Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
Type: Fiction
My rating: 3 stars (out of 5)
Why I chose it: Lisa Scottoline (pronounced Scot-oh-lee-nee) is a local Philadelphia author and I saw her speak and met her briefly while she was signing books at a Michael Smerconish Book Club event a few years ago. At the time, Lisa had just written Dirty Blonde, which has a portion of the story set in Centralia, PA. Lisa is sometimes referred to as the female John Grisham. She was previously a litigator at a Philadelphia law firm.
What I liked about it: This book felt to me like a James Patterson novel and had lots of little chapters (more than 90) which seems to be typical in a Patterson novel. There is even a blurb on the cover of the book from Patterson. It also felt more like a chic-lit novel than a legal thriller. The story seemed rushed and the ending predictable. But all-in-all it would make for some light summer reading.
Lisa graduated from Penn Law, where I used to work. I was lucky to meet her and hang out with her several times. She is bold, funny and full of life. It's easy to feel her personality in her writing. Haven't read Look Again yet. Thanks for the review and for clarifying the pronunciation (everyone says it wrong)!
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