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gettinglostinagoodbook's review against another edition
2.0
A quick and predictable read. Not the Mary Higgins Clark I am used to. A bit if a disappointment from an author I usually enjoy.
melmo2610's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyed the storyline and mystery of this one. Plot was one that caught my eye and held my attention. There were a few different people to suspect and some of the motives behind the crimes weren’t revealed until nearly the end of the book which helped keep me guessing a bit. Good read.
megangerken's review against another edition
2.0
Yep, it’s confirmed I’m not a Mary Higgins Clark fan. I had this on audible so I listened while scrapbooking, but honestly couldn’t wait to be finished. It was fine, but definitely not earth shattering.
bibliobabe94's review against another edition
2.0
Not one of MHC's best. Weak plot, overdone story. The sleepwalking aspect could have been used better. Overall, just mediocre.
sallyluvs2read's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked this book. It's a good, intense, clean mystery.
katymvt's review against another edition
5.0
This was the first mystery I've read in a long time that actually engaged me.
autumnrdreads's review against another edition
3.0
The story was pretty intriquing, so much so that I couldn't put it down; but the characters seemed really flat and unbelievable at times.
iamnotamerryman's review against another edition
2.0
An okay story. I thought I would try reading a mystery for a change, but I didn't really get into it or feel any kind of connection with the characters. Predictable.
sateem326's review against another edition
4.0
لْاآ استطيع القول انني كنت متحمسةً للبدء بهذه الرواية.. في كل مرةٍ أعزم فيها على البدء بها أجدني أغير رأيي وأبدأ بغيرها.. ولكنّي ويا للمفاجأة أمسكت بالكتاب ولم استطع تركه حتى أنهيتها..
وقعت في غرام بيتر منذ الوهلة الأولى كما فعلت كاي، حينما سقطت نظارته في المكتبة..
في العادة.. عند قرائتي لرواية فيها جريمة استطيع تخمين القاتل من قبل انتصافي في الرواية.. لكن ومع هذه الراية كان الحال مختلفًا..
كنت أختار شخصًا ما. ثم أغير رأي لشخصٍ آخر.. في النهاية انتهيت الى الشك في شخصين مختلفين.. لكنني مع انتهاء الرواية، وجدت أن القاتل لم يكن أيًا منهما.. حسنًا.. عزائي الوحيد أنه كان من خيارتي اللتي اخترها في البداية ثم صرفت النظر عنها..
ليست هذه أول قراءاتي لهذه الكاتبة العبقرية حيث قرأت احدى رواياتها المترجمة من قبل.. لكن هذه بلا شك من أفضل روايات الجريمة اللتي وقعت يداي عليها منذ فترة ليست بالقليلة..
لست متأكدة من توفر هذه الرواية بالترجمة العربية.. لكنني بحقٍ انصح بقراءتها لمن يجيد الانجليزية..؛
كان بالفعل وقتًا ممتعًا ذاك اللذي قضيته في قراءة هذه الرواية..
وقعت في غرام بيتر منذ الوهلة الأولى كما فعلت كاي، حينما سقطت نظارته في المكتبة..
في العادة.. عند قرائتي لرواية فيها جريمة استطيع تخمين القاتل من قبل انتصافي في الرواية.. لكن ومع هذه الراية كان الحال مختلفًا..
كنت أختار شخصًا ما. ثم أغير رأي لشخصٍ آخر.. في النهاية انتهيت الى الشك في شخصين مختلفين.. لكنني مع انتهاء الرواية، وجدت أن القاتل لم يكن أيًا منهما.. حسنًا.. عزائي الوحيد أنه كان من خيارتي اللتي اخترها في البداية ثم صرفت النظر عنها..
ليست هذه أول قراءاتي لهذه الكاتبة العبقرية حيث قرأت احدى رواياتها المترجمة من قبل.. لكن هذه بلا شك من أفضل روايات الجريمة اللتي وقعت يداي عليها منذ فترة ليست بالقليلة..
لست متأكدة من توفر هذه الرواية بالترجمة العربية.. لكنني بحقٍ انصح بقراءتها لمن يجيد الانجليزية..؛
كان بالفعل وقتًا ممتعًا ذاك اللذي قضيته في قراءة هذه الرواية..
anxiousarachnid's review against another edition
1.0
This book was really bad. The characters are so flat that calling them two dimensional would be a compliment and tend to do and think things that haveno basis in reality.
The story is predictable and written in such a way that I found myself thinking, after every few pages, "Ah yes, the author is trying to trick me into thinking xyz, but it won't be." It was done in such an obvious way that I actually felt insulted. This story is written from the perspective of everyone who has even thought of showing their face in the novel. This makes the story feel disjointed and adds to the flatness of the characters. Is it necessary to see everything from the poin-of-view of the wife, the business associate, the prosecutor, the prosecutor's assistant, the housekeeper, the housekeeper's husband, the grandmother, the defense attorney, the victim's mother, the step-brother's secretary, the victim's father, a private detective and a policeman who only exists for a page and a half? I apologize profusely to any other narrating characters that I may have forgotten, but my goodness there are a lot of you. Yes, give me a story from two or three angles, from important characters who can really make me see things from another perspective. I definitely don't need a policeman, who I've never met before, showing up in the last 15 pages to describe driving to a door. Is his perspective on the matter of any importance? No.
This book feelslike the murder mystery equivalent of a Mills and Boone novel. Don't bother reading it unless you know for a fact that your brains are made of pureed butternut.
The story is predictable and written in such a way that I found myself thinking, after every few pages, "Ah yes, the author is trying to trick me into thinking xyz, but it won't be." It was done in such an obvious way that I actually felt insulted. This story is written from the perspective of everyone who has even thought of showing their face in the novel. This makes the story feel disjointed and adds to the flatness of the characters. Is it necessary to see everything from the poin-of-view of the wife, the business associate, the prosecutor, the prosecutor's assistant, the housekeeper, the housekeeper's husband, the grandmother, the defense attorney, the victim's mother, the step-brother's secretary, the victim's father, a private detective and a policeman who only exists for a page and a half? I apologize profusely to any other narrating characters that I may have forgotten, but my goodness there are a lot of you. Yes, give me a story from two or three angles, from important characters who can really make me see things from another perspective. I definitely don't need a policeman, who I've never met before, showing up in the last 15 pages to describe driving to a door. Is his perspective on the matter of any importance? No.
This book feelslike the murder mystery equivalent of a Mills and Boone novel. Don't bother reading it unless you know for a fact that your brains are made of pureed butternut.