Book 26: All By Myself, Alone by Mary Higgins Clark

Format: Audiobook
Date Started: June 12, 2019
Date Abandoned: June 13, 2019

I knew that I was going to hate this book even as I was checking it out from the library.  But for some reason, the fact that this book had landed on a "Great Summer Mysteries" list trumped the fact that I cannot stand Mary Higgins Clark's books.  They are the completely predictable murder-y cousin of romance novels. 

I don't know what I was thinking.  But, I'm pretty sure that my inner monologue went something like this:  "If it made a list, surely it must be pretty good.  I mean, it's not like this list is straight from the publisher.  (Spoiler alert:  It totally was.)  Maybe I'm being a snob?  After all she is a popular author.  (Double spoiler: Lots of people like terrible books.)  I'll give it a whirl."

Approximately one hour into the audiobook, the inner dialogue shifted.

"I literally cannot.  There are about seven million characters in this book, and 97 chapters?  Are you kidding me?   Self, I will bet you $1 million that I can predict with 100% accuracy who's going to die, why, and who did it.  (Spoiler alert: I did, was right, and now owe myself a lot of money.)  Also, this narrator sounds like the voice of a maxi pad commercial, and if she says gemologist one more time....ugh."