Review: thought provoking
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2012
On many levels, I found this a reasonably good murder mystery or small town life mystery.  The main characters and many of the minor characters were very well done.  Some of the minor characters, not so much.  I liked the premise of the story very much and the set up and the middle but would prefer late parts condensed somewhat - not the end though.I also found it disturbing on some levels when I let myself go there. In a mostly good way - thought provoking rather than darkly- because of the friendship... how well can one woman know her best friend?  After decades.  From the mists of early childhood. And how much can she still miss or misinterpret?  And why?  Did it really fade or was it ever what either of them thought it was? Maybe it faded and maybe it just changed form; maybe it was what one or both of them thought it was... did the friendship change or the perspective or even the people instead of either the friendship or the perspective.  Why do friendships fade? Where is the line between healthy concern and unhealthy bossiness? Between respect for privacy and valuing the friendship enough find out what is wrong?The wordsmithing was smooth and easy to read.  I didn't notice any typos or other editing mistakes and the formatting for Kindle was good.