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Summary: Well-written, but left me cold
Review: The character development in this book was a lot better than it was in last year's "On The Street Where You Live," probably because of the switch to first person, but this story left me cold. When I finished the last page I said to myself, "Is that all there is?" It started off good but went downhill from there, and it lacked the suspense that gave MHC her nickname "The Queen of Suspense." I was disappointed.
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Summary: loved it
Review: I loved the way Clark keeps you on your toes with this book. I couldn't put the book down until i learned what happened. Also the title portrayed a lot about the book and it's irony.
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Summary: Finally!!!!(sigh)
Review: After a few flops and fumbles, Clark finally delivers a nicely written, sincerely gripping mystery. Writing in the first-person must agree with her. Though there were a few parts of the book that could have been developed more (like the relationship of Ellie and Pete), and a few parts that seemed to be thrown in to make everything fit together, Daddy's Little Girl is one of Clark's best and a must-read for anyone who loves a good mystery. This books leaves the reader wanting more!
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Summary: "DISAPPOINTMENT"
Review: I TOO HAVE READ ALL OF MARY HIGGINS CLARK'S BOOKS AND HAVE NOTICED A BIG CHANGE IN THE LACK OF SUSPENSE IN HER LAST COUPLE OF NOVELS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE IS MELLOWING OUT! THE FIRST TEN BOOKS SHE WROTE WERE REAL NAIL BITERS, WHERE YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN TO DO ANYTHING!
THE SUSPENSEFUL SITUATIONS THAT ELLIE GETS INTO, COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH SCARRIER! I KNEW AHEAD OF TIME HOW THESE SITUATIONS WOULD TURN OUT. THE FEAR WASN'T THERE, IN THE STORY, LIKE SO MANY OF MARY CLARK'S OTHER BOOKS HAVE.
THE WRITING IS GOOD, JUST NOT SUSPENSEFUL ENOUGH. I HOPE MARY HIGGINS CLARK GOES BACK TO HER "SCARRY" WAY OF WRITING AGAIN. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER BOOK BY MARY H. CLARK.
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Summary: great quick read
Review: I enjoyed the book! I read it in two sittings. Although the suspense factor wasn't really there....I got into the plot and enjoyed the book overall.
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Summary: EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT!
Review: This was an excellent read. I read this book in one day, it was a page-turner, you will hate to put it down!
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Summary: Classic MHC - with a twist
Review: This time, our beleaguered heroine is writing in the first person (so, barring someone having found her journal post mortum, we know that she is going to come out alive.) Twenty-two years after her teenage sister's brutal murder, a death for which she still harbors some good Old-Fashioned Catholic Guilt, Ellie Cavnaugh is a true crime news reporter/book writer, who has come home to avenge her sister's death ' or at least oppose the release of the boy-man convicted of her murder. The characterization is good and the suspense is vintage Clark. But, like in the movie *Scream,* why is it that characters in these vehicles don't know The Rules as well as the audience? WE know not to agree to meet an unknown person alone, in the dark, in an unfamiliar back alley!
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Summary: So where was the big mystery???
Review: I have read all of MHC's books.Her earlier books were so much better.There was a sense of mystery in them.This latest book is entertaining,but I kept waiting for the big suspenseful ending.Unfortunately,there wasn't one.The book wasn't suspenseful at all. It was entertaining,but not worth the money to buy it.Pick it up at your local library instead.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I was very disappointed with this book. I am a long time fan of Mary Higgins Clark and had waited with great anticipation for this book. The lead character was flat, the plot and who-done-it was known from the beggining. No real suspense. I couldn't even tell that the lead character was involved in a romance until the very end when she married the guy. This was Ms. Clark's first time writing only in the first person, perhaps that affected her. Hope she goes back to her former winning style! Don't buy this in hardback, not worth the money.
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Summary: back at the top of her form
Review: "Daddy's Little Girl" will be sure to please the legions of Mary Higgins Clark fans. It's a quick, entertaining, well-plotted read complete with state-of-the-art gadgets like cell phones and webpages. Clark writes in the first person; we are immediately swept up into the inner life and thoughts of Andrea Cavanaugh. Once again in trademark fashion, Clark writes in a very recognizable vernacular that somehow escapes coming across as cliched. Andrea emerges as a strong, sympathetic character and a true heroine. Clark's recent two or three books have fallen a little short in this reviewer's estimation, but with the publication of "Daddy's Little Girl", her star shines at 100% once more. She is the reigning queen of suspense novelists.
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