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Summary: enjoyable and easy reading
Review: I enjoyed this book...was a fast reading book without the offensive language in so many other books
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Summary: shallow and cliched
Review: i have never read a mary higgins clark, so i am not comparing carol higgins clark with her mom. but i love detective series fiction, and my daughter gave me this for xmas. i wanted to like it to make my little girl happy, but i couldn't. boy, was it dull. the problem with this story is that these types of books depend on a strong central character, one you want to follow book after book after book, and regan reilly has no personality, no depth, no character, nothing. i knew nothing about her at the beginning of the book, and now that i have finished, i still know nothing about her. she is a cipher. she's not even very smart, or a good detective. she just kind of reacts to things around her, without drawing too many conclusions unless they're shoved under her nose. in addition, the wit is cliched and some of the segments are downright insulting to the intelligence. when carol saw fit to explain to readers who the coppertone girl was, i wanted to slam the book shut in disgust. does she think we live under a rock? and when one of the characters says "world wide web, here i come," i was mortified. what real person says that when they're about to log on to the web? the characters in the book make jokes that aren't funny -- and observations that aren't interesting or original -- and then laugh uproariously. the forced jollity is irritating. you want a good detective to follow? read james lee burke, dennis lehane, james ellroy, stuart woods. you want good, genuinely witty crime stories? read donald westlake. the only thing carol higgins clark does well is funny names: chaplain wickham tinka, bettina tinka, hilda tinka, ms. snookfuss. these are like preston sturges characters. but funny names don't make a good book. carol higgins clark is a waste of time.
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Summary: A Waste of Time and Money
Review: I just finished this trendy, witty who-done-it. Ms. Clark's character's may be a bit shallow, but aren't most people. I found it delightfully light reading which is why I read it. Ms. Reagan Rily the whimsical P.I. is a bit more lady-like than some of her contemporaries but she steps up when it is deserving. I look forward to her next effort.
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Summary: Stop being so critical!!
Review: I love Mary Higgins-Clark books so I thought I would give her daughter a try. I find her books humorous and mystery writer worthy. Do all mysteries have to be cookie-cutter dark, confusing and sometimes dull plots?? All authors have a different style of writing and I firmly believe Carol Higgins-Clark has found a fresh concept of mystery writing. BRAVO!!
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Summary: stupid and boring
Review: I saw Ms. Clark on a talk show and decided to give one of her books a try. Yech! The characters are completely unpleasant, their motivations stupid (because I think it's lucky!! C'mon!) The ending is wholly unsatisfying. The main character we come to really dislike is given an undeserving reprieve at the end, while characters we had no feelings about at all are punished. Regan Reilly is a lousy detective with no personality. As a die-hard country music fan, I thought I'd like this book, but it's obvious Ms. Clark knows nothing about the industry and gave us fans nothing to like. In short, the book seems written on about the fifth grade level and, were it not for the unneccesary twists, inneuendo, and too many characters to keep track of, an 11-year old might enjoy it.
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Summary: stupid and boring
Review: simply awful audio. the reading was appropriate to a children's story hour. ms. clark, having a high-pitched voice to begin with, alters it for the different characters so that all the male protagonists, including one meant to be a threatening stalker, sound like a cross between the pillsbury dough boy and a chipmunk. the main male protagonist sounds like a moronic pre-teen. his home, described as a castle fit for an amusement park has a wooden deck - bizarre. if, as i presume, this abridged version is the highlights spare me from rest of the book.
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