Identity

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Nora Roberts never fails to deliver romance suspense novels that are highly engaging with just the right blend of romance and suspense. Identity is another fantastic example of this author's highly entertaining story telling ability as she pens a standalone story incorporating the high tech crime of identity theft into an intriguing plot line that includes murder. Wow. What a fantastic romantic suspense novel by Roberts. It was such a nice slow burn and it had everything. I really loved the characters of Morgan and Miles and both of their respective families. The suspense part was well done with the book following a serial killer hell-bent on murdering women after stealing from them and taking their identities. There’s a lot happening but it works. A wonderful book to read on summer nights. It's just not that good. I just saw it was published per chapter at first, which I figure makes a lot of sense. It reads like a chapter-a-week-story. It has no logical story line. Every single chapter something bad happens and then the next chapter it's fixed. Way too many things happen without a logical reason for it. And still everything feels entirely predictable. The storyline is very staccato. Maliszewski, Paul (1 November 1998). "Identity". Review of Contemporary Fiction . Retrieved 20 March 2020.

I loved Morgan and her resilience and authenticity. I became invested in her journey early in the novel and grew to care about her and enjoyed all the little life updates that she experienced. The small things like working as a bartender in a resort with hopes of owning her own place one day, learning to cook, reconnecting with family, and sharing her hopes and dreams. We often see the inner turmoil of Okonkwo, which he hides from his family, such as the difference between what he feels and how he acts to preserve his sense of identity. Do you think that tension is well articulated? This plot is addicting! Identity is unique and highly detailed, plus she ties in plenty of surprises that completely had me captivated. The final section of the novel reveals the disorientation of each characters' sense of identity is initiated by a confusion of the other's identity. Big thanks to Nora Roberts, St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinions.Morgan learns from the FBI that the man she knew as Luke, was not, but is a serial con artist, thief, and murderer. Morgan moves home to Vermont to live with her grandmother and mother as she begins to rebuild her life. Her new job introduces her to an interesting new man who helps her enjoy herself again as they build their relationship, but there are messages sent to her from all over the country reminding her that she will not get away forever. Thank you Netgalley, Nora Roberts and St. Martins Press for letting me read “Identity” in exchange for an honest review. For Fukuyama, the past few centuries have witnessed the “democratization of dignity.” In previous, megalothymiatic societies, dignity was enjoyed only by an “elite few,” but now there is a rising belief in “isothymia”—that everyone is “just as good” as everyone else. Drawing on other Hegelian philosophers of recognition, like Charles Taylor, Fukuyama charts the major revolutions in the United States and France through to the Civil Rights movement, to show how dignity moved from belonging to the few to belonging to the many until, in the present day, “each marginalized group had a choice of seeing itself in broader or narrower identity terms. It could demand that society treat its members identically to the way that the dominant groups in society were treated, or it could assert a separate identity for its members and demand respect for them as different from mainstream society.” Democratic societies became characterized by multiculturalism and growing pluralism. Things go sideways early on when a cold-blooded man crosses her path and creates chaos. Serial killer on the loose!! This made the book a perfect blend of fluff and suspense.

I highly recommend this book who are fans of women's fiction, crime fiction and family generation stories. Who enjoys descriptive writing that you can see, smell and taste the atmosphere. I really enjoyed reading this book it made me want to be a part of the Nash family, have their close relationship, strength and courage I fell in love with both families and I will be remember them as they have a special place in my heart.

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At last, we have a resource that weaves together the rich and varied strands of a topic long central to the social sciences and beyond. My gratitude to the editors for a tapestry that captures both the intellect and the imagination.’ The story is about starting over and planting roots when you’ve lost everything but it’s also about this heavy bond between Morgan and “her ladies” (her mom and her grandmother,) which is something really special. As with every book I read I try and dig out the romance and dwell on it and this book had a perfect amount of romance and I was happy I at least got some of the Nora roberts romance. As the letters continue and the couple show close intimacy but also a weary underlying anxiety about the other's identity, Chantal's acute observations of a moved shawl in her bedroom and specific details from the letters lead her to the conclusion that Jean-Marc is the secret correspondent.