Reviews

Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark

smiley_kylie's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

This book is nothing particularly groundbreaking, but it was the quick, Christmassy, light-suspense-with-a-happy-ending story I was looking for. I dragged it out a few days, but this would be an easy book to finish in one sitting on Christmas Eve.

morganvermillion's review against another edition

4.0

This was certainly not spectacular literature but it was fun and kept my attention. Super predictable and a little too “if you believe in prayer, nothing bad will ever happen to you” but still an enjoyable suspense!

scrublife3011's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

rocio_voncina's review against another edition

2.0

Titulo: Noche de paz
Autor: Mary Higgins Clark
Año publicado: 1995
Motivo de lectura: #NavidadInfernal
Lectura / Relectura: Lectura
Fisico / Electronico: Electronico
Mi edicion: -
Idioma: Español
Puntuacion: 2/5


Creo que el problema con esta novela es su corta extension. Debido a esto realmente no se aprecia ni un gran desarrollo de personajes, ni tanpoco una profundidad en la trama.

Senti que en un principio la historia prometia, pero la autora escribio el desenlace de manera muy abrupta, hasta el punto de hacerme pensar realmente que la situacion entre Jimmy y Brian no tuvo sentido.

Para ser honesta es una lectura que me desilusiono.

arnoldkelly32's review against another edition

4.0

Quick read.

aftanith's review against another edition

2.0

I don' t particularly recommend Silent Night as a holiday read--especially not as a secular Christmas story--but I suppose it might be an emotional book for anyone with whom the themes of faith and parent/child love resonate or anyone who has a weakness for stories involving child abduction and/or cancer. For my full review, see here.

_thebookangel_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

2.0

I thought this would be a fun little Christmas thriller novella set in NYC. Umm…no mystery because you know what’s going on the entire time. Every character annoyed me and made poor, unrealistic choices. The children seemed way too advanced for their ages, and at times seemed more mature than their mother. For such a short novella I rolled my eyes way too many times. A plus was the setting, NYC at Christmas.

kinseyelise's review against another edition

3.0

Criminals, hospitals, NYC and one kid with a lot of dumb luck. There's not a lot else to say about this, but it did its job of ushering in December for me. 😂

amanda_12's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

jazsever's review against another edition

2.0

Me pareció muy meh y eso me pone triste porque tenía muchas ganas de leer a esta autora icónica del género.

Lo único que me parece que está realmente bueno de esta novela es como maneja a los personajes y los hace calzar en la historia.
Pero la verdad es que no conecté con ninguno y en ningún momento sentí el miedo de la situación ni ganas de saber cómo se resolvía (además de que se resolvió muy rápido y fácil).

Seguramente en algún otro momento leeré alguno de los más conocidos de la autora.