Donor 3319 Profile:Tall. Blonde. Blue eyes. Medical Student.Wanted for Serial Murder.“Spellbinding. Another tour de force from Scottoline. It drew me in, in a single breath.” –Mary Kubica, bestselling author of The Good GirlChristine Nilsson and her husband, Marcus, are desperate for a baby. Unable to conceive, they find themselves facing a difficult choice they had never anticipated. After many … themselves facing a difficult choice they had never anticipated. After many appointments with specialists, endless research, and countless conversations, they make the decision to use a donor.
Two months pass, and Christine is happily pregnant. But one day, she is shocked to see a young blond man on the TV news being arrested for a series of brutal murders—and the blond man bears an undeniable and uncanny resemblance to her donor.
Delving deeper to uncover the truth, Christine must confront a terrifying reality and face her worst fears. Riveting and fast-paced with the depth of emotionality that has garnered Lisa Scottoline legions of fans, the New York Times bestseller, Most Wanted, poses an ethical and moral dilemma: What would you do if the biological father of your unborn child was a serial killer?
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Heartbreaking.
This book is phenomenal. It is funny, lighthearted, sad, has drama, suspense and originality all rolled into one fantastic story.
As usual, this author does not disappoint. She tells stories that tug at your heart, as well as make you understand how minds work when confronted with life altering situations
I love her books
I enjoy this author and have read some of her other work. She does a great job of moving the story along and keeping you involved and engaged.
Loved it!
Saccharin and muddled.
I have very mixed emotions about this book. On the one hand, I liked a lot of things about Christine, the main character. She’s struggled w/ her husband’s infertility – which was a good twist – and after using a sperm donor, is finally pregnant. Her desire for a child, and her overly romanticized notions of what motherhood is and will be, however, really rubbed me the wrong way. I get that she wants a child, but her judgy-ness of actual parents when they’re tired or have dealt with a kid all day and don’t act as she thinks they should – i.e. tugging their slow kid along after what must be a crappy experiencing of visiting w/ someone who is in prison, rather than cherishing because she wants what they have so much – made me want to smack her. She’d never do that… Yeah, right. Maybe wait until you’re in their shoes, or so sleep deprived you have to write really big notes to yourself to move the car so you don’t get a ticket.
On the other hand, she developed some gumption, which I liked, and she stands up to her a-hole husband. I hated the way the guy talked to her…he was so condescending that I just couldn’t see what she loved about him. At all.
Which brings me to her husband, who is a self-centered, self-important prick. I just couldn’t see why she was so enamored of him. We’re told how great he is, but it’s never demonstrated, unless him putting baby shower presents in the car is supposed to do that, which it doesn’t, because that’s the bare minimum. When their marriage hit the rocks because of his threatened “I’m shooting blanks so I’m not a virile man” masculinity I was hoping she’d dump his ass already. She finds out at a dinner with his family that her husband has lied and told them she’s the one who’s infertile. This is the guy you love so much? Who’s so great and wonderful? Puh-leez. And then she waits to get home to confront him? And that’s what it takes for you to finally call him out on his shit? Good God, honey. As Dan Savage would say, DTMFA. The inevitable ‘him coming around/redemption’ was forced, contrived, and really didn’t feel real, much less satisfying. He was so unlikable (see he lied about who was infertile to his family) that I just couldn’t stand him. He said things had changed, and we – the reader – were supposed to just take it at face value and believe it because she loves him so much and he’s finally acting like the guy she loves so much. He’d never spoken w/ so much emotion before. Like ever in their marriage? Who is she married to–a Vulcan? The only thing about this guy that I was willing to take at face value was that he was a self-centered a-hole who would revert to type immediately once the crisis had passed.
The hints about who the serial killer was just weren’t there. It felt like his identity was revealed out of the blue. She met him *once* and there was literally one very lame clue. Out from that, no connection. She didn’t bother to investigate obvious suspects because she was so focused on proving her sperm donor wasn’t the killer.
The author did a good job of keeping me guessing as to the guilt or innocence of the suspected serial killer whom Christine starts to investigate to find out if he’s her sperm donor. She would go back and forth with every clue, which I could see, but she was so desperate to prove him innocent that I honestly don’t know why she bothered to investigate.
I listened to the entire audio book, and the only reason I’m not bitter that it’s time I won’t get back is that I was doing other things at the same time. I won’t be reading or listening to another book by this author.
A little too predictable but all in all a decent read. I would recommend this book to someone looking for a good novel to pass the time.
Although predictable, I did find this novel uniquely informative and emotional.
Well written with realistic characters, an engaging storyline, and enough twists and turns that I finished the book in no time at all.
Christine Nilsson and her husband, Marcus, are desperate for a baby. Unable to conceive, they find themselves facing a difficult choice they had never anticipated. After many appointments with specialists, endless research, and countless conversations, they make the decision to use a donor.
Two months pass, and Christine is happily pregnant. But one day, she is shocked to see a young blond man on the TV news being arrested for a series of brutal murders—and the blond man bears an undeniable and uncanny resemblance to her donor.
So, the story begins. Christine gets involved with the man who was arrested, posing as a reporter, so that she can find out the truth. Like all of Lisa Scottoline’s books, it was impossible to put down.
I really liked this book…at least the story line. Because I listened to the audiobook version, there were some things I did not care for. The narrator did a horrible job with the male voices! They were so flat with no affect.
But the twists and turns of the book were great! Just when you’re celebrating a wonderful change in life, you find out that there may be a negative side to things.
Lisa Scottoline does a great job of capturing your attention and making you care about the characters and the final truth. I definitely recommend this one!
This was a good premise but I feel like it was dragged out a little. Still not a bad read.
Not as good as other books by this author
Not one of Lisa’s best but worth the read. An original concept IMO.
Excellent story with surprise ending. Hard to put down with all the turns in the developments of the story.
Fantastic book, I enjoyed reading the twisted plot. The book was slow in the beginning but picked up fairly quickly.
NOT CRAZY ABOUT PREMISE
I was very unhappy with the writer. I have enjoyed past books and thought that I would eat this one up. Instead it was hart to get into because the character was so thin and unbelievable. Still, some might enjoy it for the suspense. I just expected more from this author.
Love all her books.
One of my favorite authors. Never disappoints but this one did. It went from past to present multiple times