You Belong to Me
The suspense novel, You Belong to Me, by Mary Higgins Clark, begins by easily catching my interest as it automatically discusses its first conflict. It's setting falls in October in the very busy city of New York. The protagonist, Dr. Susan Chandler, is a young clinical psychologist who hosts a radio talk show. The conflict starts on a Monday when Dr. Chandler discusses on her show about lonely women who disappear and who are later discovered dead. Dr. Chandler brings up one specific case of a lady named Regina Clausen. Another lady calls in the show and says she might have some information that might be useful to the case, but she wants to remain anonymous. Dr. Chandler tries to arrange a meeting with her, but the anonymous woman is a little hesitant in agreeing to the arrangement. Not even a few hours later, the woman is shoved into a bus and is seriously injured. The only witness that saw her get pushed is mysteriously murdered the next day. Dr. Chandler starts following the case, but every time she goes to talk to someone that might be able to give her some information, they are already dead. This beginning conflict filled with mystery and suspense lures me to keep reading and I re
Just in this one quote, it shows how Mary Higgins Clark uses vivid wording, such as details and similes and metaphors, to let the reader picture the whole scenario as if they were watching a movie. Also, another part that I found to be confusing was at the last few lines of the book: "They looked at each other for a moment, then Susan smiled at him, and he put his arm around her. It seemed to both of them that it was the natural thing for him to do." I know that the last few lines in every book are one of the most significant in the book, but I just didn't understand the significance of the lines at the end of this book. I must've forgot or overlooked a key point in the novel that tied to these last few lines that would've explained the significance.
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Approximate Word count = 2087
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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