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Journal #1

Honeymoon by James Patterson

Page 187

390 pages

Journal #1

People say things aren't always as they appear, and Nora Sinclair’s story is no exception to that saying. Nora leads multiple lives, leaving people to wonder if they have ever known the real her or if it's all what she wants them to believe. In Honeymoon by James Patterson, we learn that Nora Sinclair is a very successful interior designer who just happens to possess many separate lives. She has become an expert at deceiving people over her lifetime, however when her plans are put in jeopardy by a so-called “insurance agent” named Craig Raynolds, she realizes she might not be as good as she thought. While reading this novel, I was able to use connecting between

Throughout the book the author tells us about Olivia's past, we are informed she went to jail for murdering her husband when Nora was just a kid and now is faking dementia to stay out of jail. I am able to make connections between Olivia and Nora by looking at both of their actions when they were young. They both committed murder, they both tried to play the victim, and they are both lying about their true identity☺(magic 3). Olivia is depicted as a dementia patient, but the author gives hints that she is faking it to get out of the crimes she committed; “Moments later, when no one was there, Olivia removed the jacket from her new novel and flipped it around ” (Patterson 101).

In the book Nora gets engaged to a man Named Connor Brown and we later find out that she is already married to another man named Jeffrey Walker. Both men happen to be very wealthy and Nora has a plan to get rid of one of them in order to embezzle millions of dollars from their bank account. Nora traveled back to Connor's 11,000 square foot colonial house ☺( specific details for effect) with her intention to murder him and keep her other husband, the duplicity of her plan is very clever and well thought out. She returns home and makes Connor an omelet which contains a poison that kills him in a matter of minutes. Nora, being as sly as a fox☺(metaphor), acted as his mourning fiance in front of the police in order to get away with her crime, once everyone has left the apartment, she hacks his bank account. I learn in this book that Nora doesn't feel very much remorse for the things he does and she plans to do them over and over again; “ the police didn't suspect a thing. She had committed the perfect murder. Again.” (Patterson 72) This quote was a big turning point in the story for me because when I read it, it led me to realize that this wasn't the first time Nora had done something like this. The quote helps me better predict the future of the book because it tells me Nora had committed the same crime twice and gotten away with it. I predict that she may end