I think Ms Bannerji had wanted her name to sound more western to appeal to a wider audience. I believe A J Banner is a psuedonym for Anjali Bannerji ( I saw this on the first few pages Text Anjali Bannerji and A J Banner was born in India). One other thing that kept nagging me throughout. Ms Banner relied a lot on decribing clothing, jewelry and scents rather than details which would actually reveal the characters' personality.I finished it quickly for 2 reasons - to start on my next book as I was so bored of this one and secondly to keep to my resolution to write one book review every week.
The characters in this book never developed beyond boring cliches and stereotypes. It was written just too simply and the story was unbelievable. I fell for it!! Instead, I felt like I was reading my 14 year old daughter's essay! It didn't enrapture me like my earlier novels.
It is supposed to be a riveting psychological thriller with unexpected twiets and turns. I did not enjoy reading this book, at all. She is forced to ask - Can we really know the ones we love? She is forced to doubt everything around her - her neighbours, her friends and even her own loving husband. She soon discovers an undercurrent of deception. One evening, when Johnny is away, a fire breaks out at her neighbour's place, destroying Sarah's happiness. It is basically about Sarah Phoenix, a writer settles into life with her new doctor husband Johnny McDonald in Shadow Cove, Washington. Ok, I selected this book The Good Neighbour by A J Banner because the synopsis sounded really interesting. Come on, its so cheesy - who ever said that, we must put him or her in hot water! And to think a well known author would actually use this painfully awkward line in her book? What was she thinking? Honestly, when I read that I really wanted to laugh out loud. ' A woman is like a tea bag, you never know what she's made of until you put her in hot water'
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