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candenoceda's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed this book, I couldn’t leave it. The development of the plot and the book was excellent. Everyone seemed suspicious, and even Mary H. C. gave us a clue that, although useful, made us all think wrongly about the kidnapper. And that is my conflict with this book: revealing who the suspect was happened really fast, as if the author wanted to get rid of the end. For that ending to have made more sense, more clues should have been given about that person througout the book. In conclusion: very good plot, but ruined in 20 pages by a hasty end.
tonyf111's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.5
hugbandit7's review against another edition
5.0
This is the latest Mary Higgins Clark book and I have to say this is better than some of her more recent books. It kept me guessing and just when I thought I had figured it out, I was wrong and never saw the ending coming!
It is a good book and was a very fast read
It is a good book and was a very fast read
aki_'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
novelesque_life's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 STARS
"It has been ten years since 21-year-old Kevin MacKenzie, Jr. ("Mac"), has been missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already enrolled in Duke University Law School, he walked out of his room in Manhattan's Upper West Side without a word to his college roommate and has never been seen again. However, he does make three ritual phone calls to his mother every year: on her birthday, on his birthday, and on Mother's Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, then hangs up. Even the death of his father, a corporate lawyer, on 9/11 does not bring him home, or break the pattern of his calls.
Mac's sister Carolyn is now 26, a law school graduate, and has just been hired as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. She has endured two family tragedies--her brother's inexplicable disappearance, and the loss of her father. Realizing that neither she nor her mother will ever be able to have closure and get on with their lives until they find her brother, she sets out to discover what happened to Mac, and why he has found it necessary to hide from them.
Her journey into the world of people who willingly disappear from their own lives leads her to learn about others who may or may not still be alive, and ultimately to a deadly confrontation with someone close to her who suddenly becomes an enemy--and cannot allow her to disclose his secret..." (From Amazon)
A good mystery.
"It has been ten years since 21-year-old Kevin MacKenzie, Jr. ("Mac"), has been missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already enrolled in Duke University Law School, he walked out of his room in Manhattan's Upper West Side without a word to his college roommate and has never been seen again. However, he does make three ritual phone calls to his mother every year: on her birthday, on his birthday, and on Mother's Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, then hangs up. Even the death of his father, a corporate lawyer, on 9/11 does not bring him home, or break the pattern of his calls.
Mac's sister Carolyn is now 26, a law school graduate, and has just been hired as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. She has endured two family tragedies--her brother's inexplicable disappearance, and the loss of her father. Realizing that neither she nor her mother will ever be able to have closure and get on with their lives until they find her brother, she sets out to discover what happened to Mac, and why he has found it necessary to hide from them.
Her journey into the world of people who willingly disappear from their own lives leads her to learn about others who may or may not still be alive, and ultimately to a deadly confrontation with someone close to her who suddenly becomes an enemy--and cannot allow her to disclose his secret..." (From Amazon)
A good mystery.
seh_c109's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
very good book, but it takes a little bit to actually start learning things about the mystery. at about the halfway point and forward i was spending all my time trying to figure out who the culprit was. the ending surprised me and i feel like it might have been a bit of a stretch, but i did really enjoy it.
thisfishlikestoread's review against another edition
3.0
A typical MHC read. Reading after a long time. Good read, the plot was good. Ofcourse I knew who the suspect was,but then again I've read her books and other thrillers for years.
One annoying thing was too many characters to keep up with that too for short span, not enough to make the characters memorable, maybe it's the authors way of tricking the readers.
Overall a decent read. Have read better from MHC.
One annoying thing was too many characters to keep up with that too for short span, not enough to make the characters memorable, maybe it's the authors way of tricking the readers.
Overall a decent read. Have read better from MHC.