Jacqueline Briskin's Everything And More
POSTED AT 03:02 PM in Reading for substance

... the fourth Jacqueline Briskin book that I own and read. Am I a JB fan? Maybe. She's a great writer, I must admit. Her books frequent the New York Times Bestseller's list and were translated into 26 languages. She must be that good huh!

So, after The Naked Heart, Dreams Are Not Enough, and The Other Side of Love, I stumbled upon another JB novel in my favorite bookshop. I was actually looking for Keith Ablow's Psycopath (to be honest), but then I cannot find that book, so I settled for anothes JB creation. Second choice maybe but I'm telling you, picking it up was worth it!

After The Other Side of Love, a respect for JB sprout out from my cluttered brain (hehehe). Really, she's a good story-teller. Maybe not as good as my favorite Jeffrey Archer but hey! She's really fantastic. (Am I blabbing or what?) I like her factual accounts of the Nazi stories and all, I like her steamy hot characters, I like her wise puns and one-liners, I like her stories!

Well, Everything and More is another thing that I like about JB. This novel presents in vivid details a  story of illicit passion and erotic competition leading towards death and disaster. It's actually about three potent, passionate women, whose lives were weaved together in a web of intrigue, secrets and deceit. Their lives explode in a shocking act of murderous retribution when these secrets were exposed or rather threatened to be exposed.

So let's dissect the characters. Marylin is just too good to be true; she's sensual, she's beautiful, she's popular, she's adored by millions, she's bound to be a superstar... But well, nothing in this world can be perfect and nobody can have everything, right? So Marliyn's life is empty, her lovelife is almost non-existent, but nobody can have the best of both worlds. Then there's Roy, the not so-sensual, not-so beautiful, not so-popular, overshadowed sister of Marilyn. Despite it all, she was able to overcome the cruelty of this world by conquering the world of international fashion. However, this success may be clouded for she seem to harbor fatal attraction for the wrong men. Then of course there's Althea, Roy's bestfriend. She's a poor little rich girl (quite an irony eh?) with a sickening past. She's talented aside from her gift of beauty and wealth, but her desires recognize no boundaries, no limits, she may have everything but she wanted more.

I can't help taking sides while reading the story. I mean everybody may have their own share of pains, but I can't seem to like Althea at all. She's way too selfish for my taste. I admit I like her coolness but she tends to freeze, I can't stand her. Well, I like Roy, she's a very forgiving and loving person. I know, I see myself in her, falling for the wrong men all my life, but at least, just like her, I never ever purposely and selfishly hurt anybody. Well, what can I say about Marilyn? She's just way out of my league...

 

Listening to: The Scientist by Coldplay
Feeling: drained

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