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Summary: A Book Everyone Must Read
Review: This book is a great book, that everyone should read. It is very suspenseful, which keeps you reading until the end. It goes by quick and when it is over you want to read it again. I guarantee that it will be difficult to put down once you start reading it. Mary Higgens Clark is a very good author and you will become addicted to her style of writing. Read this book to find out weather Molly Lasch is guilty as charged, or truly innocent. With all the twists and turns it will keep you guessing at the clues the whole time. Read and enjoy this book!
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Summary: We'll Meet Again: Not Quite Worthy of Reading Again
Review: Molly Carpenter Lasch was a woman that had it all- money, a beautiful house, a great husband- until her husband was murdered and she is accused of killing him. She has no memory of that fatal night, but is sure she didn't kill her husband. After she is let out of jail, she begins to remeber that night and unwrap a nightmare of lies and betrayal. Although I enjoyed this book, it is not one I would consider reading again. The plot is slow-moving with little action. On the contrary, there were a few red-herrings that threw me off a bit. I think the title was misleading and wasn't really related to the book's content. Some of the mysteries unraveled were very obvious, but the the person that killed Doctor Lasch was very surprising. After the climax, the book went back to being slow-moving. Though I don't believe this was one of Mary Higgins Clark's best, it is still worth reading. "We'll Meet Again" is worthy of meeting, but not again.
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Summary: Fair
Review: The premise of this story is good--murdered husband, wife accused but can't remember the night he was killed. Once Molly (the wife) is released from prison she goes about proving her innocence. The only problem is that everyone believes she did it even her own lawyer. Only a highschool friend, Fran, is on her side. Somewhere in the middle of this book I just lost interest. It really started to drag. It took me over two weeks to finish it because I kept putting it down. Once I got to the ending I was glad that I actuallly finished because it was quite surprising.
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Summary: Dreck, dreck, dreck, dreck, dreck,
Review: Firstly, the title has nothing to do with the book. The question as to which characters constitute the "we" in the title is never really answered. For instance, "We'll meet again" should have been a foreshadowing line uttered by an anonymous caller, either as a personal aside or directly to the main character as she's going to jail...Then the title would make sense. Secondly, the writing is sophomoric and formulaic. I swear I was ready to scream when I read, for the more than fourth time, "she decided to wear slacks and a sweater." You can tell a book is poor when the author must describe what characters are WEARING instead of what they're DOING. Thirdly, the ending didn't follow from the storyline. The motive for the murder, and the murderer, weren't indicated anywhere prior (unlike, say, in Agatha Christie novels, where the motive is at least hinted at somewhere in the dialogues or actions). The only positive things I can say about the book are: (1) It helped to pass the time while I was waiting for the veterinarian to call back with X-ray result for my pet (I was so intent on finishing the thing to see if it was worthwhile to pass on to my sister) (2)I got it cheap. I suppose it would make a good TV movie, but that's not saying much.
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Summary: Thoughts of a former fan....
Review: I must admit, at the age of 13, I devoured everything by Mary Higgins Clark. I was thankful that I had perfected faking sick, because I would read her books all through the night. I would check out as many as I could carry from the library, and be beside myself choosing which gem would be first. And here I am, seven years later. I picked this up on a whim, thinking I could once again revel in her words. Alas, you cannot go home. Based on a weak and obvious plot, "We'll meet again" hobbles along with characters that are dry and two-dimensional. The heroine (?) is shallow, weak, and defenseless, the plot extreme and unrealistic. The clues don't fit together in the seamless way that MHC used to carefully craft. I would suggest reading some of her earlier works (not "Where are the Children?"). To her credit, MHC adds a touch of class with her careful mention of brand names. Recommendation: Read something earlier of hers.
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Summary: Just Okay.
Review: Mary Higgins Clark now falls into the category of Danielle Steele where her first books were much better written than her later ones. This is a somewhat disappointing effort. You never quite like Molly; she is always the victim never showing any strength of character nor conviction - just weak, abused and shallow. This will be my last Mary Higgins Clark.
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Summary: Guilty..... or Innocent?
Review: Molly Carpenter Lasch had a wonderful life, until miscarrages and a brutal murder turned it upside-down. Molly's cheating husband was found at his desk one day, his skull mercilessly crushed by a bronze sculpture, one of his prize possesions. Gary Lasch was a prominent doctor and successful HMO leader, and news of his murder came as a shock to all who knew him. The greater shock came when the least likely person was blamed for his death- his young, beautiful wife- Molly. With the accusing testimony of her housekeeper, Edna Barry, Molly is found guilty of her husband's murder. Five years later, released on parole, Molly returns to her house, and tries to continue on with her life. No one believes her when she says that she has no memory of the murder, not even her best friend Jenna, wife of Gary's business partner, Calvin Whitehall. Soon Molly teams up with an old high school friend, Fran Simmons, who is doing a program on the Lasch murder case for a television series. Together, they find out shocking secrets about Gary's professional life as a doctor and tragic things happening for no apparent reasons at Lasch Hospital and with Remington Health Management. It seems that they know to much for their own good, and are oblivious that they are a murderer's next target. This is one of MHC's best books and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The suspense keeps you at the edge of your seat and the unexpected climax is hard to beat. If you've read any other of MHC's books, and liked them, be prepared to love this one. And as they say in the book, "We'll meet again!"
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Summary: Clark Sells Her Mysteries
Review: As a first read of both Mary Higgins Clark's writings and mystery novels, We'll Meet Again was a phenomenal and entertaining thriller. Clark intertwines murder and mystery into a classic without a predictable ending. Her soap-opera style allows numerous characters to revolve around the well-known beauty, Molly Carpenter Lasch, in a flawless effort to tie in the gruesome situation to the complex plot in Greenwich, Connecticut. Molly, forgetful of what has occurred the previous night, has been sent to prison for the death of her husband, Dr. Lasch. Five years later, Molly is out declaring to prove her innocence. Among other media fans, Fran Simmons, a strong-willed former classmate, assists Molly's quest for a reinvestigation of the incident, in both personal and work-related motivation. Whether or not the investigation confirms Molly's statement, Fran's proficiency and determination allows her to ascertain information that creates a domino effect of critical records to be exposed, later causing calamity in Molly's plea of innocence. Though slow at first, Clark interlaces a surprisingly intriguing series of events that follow, creating both a suspenseful and questioning atmosphere, leaving you breezing through the pages. We'll Meet Again is an enjoyable and laid-back novel with minimal needed effort to keep the handful of characters straight. Surely, it will be an interesting read for anyone who takes pleasure in murder mystery novels or Mary Higgins Clark's magnificent pieces.
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Summary: First MHC read for me, I expected more
Review: I purchased this book at the advice of my mother-in-law who likes to read MHC. After I read the book, I reserved my comments until after I loaned it to my mother-in-law. Then I loaned it to my daughter-in-law, who is an avid reader of everything. Because this was the first time I had read anything by MHC and because she is so well thought of, I was curious as to what both women would say. They said exactly what I thought they would. It was an average read, nothing really exciting. I felt better about my opinion then. This book never did grab me like I thought it would. I didn't bond with any of the characters and wondered where the author came up with such a lame plot. Maybe I just expected too much. I own the book and it's now part of my library, but I'll hold off buying another MHC book until someone else reads it first. If I start reading a book and can't put it down, it is an excellent read. It took me about a week to read this one because I just had other things I'd rather be doing. It's an average book, at best.
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Summary: An Intense Mystery That Will Hold you Until the end!
Review: "We'll Meet Again" is a mystery about a woman who is convicted and serves time for killing her husband. Although, she doesn't believe she could take another human life, and her memory of the night her husband was murdered is very foggy. I am a new reader of mysteries and the only other one I've read was "The Cradle Will Fall" also by Clark. The plot in the beginning appears to be very similar, malpractice of hospitals and the beautiful woman is the main character. But, this is no ordinary novel. Once I really got to know the characters and got more into the plot, it became very interesting book. Clark does a very good job with description in her writing. The different scenes and characters throughout the novel are so well described, as to when you get to middle of the book you feel as if your just looking on, in these peoples lives. This quote is from the beginning, when the main character, Molly, comes back to her house to describe it, "...touching her grandmother's ornate silver tea service in the dining room while willing herself not to think of the prison dining room, the coarse plates, the meals that had been like ashes in her mouth. Everything seemed so familiar, yet she couldn't help feeling herself to be an intruder." Clark does a great job of incorporating personality characteristics, while still describing the setting as in the above quote. Not only does she describe scenes well, but also she describes characters very well also. "Her body filled out, and like her mother and sister she was now size 14. The dark hair that used to bounce on her shoulders was a trim curly cap around her heart shaped face." Her wording in how she writes, is amazing to me how she can she can find simple descriptive words like "curly cap" and "heart shaped face" and uses the same creative style throughout. Besides being very descriptive, she also creates irony in both this story and "The Cradle Will Fall." Situational irony is used a lot by her which makes the novel that much more suspenseful. You know what the other character's in the book are thinking and planning on doing, but at the same time the other character is oblivious and usually a character or two gets themselves into trouble. It raises this urge in you to scream "No, Don't go there!" Overall, the book, plot and characters were very well described and easy to follow. Sometimes it almost seems like her description of some items almost too overwhelming, and repetitive. But it's a very good book, and has an interesting twist at the end!
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