Review: Before She was Helen - Caroline.B.Cooney
Review: Before She Was Helen - Caroline B. Cooney - May 2020
When I saw that Caroline B.
Cooney had written a new book, I requested to read it immediately as I had
grown up on her Face on the Milk Carton series and absolutely adored the books
and the movies. It still is one of my favorites to this day and I watch the
movie once every now and again. Before she was Helen was a book that I
wasn't sure what it would be about and I went in blind. I have to admit it was
an odd sort of reading and it had a thriller aspect to it but not at the same
time which is why I've put it under women's fiction as a category as it was
hard to explain. The book starts off with a lady we know as Clementine living
in a retirement village yet the women there called her Helen which I have to
admit I found confusing as at first, I thought it might have been her middle
name - but then it wasn't. Clem's neighbor Dom didn't text her this morning as
he normally does and she gets worried he is dead, she heads next door and there
is no sign of him. The strange thing though as she goes into the garage is that
there is a door built there that connects Dom's and the Corgan's houses
together. Clem peeks in and sees a strange vase sitting on the table and takes
a photo to send to her grand-nephew and niece. Turns out the vase is actually a
weed rig and was stolen from a drug dealer who will do anything to get it back.
So we have that storyline beginning, then Clem is sent an article about an old
murder case re-opening. The guy who was murdered is why Clementine changed her
name and we are taken back in the past to the first time she met Mr. Creek at
High School to the present time. We also catch glimpses of how Clementine
became Helen and about the son she gave up for adoption - Billy Boone and his
family to present times. Before She was Helen was quite a jam-packed
novel and had so many different storylines running through and lots of
characters and I felt the latter part of the book became a bit too busy for my
liking as it was confusing trying to keep up with everyone involved in the
book. Before She was Helen is one of those reads that if you haven't got
anything else to read, then pick this book up otherwise you may want to move
along unless you enjoy busy novels and can keep up with what's happening unlike
myself. Before She was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney is coming soon - May 2020.
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