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A review by anaffpereira
Eu Sei Que Voltarás by Mary Higgins Clark
3.0
I have conflicted opinions about this book. On one hand I found it entertaining and very light, i. e., with a very simple and straight to the point narrative, interesting and fast passed, sometimes intriguing, but easy to follow (sometimes too easy). On the other hand I found it rather similar to Where Are the Children?, written by Higgins Clark almost four decades ago: the missing child (obviously) who is rather smart, the beautiful elegant middle-class mother whom no one believes and keeps fainting and acting rather suspiciously, the protagonist's tragic background, the man and the elderly couple/lady that against all evidence believe the mother's innocence, the misterious "he" whose point of view is offered in multiple chapters and deeply hates the female protagonist and wants her to suffer for some reason, those random characters who seem detached from the main plot but somehow contribute to the denouement... and that's about it I recall and find lousy.
Other than, Melissa is a extremely shallow and unbelieveble character, almost as if she was created only in order to make the reader feel sorry for Ted. That's a lazy move from the author and almost makes me feel offended by this cheap manipulation. Moreover, the little mysteries presented in some pages are quickly solved in the next chapter, so these don't really add up to the initial mystery, that is to find out who kidnapped the child.
Overall, this book is interesting. It is a page turner, maybe a little to sloppy, but still enjoyable, as a sort of light reading.
(P. S. What's up with the Portuguese translation of this tittle? How can I'll Walk Alone be translated into Eu Sei Que Voltarás (="I know you'll come back). But for what it's worth, the translated tittle makes more sense than "I'll Walk Alone", because Zan always believe her son was alive and that she would find him.)
Other than, Melissa is a extremely shallow and unbelieveble character, almost as if she was created only in order to make the reader feel sorry for Ted. That's a lazy move from the author and almost makes me feel offended by this cheap manipulation. Moreover, the little mysteries presented in some pages are quickly solved in the next chapter, so these don't really add up to the initial mystery, that is to find out who kidnapped the child.
Overall, this book is interesting. It is a page turner, maybe a little to sloppy, but still enjoyable, as a sort of light reading.
(P. S. What's up with the Portuguese translation of this tittle? How can I'll Walk Alone be translated into Eu Sei Que Voltarás (="I know you'll come back). But for what it's worth, the translated tittle makes more sense than "I'll Walk Alone", because Zan always believe her son was alive and that she would find him.)