A Cry In The Night By Mary Higgins Clark - Review
Today only i finished reading A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark and have to say that it is rather not appreciable for Mary Higgins Clark to write such a book. After Daddy's Little Girl and Stillwatch, this book came as a shock, and honestly, not in a positive way. The story starts of well and the female protagonist seems to be a strong women who is self- dependent. But to my astonishment the way Erich treats her and the way she stays back is so unimpressive. For those who have not read the book, its strange to show a strong woman being so uncannily tortured by a psychotic. Besides the story seems to be dragging a lot in between and to many characters seem to enter (especially that of Emily. I found her character useless except for spreading rumors in the Granite Place). Another thing that was queer was that Jenny believed-instead married- a man whom she had met just about few days ago. Having a few day old crush and actually marrying a person whom you have met a few days ago are two different things (until you are not forced into the marriage) and any sensible person knows the difference between the two. Every single thing had a LOT of description much of which was not required. The real fun began in the end when Erich kidnapped the kids. The story grew interesting only for those few chapters. The random call (which asked Jenny to get down from Caroline's bed), rather created a suspense and horror but was worth a guess that Erich was behind the call. The chapter from the random call to the end was quite good. I would have used the word awesome if the rest of the story wouldn't have been so ....ahem...BAD! The ending was again not so efficient, but then there would-i believe- have not been any other better way to end a story with the involvement of such a large amount of characters. Overall i would rate the book 3 out of 5. I would have actually rated it 1 but the 2 extra points are for the thrill in the end chapters.
Warning for those who are going to read the book :
- Don't read the description at the back. That's enough to spoil all your fun. Just know that Jenny MacPartland is the female protagonist who lives in New York and has two little girls Beth and Tina. She is a divorcee. Her ex-husband is Kevin MacPartland, a struggling actor who owes a lot of money to jenny and hardly supports her in raising the children. That's all you need to know. Now please don't read the back cover description.You'll spoil your fun.
-Also know that there is another main character Erich Kreuger. Nothing more please.
-Read the prologue. It is very integral to enjoy the book later.
-You need a lot of patience while reading the book. So just wait. The fun part is coming.
- If this is your first Mary Higgins Clark book then please read another Mary Higgins Clark book before you read this one so that you don't have a bad impression of her.
P.S. this book doesn't make Mary Higgins Clark bad. She is an awesome writer as far as i have read her books and this book clearly seems like a mistake and don't we all make mistakes.
What we learn from this book-
For readers:
-Don't trust anyone blindly. Blind trust leads to unbearable situations.
-Always make yourself your first priority. Don't blindly dedicate yourself to anyone except God.
-Through every bad time there is a peaceful ending.
-isolation is the worst enemy of man
-Friends are very important.
-Learn to stand-up for yourself.
-Never marry an extra possessive man. Please. It can be terrible. Extremely terrible.
- Have the power to judge who is right and who is wrong.
For writers (what readers expect):
-No nonsense (obviously!)
-To much of complicated descriptions are really not required. This just confuses the readers.
-Avoid abrupt endings to a certain scene
-Write words which the reader can absorb and which makes reading really fun. The reader should be eager and not forced to turn the page (i hope you get it!)
-Before beginning something know if you will be able to end it properly.
That's all. I wish Mary Higgins Clark best for the future.
