Mary Higgins Clark : Daddy's Little Girl
Yesterday Night I finished my first Mary Higgins Clark's Novel: Daddy's Little Girl.
I was slightly disappointed with the Novel. Though it claims to be a Suspense novel, the novel actually lacked suspense, considering the fact that most of the story is revealed at the back of the cover and the rest of the novel explores this fact.
From the back over I quote
Ellie Cavanaugh was seven years old when her older sister was murdered near their home in New York;s Westchester County. It was young Ellie's tearful testimony that put Rob Westerfield, the nineteen-year-old scion of a prominent family, in jail despite the existence of two other viable suspects. Twenty-two years later, westerfield, who maintains his innocence, is paroled. Determined to thwart his attempts to pin the crime on another, Elle, an Investigative reporter for an Atlanta newspaper, returns home and starts writing a book that will conclusively prove Westerield's guilt. As she delves deeper into her research, however, she uncovers horrifying facts that shed new light on her sister's murder. With each discovery she comes closer to a confrontation with a desperate killer
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My rating:
Suspense : * * ( 2 out of 5)
Unpredictability : * ( 1 out of 5)
Who-done-it factor : 0 ( 0 out of 5)
Story Telling : * * ( 2 out of 5)
Feminism : * * * * * ( 5 out of 5)
Overall : * * ( 2 out of 5)
PS: Not sure if I picked the wrong novel of Mary Higgins Clark to begin with. I Will read few more of her novels before I judge Mary Higgins Clark
I was slightly disappointed with the Novel. Though it claims to be a Suspense novel, the novel actually lacked suspense, considering the fact that most of the story is revealed at the back of the cover and the rest of the novel explores this fact.
From the back over I quote
Ellie Cavanaugh was seven years old when her older sister was murdered near their home in New York;s Westchester County. It was young Ellie's tearful testimony that put Rob Westerfield, the nineteen-year-old scion of a prominent family, in jail despite the existence of two other viable suspects. Twenty-two years later, westerfield, who maintains his innocence, is paroled. Determined to thwart his attempts to pin the crime on another, Elle, an Investigative reporter for an Atlanta newspaper, returns home and starts writing a book that will conclusively prove Westerield's guilt. As she delves deeper into her research, however, she uncovers horrifying facts that shed new light on her sister's murder. With each discovery she comes closer to a confrontation with a desperate killer
Unquote
My rating:
Suspense : * * ( 2 out of 5)
Unpredictability : * ( 1 out of 5)
Who-done-it factor : 0 ( 0 out of 5)
Story Telling : * * ( 2 out of 5)
Feminism : * * * * * ( 5 out of 5)
Overall : * * ( 2 out of 5)
PS: Not sure if I picked the wrong novel of Mary Higgins Clark to begin with. I Will read few more of her novels before I judge Mary Higgins Clark
Labels: Mary Higgins Clark, Novels
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