Black Widow: A Novel

by Christina Crawford

A suspense thriller of mystery and revenge.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller

Hardcover

About the author

Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) is an American writer and actress, best known as the author of Mommie Dearest, an autobiographical account of alleged child abuse by her adoptive mother, famous Hollywood actress Joan Crawford. She is also known for small roles in various television and film projects, such as Joan Borman Kane in the soap opera The Secret Storm and Monica George in the Elvis Presley vehicle Wild in the Country.

Reviews

[Ian N.]

This book was lovely. I loved the whole book. It was a simply interesting book that only went deeper and deeper into explaining the characters. I found it a mixture of a Danielle Steele and Jackie Collins book. Am definitely gonna read more of her books!

[Puri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Siento que el desarrollo del libro es lento y el final algo rápido, comenzando a entreverse unas 30 páginas antes de terminar. Podría ser perfectamente una serie o una telenovela, debido al drama y exageración de algunas cosas (como el hecho de que mágicamente vivian va perdiendo su poder, o que lo que no se solucionó en 6 meses se arregla en una semana por el simple cambio de un juez).
Se exalta mucho el sentido de justicia social y de crítica al sistema de justicia por medio del personaje de Buckley, sobre quien me confunde el hecho de que es millonaria y no le prestaron atención a su caso. Aunque quizá fue porque vivian se aseguró de comprar primero a las autoridades involucradas.
Crawford le da buen trasfondo/historia de origen a vivian, pero siento que la dejó muy débil al final, sin darle mucha opción de contraatacar cuando comienza a hundirse. Eso le da un toque más miserable a su ruina, aunque también se siente poco propio del personaje.
Igual pasa con TJ, siento que al inicio él tiene mucha relevancia al verse involucrado en el asesinato de Buck y de repente lo deja olvidado medio libro por estar encarcelado; no ahonda en su experiencia o historia una vez dentro.

[Joel Kramer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't realize that Christina Crawford had written any other books besides "Mommie Dearest", and the ironic part of this book is that a woman famous for writing a book about Joan Crawford followed it up with a novel that is basically a Joan Crawford movie. A beautiful older woman, glamorous on the outside but cold and calculating on the inside, plots to control everyone around her through sex, blackmail, and murder as she schemes her way toward millions with only her determined younger stepdaughter to stop her.

This was interesting because of the author, but on its own there's nothing really new or engaging here.