The Truth about the Devlins by
Lisa Scottoline
My rating:
2 of 5 stars
The premise was great, and I rooted for TJ throughout. However, I didn't quite buy the resolution. I am not writing any spoilers with my next bit, but in case some people feel they are I will hide it.
(view spoiler)[Right away the reader knows John is up to no good. TJ makes many boneheaded decisions despite this. Throughout TJ is easily the fall guy, and folks buy into his relapsing readily without any direct evidence.
The family is hard to like, and it's really hard to believe them coming together in the end. The mom's excuses, John being a truly awful person and the dad being blind to it all. Gabby of course was decent, but I think she could have confided in TJ sooner. Regarding non family members, Stan's overreaction at the funeral etc. seems over the top. This whole turn of easily thinking TJ is a drunk ruining everything for Stan was hard to believe, unless Stan was part of the scam which he ends up not being.
It is clear TJ is a truly likeable guy (I mean quickly adopting the medically needy cat should have been a sign of innocence) based on his office interactions, and how people greet him who haven't seen him in a bit. So again, I didn't quite buy the family's supposedly being great when they quickly feel he relapsed, without any direct knowledge. (hide spoiler)] I finished because I wanted TJ vindicated, but couldn't decide if this was a 2 or a 3 It is probably a 2.5 in all fairness, but that balance between ok and I liked it is somewhat nuanced. I went with a 2 because "it was OK" is a better way of saying what I felt about this book.
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