Judy Gubinski

More Credible than Traditionalists will Like

Revisado: 09-11-23

Warning: this review might give some of the ending away. My only critique with the book, this fictionalized account - of what the Third Secret of Fatima might really have been- is not what the ending contained, but what it didn’t - and that the author’s imagination didn’t seem open-minded - enough. If the “Mother of God” (or “Divine Maternal”) really appeared to poor shepherd children, would She really not have warned them against the false religious authority - of an institution of men - that cover up crimes against children? Would She really not tell them God is already within their Souls, much as “Christ” was in her - as Mary on earth?

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Excellent, gripping mystery

Revisado: 06-14-23

This was an excellent story with good pace, interesting, well developed characters and a unique plot - with twists. I felt touched and satisfied at the end, only wished the story wasn’t over, because it was that good.

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Very satisfying, absorbing mystery

Revisado: 07-29-22

This story held my interest with very credible characters & a psychologically interesting plot. So glad I got listened to it in Audible as the voices were very well done.

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Reminded me a little bit of “Rebecca” by Daphne DeMaurier

Revisado: 12-02-21

This was an interesting book for me ~ I was torn between enjoying imagining the cold hearted little villainess receiving her just deserts - and noticing her husband’s lack of awareness - of his own psycho sexual immaturity. The closest thing the protagonist came to “not vilifying”, but respecting any woman he came across as an equal adult or peer ~ was still too fatherly, patronizing, misogynist, grandiose, or objectifying. The psychological & cultural pathologies revealed through all the characters, none the less, in my opinion, added interest to this book.

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Fascinating Mystery

Revisado: 05-03-21

Fascinating mystery involving a toxic parental personality ~ and the well intended, who don’t realize the consequences of tolerating it in their lives. I will definitely be seeking out more books written by Elizabeth George.

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Pretty Prose & People, Questionable Substance

Revisado: 11-27-20

This book was like overhearing the sometimes interesting, sometimes depressing, personal perspectives of family members struggling to understand their emotions (or that they even had emotions) over a long period of time. I kept waiting for the characters to wake up, realize where they had misjudged one another, been hypocritical, become, well - more likable ~ or for there to be some huge, revelatory surprise. For me, that moment never quite arrived.

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A surprisingly beautiful Love Story

Revisado: 10-17-20

Codes, secrets and the romantic heroism for which we all secretly long. Who says romance and Love can’t be scientifically & mathematically pleasing, that it can’t - make “sense”?

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Interesting Psychological Drama

Revisado: 09-08-20

The story was so compelling one could almost overlook that the narrator, although clear and with a lovely accent, had a repetitive tone as she told it.

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Very well done.

Revisado: 09-02-20

Thoroughly enjoyable, intelligent and interesting mystery/psychological drama/romance/thriller that held my attention. Very like-able main character with which one can sympathize and relate. This book had some depth to it and did not disappoint. I did not want it to end.

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Excellent

Revisado: 08-22-20

A well written and interesting mystery, with an important message about the voiceless suffering so many abused women go through.

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