My reading comprehension is usually pretty good. Could someone who has read the book please explain to me what I am missing here?(view spoiler)[
“MollMy reading comprehension is usually pretty good. Could someone who has read the book please explain to me what I am missing here?(view spoiler)[
“Molly, what are you doing here?” Mr. Snow asked when I showed up for work the day after Gran died. “I’m so sorry for your loss. Mr. Preston told me that your grandmother passed away yesterday. I already called in a replacement for your shift. I assumed you’d take today off.”
“Mr. Snow, why did you assume?” I asked. “As Gran used to say, when you assume, you make an A-S-S out of U and ME.”
Mr. Snow looked like he was going to regurgitate a mouse. “Please accept my condolences. And are you sure you don’t want the day off?”
“It was Gran who died, not me,” I replied. “The show must go on, you know.”
His eyes widened, which perhaps suggests shock? I’ll never understand it—why people find the truth more shocking than lies.
Still, Mr. Snow relented. “As you wish, Molly.”
A few minutes later, I was downstairs in one of the housekeeping change rooms donning my maid’s uniform as I do every day, as I did just this morning, as I’ll do tomorrow even though someone else—not my gran—died today. And not at home but at the hotel.
Yes. That’s right. Today at work, I found a guest very dead in his bed. Mr. Black. The Mr. Black. Other than that, my workday was as normal as ever.
Then we have this flashback scene between Molly and Giselle Black...
“Tell me something, Molly,” she said. “You live alone, right? You’re all by yourself?”
“I am now,” I said. “My gran died a few months ago. Before that, it was just the two of us.”
I thought that first Gran died, and the very next day Mr. Black died? What am I missing? Cuz this is making me nuts! (hide spoiler)]
Ok, other than my fixating on the timeline, I enjoyed most of the story. It had a very strange (and unbelievable) ending, for which I am deducting ½ star.
1) that after Molly called Housekeeping and reported that there was a dead body in the room that she had time to faint, have a conversation with the murderer, clean up the room again, and subsequently report the death for a second time (because she knew that no one would be coming after the first phone call because "they don't listen well" to her - even though she was reporting a DEAD BODY!)
2) that when she testified in court that she saw a person in the room with the dead body, that NOBODY PRESSED HER TO IDENTIFY WHO SHE HAD SEEN, not even under cross examination?
“Molly, is the person you saw standing in that dark corner present in this courtroom today?”
This novel started out strongly. I had intended to read just the 1st chapter to "get a feel" for the book, and 2 hours later I went to bed!
DisappointiThis novel started out strongly. I had intended to read just the 1st chapter to "get a feel" for the book, and 2 hours later I went to bed!
Disappointingly, I lost interest in the story the further into the book I got. My problem was with the constant shifting of stories from life to life to life. Flick, flick, flick. I lost my connection to the main story and had a difficult time mustering up any enthusiasm to get back into it.
It felt like I had read this once before, but knew I had not. Then I realized that the story was pretty much the movie “Beaches” in book form - only wIt felt like I had read this once before, but knew I had not. Then I realized that the story was pretty much the movie “Beaches” in book form - only with a much lamer ending.
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