Before I Say Goodbye - Mary Higgins Clark

Advantages: Good Plot
Disadvantages: Not enough originality

...me but her newest work Before I say Goodbye doesn't seem to meet the same standard. I found Mary did something I myself would never consider doing. While introducing each character, she described them right away. Most of these descriptions were unnecessary and stereotypical. One opening description was "Deep in thought, she was oblivious to the admiring glances that came her way." That sentence alone has been overused so much that I refused to read ...
...to better, subtler description methods. She follows this tactic several times throughout the first two chapters causing me to grow restless and skip past those parts. Another problem that I had was the ending. It gripped me in a fantastic grip of suspense until the ending, which left me with a question mark hanging over my head, much like in the cartoons. In the effort of giving a quick and happy ending, there was a lack of closure to the mystery ... Read review