Review: Smart and Unexpected
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
I wasn’t sure what to expect from One Woman; it doesn’t easily fit into a specific genre, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Not knowing what type of story to expect removes a lot of the preconceived expectations and leaves you to just take the story as it unfolds.And unfold it does, albeit slowly – which isn’t a bad thing, either. Nothing is handed to you on a silver platter; Eva Marie Paulliere treats you, the reader, as if you’re smart enough to figure things out. Word usage is succinct and the story doesn’t get bogged down in verbose prose.There were a couple of things I wished: 1 – that the story was longer. With it being so tightly written, there is plenty of room to expand and 2 – that there was a bit more foreshadowing for the big twist—even in retrospect I didn’t see much set up for it.Beyond that, I loved watching the events of One Woman unfold, and look forward to delving into Paulliere’s catalog of books.