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Deep End
  

Deep End (Paperback)

by Joy Fielding (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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Fielding (Kiss Mommy Goodbye explores the seemingly inexorable disintegration of a middle-aged Long Island woman's life in this chilling, suspenseful tale. Subservient, self-deprecating Joanne Hunter suddenly becomes inundated by traumas. First, her husband moves out of their house to slake his restlessness and dissatisfaction. Stunned by his abrupt departure, Joanne seeks support from her best friend and neighbor, psychology professor Eve Stanley, but Eve now suffers from some unidentified illness which she believes is fatal. Eve frantically insists that debilitating pains wrack her body, although her husband tells Joanne that they are psychosomatic ailments. While these crises unfold, senility plagues Joanne's beloved grandfather, and her two adolescent daughters bicker incessantly. Most unnerving of all are the inexplicable threatening phone calls that Joanne receives at the same time that someone dubbed "the Suburban Strangler" terrorizes Long Island. Fielding neatly delineates Joanne's fear, loneliness, and the courage with which she confronts her problems. Paperback rights to NAL; Doubleday Book Club dual main selection; Reader's Digest Condensed Books selection; Literary Guild alternate.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of See Jane Run comes the ultimate tale of domestic terror. Joanne's husband leaves her, and her best friend becomes a stranger. Just when Joanne thinks it can't get any worse, the phone calls begin. "You've been a bad girl . . . I'm going to kill you." Reissue. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you interested, Mar 1 2008
By B. Legg "bplegg" - See all my reviews
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Like many of Joy Fielding's books, this one will keep you interested to the end. I didn't detect the real perp because I was so sure that this time I knew where Fielding's story was going.
The other focus of the story, though, is the many complicated relationships. As a married woman in approximately the same age group as the main character I found the solution to her marital situation simplistic. The indicated problems between her best friend and her mother are never revealed... so all in all, the book left me with a number of unanswered questions that I would have preferred to see answered.
The plot was interesting enough to keep me reading, so 3/5 stars it is for this one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not much of a splash but entertaining, Jun 29 2002
By R. Tiedemann "Sunnye" (Bellevue, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Deep End (Hardcover)
Joy Fielding's DEEP END won't create a splash in the literary world, but it is an intriguing story that's hard to put down. Heroine Joanne Hunter struggles to put her life back in order. Her husband has left her, her best friend is strangely distant, her beloved grandfather is dying in a nursing home. It's not the best time in her life.

The book begins "The phone is ringing." Therein lies the problem: A series of phone calls, each more threatening than the last. Joanne, already emotionally drained, becomes increasingly distraught. Will she go off the deep end? "The only thing that prevented people from being happy twenty-four hours a day, Joanne thought with a sharp cackle, was life."

Fielding has written many books, among them THE BEST OF FRIENDS and KISS MOMMY GOODBYE. Her strong point is plotting -- she constructs plots meticulously, inexorably. She "shows" a story well. Characterization is believable, but not outstanding. This is a book for suspense fans, or fans of Ms. Fielding. I was astonished by the ending.

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2.0 out of 5 stars The cover is deceiving, Feb 27 2002
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This review is from: Deep End (Paperback)
This book was OK but it is more about Joanne's relationships with her husband, daughters and best friend Eve. The phone calls from the person who wants to kill her is a small part of the story. There is very little suspense in this book. And it is far from scary!! If you like a book about how women cope with the breakup of a marriage this book is for you, if you want a thrilling, suspenseful book then forget it! You'll be disappointed.
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2.0 out of 5 stars The Deep (and Disappointing) End
As far as Joy Fielding's novels go, this one was a real bummer. It seems as though she didn't have her writing talents honed back when she did 'The Deep End'

The language... Read more

Published on Dec 22 2000 by Michelle K. Rogers

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you guessing to the end!
I really enjoyed this story about Joanne, a stay-at-home mom who is devastated when her husband decides to leave her "to find himself". Read more
Published on Aug 26 2000 by Kate

4.0 out of 5 stars A Decent Book
This is a decent book. Joanne is a much more appealing protagonist than some of Joy Fielding's other characters. Read more
Published on Aug 24 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling and Chilling
This was a good summer-read/beach book. It's great if you're looking for something completely unrealistic and a touch melo-dramatic. Read more
Published on Aug 1 2000 by Elizabeth Falconer

1.0 out of 5 stars Did I read the same book?
I am shocked at the other reviews for this book, there was nothing scary about it! It moves much too slow with little or no action. Read more
Published on Jun 29 2000 by S. Robertson

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read book
This is the best book I have read in years. It wasn't a soppy book and it feeled realistic like most other books don't. Read more
Published on May 18 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute must for fans of suspense!
A woman living separated from her husband, not sure whether she really wants this...a best friend who might not be so good after all... Read more
Published on Dec 5 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars It sends shivers up your spine!
Love the characters, love the plot, and love the suspense! Don't read this at home alone!
Published on Oct 17 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary!
I can't remember the last time I was so involved in the plot of a story that I was truly afraid. The main plot was the same as in a hundred horror movies where a woman is alone in... Read more
Published on Aug 13 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars How could I not have read her books before?
Once again, Joy Fielding, has led us into the relationships between husband and wife. From the first, the wife was sympathetic and the husband a pain in the neck. Read more
Published on Sep 13 1998 by PCNICO@WORLDNET.ATT.NET

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