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Summary: I think this would have been a better magazine short-story.
Review: I am usually a 'Mary Higgins Clark' fan, but this story was too predictable and sugary! I wouldn't have minded it as a short story, to read in a magazine, while waiting for a doctor's appointment, but at the cost of a hardcover, I don't feel it was the best value
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Summary: Great page turner for reluctant readers!
Review: My high school English class had a class set of these books and it was assigned reading for the holiday season. The assignment was met with the usual groans, but the students dove in. Soon I was hearing remarks like, "Hey, I read the whole book in two days!" and "This is the first assignment that I have liked!" and "Guess what? I really read this book!" Most students actually finished reading the book in much less than the assigned time. A couple of them admitted that this was the first book they had actually read all the way through. The story takes place on Christmas Eve and involves a lost boy. It involves some tense situations and presents a number of good role models for children. After our class had completed the reading, each student who felt so moved wrote a note to Mary Higgins Clark. We were delighted a few weeks later when we received a letter from her expressing sincere appreciation for the many laudatory comments from the young readers. I recommend this book to youngsters from 9 to 99 who wish to have a "good read" for the Christmas season.
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Summary: A Christmas Gift
Review: I read this book while I was sitting in my OB/GYN's office, in agony. It was Thanksgiving and Christmas was right around the corner, and I fould out that I had tumors. I checked out the book as a Christmas read, but after reading it, it confirmed the idea of what Christmas is all about. I realized how lucky I was, and was glad that my health problem had been found before it grew worse.
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Summary: Great Holiday Read
Review: Catherine Dornan appears to have it all--a comfortable lifestyle, a loving husband and two wonderful little boys. Then her physician husband falls ill with a life-threatening illness. The boys' grandmother gives them a St. Christopher medal--that saved her husband's life in World War II--and instructs them to give it to their father, and it will make him well. Although skeptical, Catherine Dornan does as her mother instructs and places the St. Christopher medal in her wallet for safekeeping. Little Brian Dornan however, the youngest of the two boys, is relying on that medal to make his father well again. So when he spots a woman pick up his mother's wallet from off of the ground while at Rockefeller center listening to Christmas carols, he takes off in hot pursuit. Brian has no idea what is waiting for him when he finally catches up with the young woman; and it soon becomes clear to Brian that St. Christopher may save not only his father's life--but perhaps his own.DYB
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Summary: A Night that is Anything but Silent!
Review: Author Mary Higgins Clark writes an effective but predictable, formula novel in twenty-five clever little chapters. The plot is about a little boy(Brian) who is kidnapped after he runs after a women who steals his mother's wallet. Included in it is a precious St. Christopher medal; a family heirloom, which is to be given to his sick father to make him better. This is the third Mary Higgins Clark novel I have read; I find it odd that all the ones I have read are all are about kidnappings. ("A Stranger Is Watching," "Deck the Halls") Surely, the Queen of Suspense can find more effective material to write about. Still "Silent Night" would make a decent television movie.
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Summary: A Good Book with a Good Ending
Review: I have to admit that this is the first Mary Higgins Clark book I have read. I have always known of her, but never had the chance to read one of her books. I have to say that I'm very impressed with her. Silent Night was a very well written book. Even though I'm not much of a reader, I couldn't seem to put this one down. She not only kept you interested in the story, but she also pulled on your heart strings. As I read the book I was putting myself into the stroy. I was trying to come up with some way I could help the characters in the book. I enjoy books that have a good ending. Maybe realstic is a better word than good. It doesn't have to have a happy ending, but it should end the way it would if it were to happen in real life. Clark did an excellent job of making the ending of this book. She made it a happy ending which fit just fine with the book. Overall, I would recommend this book to any one who has strong feelings towards family. I liked this book so well that I plan to read more Mary Higgins Clark books in the future.
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Summary: Silent Night
Review: Mary Higgins Clark has a countless number of excellently written books, and this one is just another addition to her wonderful collection. In SILENT NIGHT, Clark writes another super Christmas time thriller. With her husband stricken with Leukemia, Catherine Dornan is about to take her two boys, Michael and Brian, to the hospital to present him with a very special gift. While out on the streets, Catherine accidentally drops her wallet with this special gift, a St. Christopher medal, and Brian chases after the woman, Cally, who picks it up. From there, the novel really takes off as Brian is eventually kidnapped and held captive by an escaped prisoner on a race to the Canadian border in the midst of a heavy snowstorm. In this ferociously fast-paced story, Clark manages to mesh together an outstanding cast of diverse characters, all of whom tie in to the search for Brian. The well-developed plot is constantly changing, leaving the reader in a pleasant, rapid page-turning frenzy. Overall, this is a very well-written book that is hard to put down. Clark is an amazing storyteller, and her imagery and detailed writing make for an enjoyable read. The suspense will have you on the edge of your seat, as this is not a calm and silent night.
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