mystery and, besides, has has its themes the issues of adolescence, following one's conscience vs. following the crowd, the problems with the too-favored life.
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Read in March, 2008
I really liked this book, and I would have given it a 5, up until the very end. I was a little disappointed by the ending, it seemed anticlimactic with all the suspense that had been built to that point. I still thought it was well-written and would recommend it, though.
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Read in June, 2007
recommends it for:
Diehard crime novel readers
It was a quick read. Interesting because the story revolved around the apparent murder of one teenager by a close friend. There were some inconsistencies in the story that bugged me. The detectives were not very captivating characters.
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Read in June, 2007
A school shooting, or, a shooting that happened to take place in a school. Three friends, great character and story development. I found the ending a little disappointing but still satisfying and interesting. What a great writer.
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Read in February, 2008
I picked this up based on a review from my aunt and enjoyed the story quite a bit. Felt it a bit lengthy after the denouement, but the characters were well developed and I wasn't able to guess the outcome early on. Good choice.
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Read in March, 2008
I quickly got caught up in this book, which has interesting characters described in depth. There was one (deadly) event that seemed completely gratuitous, which bothered me in a novel that was otherwise very well balanced.
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This is my "instead of TV" book--- I have read many of her mysteries and lover Lippman's ability to quickly create vivid characters and swiftly moving and surprising plots. Almost done.
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Read in July, 2007
Eh, not the greatest story. I found it to have too much "dramatic mystery" and was looking to draw a reader in but it didn't follow through with a story I could believe in.
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Read in October, 2007
A pretty non-traditional crime novel - actually about relationships - friends, family, schoolmate, neighbor. Held my interest without being a traditional thriller.
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Read in April, 2008
A better Laura Lippman. Found the plot more intriguing and fast paced than the previous read. Liked the characters better too-even though they were kids.
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Read in June, 2007
The power of friendships and the complications of helpful parents. I have never as an adult read such an excellent look into a child/adolescents life.
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Read in January, 2006
recommends it for:
readers of suspense; psychological fiction
This is a fantastic story. I have not been able to get into the author's police procedurals, but find her stand alone novels compelling.
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Read in September, 2007
I had heard great recommendations about this author. I don't know why I kept reading this book to the end. It wasn't intriguing to me.
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Read in January, 2006
One of my favorite Lippman books. Good look at the intricacy of high school girls and their relationships with each other--
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For your basic mystery novel, very nuanced writing and memorable characters. I'll be looking for more by this author.
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I read this book in about 3 days-I am on a roll with Laura Lippman books-the setting is Baltimore-my hometown
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