Reviews

All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark

meashleyfr's review against another edition

3.0

3 Stars
Laurie Kenyon was kidnapped as a child by two God loving psychopaths, in result she developed multiple personality disorder. After being accused of college professor Allan Grant's murder, this is the only thing that might lower or change her sentence.

The book started off okay, it wasn't great, but it was okay. The synopsis on the back mentioned the murder of Grant as mentioned above, so I did not expect him to die after 100 pages. I think that took too long, also the book began to drag following his death.

The climax of the book wasn't very clear to me, as it was very easy to figure out the real killer

Spoiler

his wife Karen Grant, who liked money

after one line in the middle of the book. I give the book more than two stars because the kidnappers part of the book and the lead up to the final moment was actually quite entertaining and good.

Multiple personality disorder is not something I have a lot of knowledge about, so I don't know how to properly critique that part. But, I did find it interesting

Spoiler

especially the revealing of the Lee alter, I actually did not see that coming

Basically I read this book to cleanse my pallet and reboot my servers for more sci-fi, fantasy YA.

telercoi's review against another edition

1.0

Good lord, I've now read two of Mary Higgins Clark's books and both involved child molestation and memory loss. This one added the trope of dissociative identity disorder, which may have been new and exciting at the time of publication but is definitely played all the way out now. Frankly, the only reason I gave it two stars is that the last thirty pages or so did have some decent tension, but there was so much unpleasantness to slog through to get there. It took me twenty years to give Mary Higgins Clark another go, figuring maybe I was just too young for the subject matter, but nope, seems her writing style is just not for me in any way. Maybe I'll give her a try again in another twenty years.

Edited to say that after reflecting on it and letting the ending tension wear off, I bumped it down to one star. I really truly did not care for it.

eyleen's review against another edition

5.0

Wow, das war einfach soooo spannend!!
Ich konnte gar nicht aufhören zu lesen.
Einer der besten, wenn nicht der beste, psychologische Thriller, den ich je gelesen habe.

_lilbey_'s review

4.0

I actually really enjoyed this one, and finished it quickly (which puts me at odds with my reading partner in the MHC Project who had other commitments this week). As usual, I had to keep the time period in which it was written in mind in regards to privacy laws and what psychiatry looked like, but the characters were more likable than usual, no drawn out explanations by killers, and people ate normal foods. Well done, MHC, well done.

baileyjane1's review against another edition

4.0

Totally suspenseful! Another great one by Clark. You really can't go wrong with these novels. They are easy reads with twisting, exciting plots...especially this one.

ashangel84's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

mkabili's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lyasie's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

esra_elisabeth's review against another edition

4.0

My mum read this before me and recommended it to me. I loved it quite a bit because I finished it in a day. the firt few chapters are very fast paced, but the plot is so good and interesting. and the suspense will kill you haha

sudheerbanu's review against another edition

4.0

Extremely interesting read.