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Some action inserted into this story didn't have much to do with the story line and almost skipped some pages. Also there was many religious parts. Mary DiNunzio trying to make partner, surrounded with loving family, friend and secretary. She misses her twin sister, who decided to become nun. Conversations between the two sisters about their life choices was the best part of this book.
Somebody has been following her and sending notes, ending was shocking.
Some action inserted into this story didn't have much to do with the story line and almost skipped some pages. Also there was many religious parts. Mary DiNunzio trying to make partner, surrounded with loving family, friend and secretary. She misses her twin sister, who decided to become nun. Conversations between the two sisters about their life choices was the best part of this book.
Somebody has been following her and sending notes, ending was shocking.
This was Scottoline's first DiNunzio book and first book, period. Mary was the first character of hers that I met, and remains my favorite -- m
After reading three of her books in no particular order (which I chose based solely on plot), I've become enough of a Scottoline fan to want to go back to the beginning and read her books in order. Not all of her books star Mary DiNunzio and her eventual law-partner/boss Bennie Rosato, but enough of them do that I decided I need to start reading in order.This was Scottoline's first DiNunzio book and first book, period. Mary was the first character of hers that I met, and remains my favorite -- mostly because I can relate so well to her. I knew, from "Lady Killer," that Mary was a widow -- but in "Everywhere That Mary Went," she's fairly-newly widowed, and I finally found out what happened to her husband. I also found out some significant things about her and her past, and like all good character revelations, it made me love her character more.
I raced through the book to find out the answers (that's the curse of a Lisa Scottoline book -- you wanna read slow, to enjoy it and take it all in; but ya wanna read fast so that you can find out what's going _on_), but it was a _fun_ ride -- if not too fun. Mary loses a dear friend (a death I saw coming, since the character in question isn't in the later books), confronts her twin sister -- and, best of all for me as a relating-reader, she confronts her own doubts and fears and griefs. I tell people that Scottoline's books are a magical mix: lots of humor and fun and everyday hilarity, but she's not Evanovich -- good characters die sometimes, and serious issues are dealt with.
The ending made me cry:
"I've learned that you don't stop loving someone just because they die. And you don't stop loving someone who's dead just because you start loving someone else. I know this violates the natural law that two things can't occupy the same place at the same time, but that's never been true of the human heart anyway."
Any author who can incorporate that beautiful observation into a top-notch suspense plot chock full of legal-thrillings ... is gonna be a favorite of mine. If you like legal thrillers -- or, really, thrillers of any kind -- you gotta try this author!
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I suppose what caught my attention right off was that the main character was in a major law firm. She didn't just 'work
This title was what my book club members chose to read for the month. When reading such selections, or the ones won in a Goodreads drawing, I ignore introductions, prefaces, other reviews, and even what is printed on the cover. I want to go into this with an open mind. So I read the book and this is what I would like to share with you, hopefully without giving away any spoilers.I suppose what caught my attention right off was that the main character was in a major law firm. She didn't just 'work' there, but actually shared with me just what the heck goes on in the ivory tower. As I was reading I said to myself, "Either this author is a lawyer or she did one heck of a lot of research!" It is funny, one I despise, and one I admire. It wasn't until I finished the story that I found out the author was in fact a lawyer. So I guess I have to give a good review or she'll sue me.
I know this was fiction, but they say to write about what you know. That being the case, I was more caught up in the character's work dealings than with her private life. But that's just me. I am sure the ladies in my book club just ate this up. One comment though. She had two guys bonding over traded war stories concerning aircraft I it was so wrong I wanted to pull my hair out. This was one instance that she was out of her element. I felt like Chief Ramsey overhearing the McDonalds fry guy talking about cooking in hot water instead of hot grease!
Now if the author was writing about what she knows, and I read about all the human garbage that pass for top lawyers and judges in this fictional account, I wonder if it is time for us to bring out the guillotine. What I am hinting at is that you will enjoy this book if you like drama.
There were some twists that I never saw coming. One in particular was her boss and his hot secretary. I have worked in a corporate headquarters and there was plenty of eye candy. The candy counter was usually a receptionist desk bigger than my laboratory bench!
One thing I really enjoyed was the author's knack for describe things by comparing them to something else. Being a Catholic, she made the reference to how the detective in his dark raincoat looked like a big alter boy. Anyone who grew up Catholic knows exactly what she is referring to. It was picture clear. And she did this over and over again!
I have to admit that there were some parts in the middle that seemed to be filler material. As for guessing who the bad guy was, that I didn't know. There were so many clues given that after a while I said to myself, "Naw' it ain't him," over and over. The closer I got to the end I kept wondering who it could be? Maybe even a woman? Well, you will have to read it and see.
3.5 rounded up to 4 stars
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The premise of this book was interesting but I CAN'T STAND HOW BAD IT WAS! It was SO fragmented and confusing! (Reminds me of when I tried to read Wicked...so bloody confusing!). Anyway, it was too fragmented to follow.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Here is a list of things that didn't make sense in the book
I am SOOOOOOO mad! I CAN'T STAND THIS BOOK!! (Granted, I may be writing out of anger since I finished reading this book after a very difficult 12-hour shift...hungry, tired, smelly? Not a good combo....).The premise of this book was interesting but I CAN'T STAND HOW BAD IT WAS! It was SO fragmented and confusing! (Reminds me of when I tried to read Wicked...so bloody confusing!). Anyway, it was too fragmented to follow.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Here is a list of things that didn't make sense in the book:
-Mary's husband's death: there's absolutely NO INDICATION ANYWHERE AT ALL that his death might be suspicious: until the very end. It's as if the author said, "His death was a sad, tragic, random accident.....JUST KIDDING! Let me make weird, random ties between his death and COMPLETELY UNRELATED THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!" (in a way that only makes sense if you squint one eye and close the other....)
-Mary's twin sister: there was potential for a good story here. A twin sister who mysteriously dissappears into a convent in a cult-like fashion and is forbidden to make any contact at all with her loved ones FOR YEARS ON END? GREAT POTENTIAL! However, absolutely NOTHING INTERESTING happens here. *sigh*
-Mary's new love interest: he is a handsome, successful, quiet guy who is secretely in love with Mary. He painfully watches as she dates another guy, marries him, mourns him after his death....and when he *finally* gets his chance to shine and gets to spend a crazy-romantic weekend with her....she finds a medicine cabinet FULL of anti-psychotic medications! ANOTHER AWESOME STORY LINE! GREAT POTENTIAL! In fact, Ned is the only likeable person in the ENTIRE BOOK! Could he be Mary's stalker?!?!
No. That would make the story *TOO INTERESTING*.
I could go on and on. This book had TONS of great storylines within the story itself, but the author chose not to dive into any of them. The result of this?
A VERY boring book. And, I understand that this is a book that deals with law and everything, but the author spend WAY TOO LONG discussing lawyer mumbo-jumbo. What's a deposition?! What's a jurisdiction?! What was the Hanks' lawsuit all about?! AUGH!!! There are pages upon PAGES written in lawyer-talk that the average person (such as myself!) has no way of understanding what's going on! I got SO LOST in the lawyer-language and the author gave NO explanation that I finally gave up trying to decipher it all!
And the ending.....oh sweet God, the ending! NO SENSE AT ALL!!!! The villain LITERALLY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WITH A HUMOUNGOUS STORYLINE OF HIS OWN THAT LITERALLY MADE NO SENSE!!!!!! AUGH!!!!!
I am SO FRUSTRATED by this book.....I wish I could give it NEGATIVE 5 STARS!!!!!
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I rolled my eyes so much at this hot mess, an exorcist was called.
The heroine is too stupid to live. Her actions were mostly nonsensical and they were at least five pointless and abandoned plot strands.
The villain when revealed was too ridiculous and out of nowhere that the ending was completely unsatisfactory.
I can't discuss the stupidity of this book without revealing the whole plot so just trust me.
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I rolled my eyes so much at this hot mess, an exorcist was called.
The heroine is too stupid to live. Her actions were mostly nonsensical and they were at least five pointless and abandoned plot strands.
The villain when revealed was too ridiculous and out of nowhere that the ending was completely unsatisfactory.
I can't discuss the stupidity of this book without revealing the whole plot so just trust me.
(For example there was an event that happened years before the events in the book and the circumstances of it were never questioned until the main character starts questioning in the middle of the book for absolutely no reason, but all of a sudden she is 100% sure that thing was no accident.)
ugh. Just kill it with fire.
(Not to mention the audiobook narrator who sounded angry throughout the whole novel - though, maybe I'd be too if I had to read it out loud - and had a seriously unpleasant voice and manner of speaking)
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Everywhere That Mary Went is the first novel in a successful series. It focused on Mary, a lawyer, who is grieving after her husband's death. She is trying to focus on becoming a partner at her current law firm, however she keeps receiving stalker-ish notes and phone calls.
So this novel is about a stalker, but unfortunately a not very entertaining stalker. The sta
That's it. I'm done with Lisa Scottoline's novels. After 3 different novels, I haven't rated her above 2 stars and hated her novels.Everywhere That Mary Went is the first novel in a successful series. It focused on Mary, a lawyer, who is grieving after her husband's death. She is trying to focus on becoming a partner at her current law firm, however she keeps receiving stalker-ish notes and phone calls.
So this novel is about a stalker, but unfortunately a not very entertaining stalker. The stalker comes out of nowhere at the end and the journey to get there was super boring. I didn't like Mary and couldn't connect with her.
The novel gets a extra star because I was surprised with who the stalker was.
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Mary has even worse worries. Someone is stalking her, sending her notes, following and spying on her, breaking in her home, and making weird calls without speaking but sounding like he is fantasizing about her and masturbating. She begins to suspect all of the men at work and even some of the women! She works her lifelong best friend Judy who is very supportive and protective of her as is her gay male secretary, the very sweet Brent, who is glad no one but these two know he is gay because this is a homophobic company and the partners are always making anti-gay remarks.
Mary begins a relationship with one of her competitors for partner, an old law school classmate Ned, who may well be the guy stalking her and who started out by trying to have sex with her on her desk when she was upset and needed comfort.
Poor Mary is struggling to keep it all together, battling against the terror of being stalked and the frustration with how the partners treat her and confusion over Ned. Soon the danger escalates and Mary must flee to the convent where her twin sister lives with a vow of silence and to stay locked in and see and speak to no one. There is no comfort here for the Mother Superior is a superior control freak bitch and Mary can't even spend time talking to her twin because the place is like being in prison and has an abnormal environment. Mary tries to get her sister to see that she is wasting her life locked in with a bunch of other religious fanatics but in the end must go and face her stalker alone.
Things take an explosive turn when Mary discovers that her stalker actually killed her late husband Mike on purpose and then did the same to Brent (not knowing he was gay and they had just had dinner and not a date) as he walked Mary home after dinner together. Now it is VERY personal after Brent dies in agony. Who is doing this to Mary and can she stop him/her?
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This book was entertaining, but there were parts that really bothered me. It seemed to be a little all over the place, there was a clear stalker plot, but the rest of the story didn't seem to flow too well. The part that really
Mary is a lawyer at one of the most prestigious law firms in Philaelphia and in a short two months she is almost a shoe in to make partner. Her life seems to be going perfectly and on track. Unfortunately for Mary, someone is stalking her and it could be anyone she knows.This book was entertaining, but there were parts that really bothered me. It seemed to be a little all over the place, there was a clear stalker plot, but the rest of the story didn't seem to flow too well. The part that really bothered me about this book was the love story that didn't seem to fit into this book at all. It was definitely insta love which is already annoying, but it served no purpose in the plot whatsoever which made reading about it annoying.
The sub plots were not my favorite; however, the main stalker plot was well thought out and you could definitely feel the fear of Mary as she tries to determine who is after her and why. It will leave you guessing throughout the book as to who is going everywhere that Mary went.
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For those of you who like mysteries and series books or are a fan of Scottoline and haven't read Rosato and Associates should definitely take a look at this book! Whenever a book keeps me reading it straight through, I know there must be something special about it that deserves 5 stars! I highly recommend this book!
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She is a newly created widow, having lost her husband in what the police have dismissed as a car accident; Mary is unpersuaded and feels it may well have been murder. She is also receiving death threats in the form of notes and phone calls while
Mary Nunzio, a lawyer who has been with her employers, a Philadelphia law firm, for 8 years and is well in line to make partner. There are however some problems in her life -both professional and personal -which are casting dark shadows over her future .She is a newly created widow, having lost her husband in what the police have dismissed as a car accident; Mary is unpersuaded and feels it may well have been murder. She is also receiving death threats in the form of notes and phone calls while her apartment is broken into. Add to these problems a major attack of conscience about her work, which is mainly to defend large corporations against often justified compensation claims, together with some jealousy from work colleagues about her impending elevation to partner, and you get a woman with a lot on her plate.
She confides in a colleague Judy and her gay secretary Brent; events then take a darker turn when Brent is killed buy a hit and run driver, Mary being the real target. She then falls in love with a prime suspect in the campaign against her, a fellow lawyer .
Recommended to lovers of the legal thriller and those seeking books with a strong female character in the pivotal role.
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These calls start getting really annoying and somewhat frightening and Mary starts to look for who it can be. After a death of someone close to her, she realizes she is in danger and she tries to figure out who is doing the stalking. Hasn't Mary had enough death in her life
Mary is working hard to get promoted to partner in her law firm. She knows that there are others trying for the same job and one of them is sending her notes and stalking her, hoping that she will mess up before being chosen.These calls start getting really annoying and somewhat frightening and Mary starts to look for who it can be. After a death of someone close to her, she realizes she is in danger and she tries to figure out who is doing the stalking. Hasn't Mary had enough death in her life, after loosing her husband in a bicycle accident?
This was a good introduction to Mary and Julie and the life of an up and coming lawyer. The author does a good job of building suspense and also showing that all is not brightness and light in this life Mary has chosen.
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The best part of older Lisa Scottoline books is the over-the-top narration, particularly with the thick Italian American accents of older men, which often have me laughing at the subtle humor Scottoline has added into them. I assume she's probably used some family to create these characters, using the word to describe people in her book and real life (as in he's a real character).
EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT was written in the 1990s and brought me back to a time with payphones on
Audiobook listen.The best part of older Lisa Scottoline books is the over-the-top narration, particularly with the thick Italian American accents of older men, which often have me laughing at the subtle humor Scottoline has added into them. I assume she's probably used some family to create these characters, using the word to describe people in her book and real life (as in he's a real character).
EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT was written in the 1990s and brought me back to a time with payphones on street corners and only rich people having car phones, the precursor to cell phones.
I doubt I'll remember much of the plot of the story, but I won't forget the character of EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT.
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What Scottoline does better than her contemporaries is handle nuanced characters with foc
I really went into this book with high hopes; I'd long been bored with the formulaic legal template utilized by greats like Grisham and Lescroart and thought the perspective of a ball-busting female corporate attorney would be a refreshing twist on the predictable. I was encouraged to look no further than lawyer/author Lisa Scottoline's repertoire. Unfortunately, the novel didn't really live up to the hype.What Scottoline does better than her contemporaries is handle nuanced characters with focus and realism. In this department, she puts Grisham, et. al. to shame. Scottoline's lead Mary is an absolute delight; she perfectly integrates the character's winsome nature with the expected emotions one would encounter in a bereaved wife still very much in mourning. Secondary characters are also fantastic, from Mary's sassy gay secretary (naturally) Brent to her co-worker, confidante, and best friend Judy, right on down to Mary's irritable cat Alice. The dialogue is amongst some of the best I've ever had the pleasure of reading, sprinkled with authenticity, wit, and earnestness that makes character interactions and interior monologues wildly entertaining.
Unfortunately, Scottoline's adept handling of character is wasted by an absolutely loathsome plot. The predictable twists and turns are thrown in complete with an abominable romantic side plot, but it's all soiled by an absolutely laughable climax that basically ruined the whole experience for me. I was a bit cynical going in, wondering with skepticism how the life of a corporate lawyer could possibly translate into a legal thriller a la Grisham; turns out, my skepticism was founded. I suppose Scottoline does the best she can with what she has to work with, but the result is a juvenile attempt at something bigger - a shame too, because some of the moments interspersed in this teetering narrative are real gems. Better luck next time, Scottoline!
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There were parts of the book that didn't need to be there. I don't know why so much time w
I read a lot of books from many categories. I've read some pretty boring books that while boring, still offered something substantial either in story or facts. This book was boring and shallow. The story was so underdeveloped. I felt like there were many opportunities for a great story. It was like reading a rough outline of a story without meaningful substance. The story had so much potential.**SPOILERS**
There were parts of the book that didn't need to be there. I don't know why so much time was spent on her sister. She had some impact on Mary's actions but not enough to justify how far the story went into her religious lifestyle. I found it difficult to relate to Mary or her family. The end of the story came out of nowhere and not in a clever or exciting way. I think the characters could have been better developed, perhaps more background detail specifically as it pertains to her coworkers. In the story, there is a lot of suspicion on different coworkers but it doesn't give much detail about them. The only coworker with any substance had so much pointed at him that it was obvious that the author was trying to divert the readers attention so she could throw in the random "surprise" ending. This leads to the end of the story where the person who is stalking her comes to light but I knew so little about them that it killed all suspense. I didn't care. The story was missing the normal climb to a suspenseful end.
I would not classify this as a legal thriller, or a suspense novel. It was not clever or exciting. I found it to be predictable. I probably wont read another book from this author.
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I'm not sure how this could be considered a thriller or a mystery. Right before the big reveal Mary has 50 suspects including the guy she is sleeping with, every partner she talks to, the father of the guy she is sleeping with, her best friend, and every person or car that gives her a weird feeling.
There is literally no reason or information given about this mystery. Randomly her best friend says, maybe someone is in love with you, but she has no proof to back up that claim and Mary
Another dud.I'm not sure how this could be considered a thriller or a mystery. Right before the big reveal Mary has 50 suspects including the guy she is sleeping with, every partner she talks to, the father of the guy she is sleeping with, her best friend, and every person or car that gives her a weird feeling.
There is literally no reason or information given about this mystery. Randomly her best friend says, maybe someone is in love with you, but she has no proof to back up that claim and Mary can't think of a single person who is interested in her besides the guy she is sleeping with.
Then, the cherry on top, is that Mary decides that her husbands death has to be connected to her secretary's murder because, reasons? There was no evidence that either one was intentional. Sure it was weird that both were hit by cars, but that doesn't translate into murder. Maybe if they had both been shot and had their hands cut off in a ritual manner I could see making this connection out of nowhere. The police even said there was no evidence for this claim.
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How in gods name could Mary not have noticed that the judge was this into her? She worked for him for at least a year, maybe even years, and she NEVER NOTICED? How dumb is she?
Even if he didn't make a move on her, she just thought he was some really nice guy? How can he turn into this nice guy that was mentioned twice into a cold blooded delusional killer in one page?
Also-big plot hole. If he murdered her husband why did he wait so long to make some sort of move on her? He loved her so much that he waited almost a full year? Makes no sense.
Absolutely awful writing.
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Scottoline, Lisa - 1st of series
From Fantastic Fiction: Mary DiNunzio has been slaving away for the past eight years to make partner in her cut-throat Philadelphia law firm. She hasn't got time to worry about crank phone calls and hate mail -- until a sinister pattern begins to form: someone wants Mary out of the way enough to kill her. But who can she trust when everyone she knows is a lawyer?
Great start to the series. Liked the characters. Good humor, good suspense.
EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENTScottoline, Lisa - 1st of series
From Fantastic Fiction: Mary DiNunzio has been slaving away for the past eight years to make partner in her cut-throat Philadelphia law firm. She hasn't got time to worry about crank phone calls and hate mail -- until a sinister pattern begins to form: someone wants Mary out of the way enough to kill her. But who can she trust when everyone she knows is a lawyer?
Great start to the series. Liked the characters. Good humor, good suspense. Very enjoyable.
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This author definitely only got better with experience and age. I love all her novels and am so excited to discover her early work. These characters are some that you fall in love with. Will keep reading.
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