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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.
bookhero6's review against another edition
2.0
This review is for the audiobook edition, read by Jan Maxwell.
Though I'm sure the story was fine, the reading was frustrating. The voice the reader gave to the narrator/Kay Carrington was simpering and pathetic. She sounded idiotic. And I couldn't get behind it.
Though I'm sure the story was fine, the reading was frustrating. The voice the reader gave to the narrator/Kay Carrington was simpering and pathetic. She sounded idiotic. And I couldn't get behind it.
tanyarobinson's review against another edition
3.0
Moderately interesting murder mystery where the truth is not revealed until the last moment.
jei_alexander's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
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
4.0
luciavm's review against another edition
4.0
Es el primer libro que leo de Mary Higgins Clark y la verdad no me decepcionó.
Es una historia de misterio con los Carrington como protagonistas, una familia muy adinerada de Nueva Jersey, marcada por tres muertes extrañas.
Hasta el final del libro no tenía bien en claro quién podría haber sido el asesino ni tampoco el motivo, el final estuvo muy bien.
Por momentos me molestó bastante la ingenuidad de Peter y Kay, los protagonistas, en algunas escenas. Además su historia de amor me pareció acelerada, irreal, romántica en exceso.
Seguramente lea algún otro libro de la escritora pronto!
Es una historia de misterio con los Carrington como protagonistas, una familia muy adinerada de Nueva Jersey, marcada por tres muertes extrañas.
Hasta el final del libro no tenía bien en claro quién podría haber sido el asesino ni tampoco el motivo, el final estuvo muy bien.
Por momentos me molestó bastante la ingenuidad de Peter y Kay, los protagonistas, en algunas escenas. Además su historia de amor me pareció acelerada, irreal, romántica en exceso.
Seguramente lea algún otro libro de la escritora pronto!
stellabg93's review against another edition
5.0
I L-O-V-E Mary Higgins Clark and her romance novels. I read Let me call you sweetheart last year, and I found it abseloutely astonishing how well thought out the plot of that book was, and I was not dissapointed now, reading I heard that song before. Brilliant book, though I must say that I suspected Elaine from the start to be the killer. At least I got my suspicions partially correct, since she helped out the real killer covering his tracks.
bb_laurens's review against another edition
5.0
I love the mystique that Mary Higgins Clark managed to put into all of her books. This one is no exception. In "I Heard That Song Before," I really thought I knew who the murderer was. I was CONVINCED that I absolutely knew who killed all of them, and I was 100% incorrect.
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"'You were crazy about my father. I remember that.'
'Yes, I was,' Elaine said quietly. 'But even when you're crazy about someone, at some point you can have enough.'"
-Mary Higgins Clark, I Heard That Song Before
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"'You were crazy about my father. I remember that.'
'Yes, I was,' Elaine said quietly. 'But even when you're crazy about someone, at some point you can have enough.'"
-Mary Higgins Clark, I Heard That Song Before
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bookfreak28's review against another edition
3.0
Not her best but still a decent story with a good pace
noemiereadsbooks's review
4.0
4.5
I have a thing for detective stories, especially for Mary Higgins Clark, one of my favorite author of detective stories!
This one was not my favorite but it still was a great one and god, i did not except this end! i suspected everybody but definitely not the real killer!
Well, give me a day to think about it bc god, i still shocked!
I have a thing for detective stories, especially for Mary Higgins Clark, one of my favorite author of detective stories!
This one was not my favorite but it still was a great one and god, i did not except this end! i suspected everybody but definitely not the real killer!
Well, give me a day to think about it bc god, i still shocked!
ekihlstadius's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars really.
Pretty sure this is my first ever Mary Higgins Clark book. It wasn't bad. Nice easy read. Some things I figured out early on others I didn't. Not a bad read.
Pretty sure this is my first ever Mary Higgins Clark book. It wasn't bad. Nice easy read. Some things I figured out early on others I didn't. Not a bad read.