Charley's Web: A Novel
by Joy Fielding
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Author: Joy FieldingEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-18
ISBN: 074329601X
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Atria
Product features:
- Charley's Web
- Joy Fielding
- Charley Web is a beautiful single mother who writes a successful and controversial column for the Palm Beach Post
- Jill Rohmer, a convicted child killer with a borderline personality disorder
- Jill invites Charley to collaborate on the true story of what really happened to the three children she was convicted of murdering
Book Reviews of Charley's Web: A Novel
Book Review: 3 stars for Fielding's latest
Summary: 3 Stars
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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