A review by sarahbloom
Being Committed by Anna Maxted

2.0

I think I read this too soon after reading Marian Keyes' "Mystery of Mercy Close". Both were about unlikeable single-gal detectives (though "Mystery" was set in Ireland), and the glass-half-full theme prevails. The thing that really left me unimpressed about BC is that the main character has such a personality turnaround, the likes of which I've never witnessed in real life. Yeah, it would be nice if every clueless, mean person suddenly stumbled upon a closely-gaurded secret that subsequently made them see the light so they start treasuring loved ones, living every day fully, which leads to finding the loves of their lives, etc, etc. But that just doesn't happen in real life, at least not overnight. I couldn't buy into the main character's change of heart in the last third of the book, and I don't think any reasonably intelligent reader would either...but then again, there's lots of readers who LOVED this!