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cemoses's review against another edition
4.0
I found the book very suspenseful and a pageturner. I could not put the book down.
Once criticism though I have of the book is that the book starts with focusing on the mother and then switches midway to the point of view of the eldest son. The husband and the daughter are never really that well developed. I felt the novel should focus on all the family members or just one of them,
In addition, I expected that there would be more problems of jealousy on the part of Vincent since the mother favored Ben.
Once criticism though I have of the book is that the book starts with focusing on the mother and then switches midway to the point of view of the eldest son. The husband and the daughter are never really that well developed. I felt the novel should focus on all the family members or just one of them,
In addition, I expected that there would be more problems of jealousy on the part of Vincent since the mother favored Ben.
somanybookstoread's review against another edition
3.0
I hovered between 3 and 4 starts on this one. This was Mitchard's debut novel and, in ways, that shows. Her editor should have been a bit more severe here as there was definitely 60-100 pages that should have been cut from this long novel. The level of detail in many places just did not support the story. Furthermore, a mystery (of sorts) should not be bogged down with unnecessary descriptions. The story should be moving along! Despite that, the story was rich and the characters were, for the most part, likable. I'm kind of on a Jacquelyn Mitchard kick at the moment, so I'll read the follow-up novel, but not with very high expectations. This is the second novel I've read by this author and I will give this to her: two for two her stories were original.
debigo's review against another edition
4.0
Ugh. I remember reading this when I was pregnant. Not the best time. Totally freaked me out
aubtobobtolob's review against another edition
3.0
As a new mother and pregnant with a second, this book was heart breaking.
eilis's review against another edition
3.0
i think that this was probably pretty good, but definitely not a genre that i gravitate towards. also very predictable. i was going to say that it would make a great movie but it already is a movie! but i think hugh jackman should have played the dad.
abbeygleroy4545's review against another edition
3.0
I was very interested at first and the plot drew me in but I think it was too drawn out. It was a slow finish for me.
samanthatanhy's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
jbarr5's review against another edition
3.0
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Love hearing about the monkey bread!
Beth is registering the family at the hotel and her younger son has at the same time gone missing. Someone must've taken him while the older child looked on.
The police canvas inside and out and can't locate the child. The things that go through her mind as to what could be happening to Ben...
Her husband Pat Cappadora is beside himself also. She was at the hotel for a reunion.
She is just going through the motions of life when 9 years later she thinks she really has seen Ben. She knew it looked exactly what he would've looked like...
They find his knapsack a few years later and again post his picture in the paper in hopes someone has seen him.
She gets involved with her camera again and a boy who mows lawns stops by and she knows it's her son. She shows her husband the pictures of the boy who lives just a few blocks away.
Therapy sessions don't always help but talking to other friends who were there, does. Faith, keep the faith that it will all work out in the end...
Love hearing about the monkey bread!
Beth is registering the family at the hotel and her younger son has at the same time gone missing. Someone must've taken him while the older child looked on.
The police canvas inside and out and can't locate the child. The things that go through her mind as to what could be happening to Ben...
Her husband Pat Cappadora is beside himself also. She was at the hotel for a reunion.
She is just going through the motions of life when 9 years later she thinks she really has seen Ben. She knew it looked exactly what he would've looked like...
They find his knapsack a few years later and again post his picture in the paper in hopes someone has seen him.
She gets involved with her camera again and a boy who mows lawns stops by and she knows it's her son. She shows her husband the pictures of the boy who lives just a few blocks away.
Therapy sessions don't always help but talking to other friends who were there, does. Faith, keep the faith that it will all work out in the end...