Rating:  Summary: Thrilling Review: I really enjoyed reading this book! From the moment I started reading I could hardly put the book down. English is not my native language but MHC's book are usually very easy to understand!
Rating:  Summary: I liked it. Review: Not the best mystery book I've ever read, but it was enjoyable. I thought it was fast-paced and interesting.
Rating:  Summary: Exceptional writing. Thrilling novel. Review: I love the way Mary writes! She does so much to explain all aspects of the story. "Pretend You Don't See Her" is one of my favorites!
Rating:  Summary: Nothing interesting Review: This was my first book of Mary Higgins Clark and will be the last! I bought this book from the new release section in the bookstore and felt not very happy about it. I found that from the beginning 'til the end, there was no exciting and nothing interesting. Plot was so weak and charactor was so predictable and unreasonable. It was very easy for me to put this book down and not bother to pick it up again.
Rating:  Summary: A well written mystery, with only a few flaws... Review: Since this was my first Mary Higgins Clark novel, I was expecting that if I liked this one enough, I would request her newest book, You Belong to Me. I did. Now I've heard that her newest novel is definitely not among her best, but I'm willing to try it out anyway. This one only has a few flaws in it. For one thing, sometimes things move a little to fast, so that the reader might get a little confused. Second of all, the last scene of action was WAY to short. She wrote the whole book so that you would just enjoy the beginning murder and the last, 3 page action/suspense scene?? Come on, she could have put more into this book than that. The characters (especially Lacey) are memorable and well created. I can only think of one mystery I like better than this one: Blood Ties, by Sigmund Brouwer. All in all, this was a fine novel. Not to bad, but not to good; yet it was more good than bad. I look forward to reading more from this talented writer.
Rating:  Summary: A definite page turner! Review: While the beginning started off with a bang, the middle tended to slow down at times. It still does not change how engrossed I became with Lacey's character and those of her co-characters. Even though her romance with Tom was a bit hokey, I could not put down the book until the very end (which was very suspenseful).
Rating:  Summary: The best Mary Higgin's Clark book yet Review: I have read most of Mary Higgins Clark's books, and this was the best of them all. I couln't put it down. It is full of suspense. If you love mysteries, you'll love this book. It's a great, easy summer read.
Rating:  Summary: Couldn't have taken long to write. Review: I don't read much fiction but thought I would give this book a try based upon the author's reputation. This book cound not have taken more than a few evenings to write . Plot is simple, predictable, and very little happens throughout the book. Mercifully, the book concludes very quickly in about a page and a half. I'll stick to non-fiction.
Rating:  Summary: Her recent books follow the same formula Review: I was disappointed with this book, but not terribly surprised. Over the last few years MHC's books have become very formulaic, the protagonists all seem to blend together. Lacey Farrell was simply someone I could not get interested in. I kept reading, hoping it would get better. I was interested in reading this book because I thought it would give some sort of "insider's view" to the workings of the Witness Protection Program. I cannot imagine that they let people in the program call home once a week - for just the same reasons as was shown in the book!!! I have a hard time feeling any empathy for characters that are as stupid as these.
Rating:  Summary: Plays out like a juvenile R.L. Stine book Review: "Pretend You Don't See Her" was the first MHC book I've ever read. And I doubt I'll read another one of her books again. The plot was very predictable, the characters hard to like, and the prose was fit for a child. From MHC's reputation, I had been expecting an exciting page-turner, but instead I found a disappointing, under-developed antinovel.
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