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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The fates of three desperate women meet on Mad River Road. This fast-paced mystery gets points for being easy, light reading. (  ) BlonnieMay | Oct 8, 2008 |  I'm a fan of Joy Fielding, but this was not one of her best. (  ) aliastori | Mar 31, 2008 | There were some nice things in this book. My favorite aspect was that JF includes a variety of women characters whose differences are credible and interesting, especially when more than one appears to be in jeopardy. Also, the concept of Mad River Road itself - a neighborhood of dumpy rentals for down-on-their-luck single mothers for the most part - was intriguing and provocative. I welcomed the ambivalent nature of the women - none perfect, but scarred by their pasts in credible ways, like the threat of addiction, weaknesses, exhaustion. On the other hand, the villain was pretty 2-D and lacking in motivation (a major pet peeve of mine). His violence was utterly uninteresting. The ending fizzled a bit - there wasn't enough of a defined journey for Jamie, merely a moment of strength that allows her to kill him. Finally, I have a feeling that when omnicient narration is used with so many viewpoints, the chance for real depth with individual characters is lost, and that's something I miss. I guess if this were JF's first novel I would look forward to seeing more, but with 17 under her belt I would have hoped for better. (  ) swl | Jan 30, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding returns with Mad River Road, a sexy, suspenseful novel of murder, romance, and revenge.
After spending a year in prison, Ralph Fisher has explicit plans for his first night of freedom: tonight, someone will be held accountable. He goes to murderous lengths to obtain the address of his former wife -- the woman he blames for his fate and against whom he has sworn vengeance. Determined to bring her to his idea of justice, Ralph's next step is to travel from Florida's sandy beaches to Dayton, Ohio, where his ex-wife is struggling to make ends meet on Mad River Road.
Also in Florida, Jamie Kellogg wakes from an agonizing nightmare of her mother's funeral, and assesses her life: a pretty but unaccomplished twenty-nine-year-old woman in a dead-end job, with an ex-husband in Atlanta, a married lover in the hospital, and a virtual stranger in her bed. But this stranger is everything the previous men in her life weren't: tender, attentive, and adventurous. After convincing Jamie to quit her miserable job and ditch her judgmental, perfectionist sister, he proposes a romantic getaway. While Jamie wonders if this thrilling man might finally be her Prince Charming, they plan a road trip to visit his son, who lives with his mother on a street called Mad River Road....
As riveting and beguiling as Joy Fielding's previous bestselling novels, which include Whispers and Lies, Lost, and Puppet, Mad River Road is a novel about courage, truth, and the strength that comes only when you believe in yourself.
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