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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
This was a very quick and easy read. It is an interesting story and moves at a very fast pace. Well worth a one time read..
Such a fast-paced thriller! The writing is simple, yet drew me in from the very beginning. I love how the story comes together from so many viewpoints. Miss Clark just knows the correct descriptions to make me cringe and give me goosebumps!
Mary Higgins Clark pretty much never disappoints. I was actually surprised to find that this was originally published in 1977. It was only when I found myself asking why the characters were using payphones rather than cell phones that I looked up the publication date.
A good, fast-paced mystery. I picked it up off my shelves of books I pick up at thrift stores for $0.25-$0.50 while trying to decide what to read next, knowing it would only take me a day or two to finish. It was an engrossing story that kept me on the edge of my seat.
A masterpiece of literature it isn't, but a damn good read it is.
A good, fast-paced mystery. I picked it up off my shelves of books I pick up at thrift stores for $0.25-$0.50 while trying to decide what to read next, knowing it would only take me a day or two to finish. It was an engrossing story that kept me on the edge of my seat.
A masterpiece of literature it isn't, but a damn good read it is.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
" ماذا لو كان بيدك إحياء أو إماتة عائلة بكاملها ؟ ، ماذا لو كانت حياة عائلتك أنت مبنية على مثل هذا القرار ؟! . "
رواية " غريب بالمرصاد " هي أول تجربة ليا مع " ماري هيغنز كلارك " ، بدأتها قريبًا و انتهيت منها في يومين ، الرواية من أدب الجريمة ..
- رواية خفيفة و كويسة للي هيبدأ يقرأ في أدب الجريمة ، أسلوبها خفيف و ترجمتها متقنة وسهلة ، تعتبر مزيج بين الدراما النفسية و ادب الجريمة ، قلم ماري قريب من قلم أجاثا كريستي لمحبي النوع ده من أدب الجريمة .
- أكثر ما عجبني فيها طريقة ربط الأدلة سوا ، طريقة الوصول لمرتكب الجرائم ، في أجزاء بسيطة كانت ناقصة ليتحول العمل لتحفة فنية ، لكنه كان مُرضي بالشكل اللي هو عليه .
محبي الأدب الثقيل ، الرواية هتكون مجرد تنفس بين روايتين غالبًا لكم ، لكن الناس اللي هتبدأ لسة أو محبي الأحداث المشوقة و السريعة ، الرواية جميلة جدًا وهترضيكم .
قريبًا هيكون أكيد ليا تجارب أخرى مع أعمال أخرى لماري كلارك
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رواية " غريب بالمرصاد " هي أول تجربة ليا مع " ماري هيغنز كلارك " ، بدأتها قريبًا و انتهيت منها في يومين ، الرواية من أدب الجريمة ..
- رواية خفيفة و كويسة للي هيبدأ يقرأ في أدب الجريمة ، أسلوبها خفيف و ترجمتها متقنة وسهلة ، تعتبر مزيج بين الدراما النفسية و ادب الجريمة ، قلم ماري قريب من قلم أجاثا كريستي لمحبي النوع ده من أدب الجريمة .
- أكثر ما عجبني فيها طريقة ربط الأدلة سوا ، طريقة الوصول لمرتكب الجرائم ، في أجزاء بسيطة كانت ناقصة ليتحول العمل لتحفة فنية ، لكنه كان مُرضي بالشكل اللي هو عليه .
محبي الأدب الثقيل ، الرواية هتكون مجرد تنفس بين روايتين غالبًا لكم ، لكن الناس اللي هتبدأ لسة أو محبي الأحداث المشوقة و السريعة ، الرواية جميلة جدًا وهترضيكم .
قريبًا هيكون أكيد ليا تجارب أخرى مع أعمال أخرى لماري كلارك
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dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A Stranger is Watching is a very simple story, but the killer here is not given God like status. He needs to work hard so as to avoid being brought in by the New York police. Eventually bad luck, plus some hard work on behalf of those people on the angels' side, literally catch up with him.
I think that the author will never kill a main character, unless the latter has died in the past, viewed via flashbacks. It's kind of understandable, it makes sense. The blow of death is softened, because the death happened to someone who isn't as known by the readers as the living characters in the present.
Formulaic though the structure of the book is, it's a winning formula. Mary Higgins Clark must have exhausted every permutation throughout her career before her readers said enough was enough. Before, i.e, fatigue set in. The author experienced a lofty position, and I'm glad that she is not as forgotten as say, Harold Robbins.
I myself want more, even if it is of the same. I need the simple sustenance, and I am certain that I will not ditch most of her books. That is a boon. To purchase an ebook and not finishing it is so wasteful. I like Clark's books, so far. I like to follow the coincidences, the poetic justice, the alibis, the plotting, the piety, the good vs evil, the battle of wits, the race against time. This book has got all of that and some more.
I think that the author will never kill a main character, unless the latter has died in the past, viewed via flashbacks. It's kind of understandable, it makes sense. The blow of death is softened, because the death happened to someone who isn't as known by the readers as the living characters in the present.
Formulaic though the structure of the book is, it's a winning formula. Mary Higgins Clark must have exhausted every permutation throughout her career before her readers said enough was enough. Before, i.e, fatigue set in. The author experienced a lofty position, and I'm glad that she is not as forgotten as say, Harold Robbins.
I myself want more, even if it is of the same. I need the simple sustenance, and I am certain that I will not ditch most of her books. That is a boon. To purchase an ebook and not finishing it is so wasteful. I like Clark's books, so far. I like to follow the coincidences, the poetic justice, the alibis, the plotting, the piety, the good vs evil, the battle of wits, the race against time. This book has got all of that and some more.
This book has a really good storyline which will definitely keep you on the edge. But this is not the first book by Mary Higgins Clark that I've read and honestly, I don't think she was the best in this one. You will find her much better in many other books.
Once I started this- I could NOT put it down!!! Intense!