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After reading "Eager to Please" by Ms. Parsons, which I loved, I decided to read another of her books. "Mary, Mary" sounded interesting and on the basis of my appreciation of "Eager to Please," I was really looking forward to reading Ms. Parsons' debut novel.
The story begins with the torture, rape and murder of Mary, a 20-year old woman temporarily living in Dublin. We even know who the murderer is early in the book. This brutal crime is merely a catalyst for the story of Margaret, Mary's single mother, and her reaction to the murder of her only child. During the course of the book, we learn everything there is to know about Margaret from the time of her birth up to the present day. Ms. Parsons explores every relationship Margaret has had during her 40-plus years. One would think that with all this probing into Margaret's life, we would get to know this woman in a very personal way. However, with all this information, Margaret comes off as a one-dimensional character whose only reason for being is to revenge her daughter's death.
Inspector Michael McLaughlin, the police officer assigned to this case, is the one character I felt Ms. Parsons brought to life. I found his personal story touching and overshadowed his involvement in the investigation of the crime. He is the one person in the book that I was drawn to and actually cared about. What I found interesting is that in all his interactions with Margaret we always know what Michael is feeling while Margaret and only contributes dialogue. If it were not for Michael, I would probably give this book a two star rating.
The problem I had with this book, other than the fact that is relentlessly dark, is the shift in time periods and characters. The book covers a 40-year time frame and Ms. Parsons shifts back and forth to any time and place within these 40 years. This, in itself, would not be a problem. In fact, I usually like this literary device. However, Ms. Parsons will start out a scene with two people in a certain time and place and quite abruptly, you will find there is a new cast of characters in another time and place only to find you are back again with the original two characters a few paragraphs later. Have I confused you? Well, imagine how I felt reading this. I was constantly having to go back a paragraph or two to get my bearings.
I will say that the last 30 pages were real page turners. What a shame to have to plow through a very long not so great book to get to there.
Although I didn't like this book very much, I would recommend that you pick up a copy of "Eager to Please" if you want to read Mr. Parsons at her best.
Boy, this was a hard review to write. Forgive me if I have rambled on but I think I am only reacting to the rambling and rather disjointed style of the book.