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A review by luffy79
Before I Say Good-Bye by Mary Higgins Clark
3.0
Quite a disappointment after the heady rush that Mary Higgins Clark's books brought to me. This book of hers, Before I say Good-Bye, is more like Jeffrey Archer rather than the style of prose that Mary herself specialized in. Also Mary's daughter, Carol Higgins Clark, has penned the type of books that caught my attention.
There is a mystery element here. Faint, very faint indeed, but its presence dislocated the ending of the book. The author had planned each day in the life of her characters, meticulously. Each date is chock full of action, of stuff brewing up in the horizon. But taken altogether, the full product is less than the sum of its parts.
The death of a couple of the characters did enliven things, but then the dull words had no respite for me. I had to wade through a lot of fluff to reach the end. I think partially reason of my reaction is that we don't get to know the characters better as time passes by. It's a pity, because the book certainly had potential.
There is a mystery element here. Faint, very faint indeed, but its presence dislocated the ending of the book. The author had planned each day in the life of her characters, meticulously. Each date is chock full of action, of stuff brewing up in the horizon. But taken altogether, the full product is less than the sum of its parts.
The death of a couple of the characters did enliven things, but then the dull words had no respite for me. I had to wade through a lot of fluff to reach the end. I think partially reason of my reaction is that we don't get to know the characters better as time passes by. It's a pity, because the book certainly had potential.