Deck the Halls [Import] [Unbound]

Mary Higgins Clark (Author), Carol Higgins Clark (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (November 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0743216881
• ISBN-13: 978-0743216883
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,492,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Add A Star If You Are A Big Mary Higgins Clark Fan, October 24, 2000

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michael luciano - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deck the Halls (Hardcover)

It has become an annual tradition for Mary Higgins Clark to put out a Christmas thriller. They are shorter books than her usual fare and I guess they are marketed as great stocking stuffers. Lately, I have found myself enjoying Clark's books less and less. They have become much too predictable and at best can be described as "lite" thrillers. If this type of book appeals to you, you will enjoy Deck The Halls. Loyal fans of Clark's work will find the usual elements that attract them to her books. For those readers looking for something fresh and exciting, this book is not for you. I have never read any of the books written by her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark(who she cowrote this book with), so I have no point of comparison on her end. I will say that reading Deck The Halls does not inspire to go out and read any of Carol's other work. This is not an awful book, it's just not an interesting one. Any mystery and thriller fan will be able to predict all the action in this book by the time they've reached page fifty. I realize that is actually a positive characteristic for avid Mary Higgins Clark fans. The familiarity of both the plot and characters is attractive to these fans and the formula will produce another New York Times Bestseller. For those who have never read Clark before this is not the place to start. Go back to one of her earlier works when her plots seemed fresh and new. A true Christmas present from Clark would be to write a book as good as those early ones. These books are an annual tradition I could live without.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Twist Falls Flat, November 10, 2000

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Antoinette Klein (Hoover, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deck the Halls (Hardcover)

As one who looks forward to any new Mary Higgins Clark book, I have to sadly admit that this was a disappointment. Being a lover of mysteries set at Christmas, I was totally captivated by her previous Christmas novella, "All Through The Night." This current one, while starting out on an interesting note (loved having Alvirah connect with Regan Reilly), falls flat quickly due to the lack of suspense. Is there any reader who does not know from early into the book how this is going to turn out? The suspense is virtually non-existent. Also, Mary has gone to the kidnapping at Christmas plot once too often. It worked so well in "All Through the Night" because the reader was caught up in the suspense of the helpless infant being the victim. It's hard to muster the same level of concern for two adults who seem far wiser than their inept kidnappers. I've read all of MHC's books and this one goes on the bottom of my list when ranking favorites. But I hope she does another Christmas one in 2001; just want her to be more imaginative and suspenseful.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Moment Away From Holiday Madness, November 22, 2000

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Jordana Vista (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deck the Halls (Hardcover)

If you are looking for a moment away from Holiday Madness, this book does its job. The characters are fun and a bit too surreal to be taken seriously, or to worry over, but The Clark Ladies still give a good read.