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treereads's review against another edition
3.0
I only picked this up because my mom and I needed an audiobook for a long car ride. Even though it was cheesy and we guessed most of the plot points, I WAS HOOKED. Tbh I probably won't read anything else by this author, but this was a fun time and it was fun listening to it with my mom.
vickyxreads's review against another edition
2.0
El libro cuenta con tres misterios:
1) El asesinato del Dr. Grant en su casa
2) Encontrar a los padres biológicos de una periodista
3) Descubrir quién está vendiendo recetas de medicamentos a adictos
El libro cuenta con 300 páginas, aproximadamente en la 150 ya sabía las respuestas a las tres interrogantes, aunque no hayan sido explícitamente respondidas. Lo que te lleva a imaginar que en las 150 páginas que restan la autora te meterá en un laberinto lleno de giros de la trama, donde lo que creías no era verdaderamente cierto y en realidad las respuestas eran otras, y sigues enganchado al libro esperando ver cómo se resolverá la trama, qué nuevos misterios se presentarán. Pero no.
Es el segundo libro de MHC que me decepciona. Creo que le daré una oportunidad a alguno de sus primeros libros, y si tampoco me sorprende dejaré definitivamente de leer sus novelas.
1) El asesinato del Dr. Grant en su casa
2) Encontrar a los padres biológicos de una periodista
3) Descubrir quién está vendiendo recetas de medicamentos a adictos
El libro cuenta con 300 páginas, aproximadamente en la 150 ya sabía las respuestas a las tres interrogantes, aunque no hayan sido explícitamente respondidas. Lo que te lleva a imaginar que en las 150 páginas que restan la autora te meterá en un laberinto lleno de giros de la trama, donde lo que creías no era verdaderamente cierto y en realidad las respuestas eran otras, y sigues enganchado al libro esperando ver cómo se resolverá la trama, qué nuevos misterios se presentarán. Pero no.
Es el segundo libro de MHC que me decepciona. Creo que le daré una oportunidad a alguno de sus primeros libros, y si tampoco me sorprende dejaré definitivamente de leer sus novelas.
jmdigiantonio's review against another edition
3.0
The storyline had a lot of promise with a murder trial and trying to find birth parents, but it lacked intrigue and suspense. Everything tied up too neatly at the end and it was obvious after getting into the story who committed the crime. After reading Ms. Clark's Under Suspicion stories, I had high hopes for this one, but was left disappointed.
rhiasaurus94's review against another edition
3.0
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For a book I only bought because I'd run out of things to read on holiday and this was the only book that sounded good and wasn't in French in the airport, this turned out to be quite good. I've never read anything by Mary Higgins Clark before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I also wasn't aware this was part of a series, let alone the tenth in a series!
This isn't the strongest thriller I've ever read, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It's a slow burn, multiple-POV work, where most of the points of view don't fit together until nearly the end when you're starting to put together what's going on. Knowing now that it's the tenth in a series about Alvirah and Willy, I can understand their presence in the story, because their involvement didn't really make sense to me while I was reading. Obviously without them the story wouldn't work, but I just thought they were being unnecessarily nosey for the sake of the plot.
I did like the way the plot twisted - there were no silly leaps like in some thrillers - every jump was believable. I'm interested to see what the earlier books in this series are like.
For a book I only bought because I'd run out of things to read on holiday and this was the only book that sounded good and wasn't in French in the airport, this turned out to be quite good. I've never read anything by Mary Higgins Clark before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I also wasn't aware this was part of a series, let alone the tenth in a series!
This isn't the strongest thriller I've ever read, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It's a slow burn, multiple-POV work, where most of the points of view don't fit together until nearly the end when you're starting to put together what's going on. Knowing now that it's the tenth in a series about Alvirah and Willy, I can understand their presence in the story, because their involvement didn't really make sense to me while I was reading. Obviously without them the story wouldn't work, but I just thought they were being unnecessarily nosey for the sake of the plot.
I did like the way the plot twisted - there were no silly leaps like in some thrillers - every jump was believable. I'm interested to see what the earlier books in this series are like.
imlizzie's review
2.0
Oh là là... Histoire bâclée, aucun suspense, personnages superficiellement développés. C'est plat, creux. On devine tout très vite et il n'y a aucun rebondissement. Je me demande si MHC ne ferait pas mieux d'arrêter d'écrire... Bref je préfère oublier ce roman et garder en mémoire les livres écrits il y a quelques années.
adenise47's review against another edition
5.0
This book was very interesting. Full of twists and turns. I really enjoyed this book and I will read more by this author.
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