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A review by vkaz
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
4.0
Confession: I am on a serious Laura Lippman jag. I finished one of her books from later in the series yesterday, and, on my sickbed, decided to kindle one today that I hadn't read yet. I picked a good one. I loved this book. Not because the plot was great. Tess Monaghan (who is half Jewish) takes on the case of a furrier, an Orthodox Jew, whose wife left with their three kids. Tess's search takes her to different groups within the Jewish community in Baltimore, as Tess reflects on her roots and considers her own faith.
The characters drove this book for me. They are so well crafted. I've learned in writing classes that you should create villains that have sympathetic aspects and make sure your heroes have their flaws. Lippman does that beautifully here. Mark Rubin is an inflexible, picky and controlling man, but he's a great dad. We see much of the action through the eyes of Rubin's son, Isaac, an endearing, enterprising kid who is just as stubborn as his dad. Tess herself grows and struggles with her past in this book, but judging by some of the reviews here, not everyone likes how she comes across in this book. For me, it made Tess even more relatable.
Now off to kindle the next in the series....
The characters drove this book for me. They are so well crafted. I've learned in writing classes that you should create villains that have sympathetic aspects and make sure your heroes have their flaws. Lippman does that beautifully here. Mark Rubin is an inflexible, picky and controlling man, but he's a great dad. We see much of the action through the eyes of Rubin's son, Isaac, an endearing, enterprising kid who is just as stubborn as his dad. Tess herself grows and struggles with her past in this book, but judging by some of the reviews here, not everyone likes how she comes across in this book. For me, it made Tess even more relatable.
Now off to kindle the next in the series....