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Summary: MyShelf.com Review
Review: Ellie Cavanaugh is only seven years old when her sister, Andrea, is brutally murdered. A clandestine tryst with a boyfriend results in death, and Ellie is haunted by the knowledge that if she hadn't kept the meeting secret, her sister's life might have been saved. Her parents also seem to blame her, and she holds the guilt deep inside her soul. The boy Andrea was to meet that night, Rob Westerfield, is convicted of the murder and sent to prison, all the while professing his innocence. Now, over twenty years later, Westerfield, is up for parole, and Ellie, an investigative reporter for a newspaper in Atlanta, finds out that he intends to seek a new trial. New evidence, supposedly found by an author who is writing a book about the case, is being touted by the wealthy Westerfield family as the key to finally exonerating their family name. Ellie is working on her own book, and maintains a website that she uses to prove Rob Westerfield was the person who murdered Andrea. She is determined to stop her sister's killer from walking away from his crime. DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL is Mary Higgins Clark at her best. The story is engrossing and the plot holds the reader from beginning to end. Clark's first attempt at writing in the first person point-of-view is a success. A MHC novel isn't great literature - it is exactly what it is supposed to be. An easy to read, compelling story that gives the reader an enjoyable respite from reality. All in all, a pretty impressive achievement.
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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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