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Summary: Incredibly Bad
Review: I have read more books written by DS than by any other author. Steel's writings have never failed to be entertaining, challenging, never failed to touch me emotionally, nor test my intelligence, until now. I agree with those who have stated they felt the book was written on a 5th grade level. The writing was way too simple for adult readers. DS did not put herself into this book. She had an ulterior motive for writing this selection.
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Summary: Only good if you can't find ANY other books to read!
Review: This book was written in an extremely simplistic manner, almost to the point of the sentences seeming choppy.The book appears to be written for someone on a fifth grade reading level and is about as interesting. The whole story is very unrealistic, too "perfect," and wholly implausible. I agree with the other reviewers who said the story lacked depth in both plot and character. I very rarely read Danielle Steele (in my opinion, D.S. is to writing as stick figures are to great art), and after this one I have no desire to read any more. Is this woman really a best-selling author????? Yikes! Who is doing all the reading out there???
Rating: 
Summary: Great Book
Review: Everyone is writing how terrible this book is and I thought it was great! Yes, at times it was a bit repetitive. If you have ever lost some one so close and never got to say good-bye, you can definetly relate to this book!
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Summary: Is Danielle Steel really this bad a writer?
Review: This is literally one of the most poorly written books I have ever read, which came as somewhat of a shock as it is Steel's 58th bestseller. The story lacks depth and complexity, the characters lack development, the writing is repetitive, and everything is generally one-dimensional. Did she hire an intern to compose this book for her??
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Summary: What a DUMB Story
Review: This book was so bad that if I could have given it ZERO stars I would have. What a totally ridiculous story. The boy in the book is just WAY too perfect - from his perfect behavior, the fact that he's a perfect student, boy friend, son, brother all the way to the perfect relationship he had with his mother. The story is not in the least bit interesting and the ending was just WAY too predictable. Don't even bother picking this one up. It was a total waste of time.
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Summary: Horrible.
Review: This is the most horrible book I have ever read! Danielle Steel is getting worse and worse with her writing. She repeats herself over and over again. What she writes in over 200 pages could be written in about 30 by someone else. What an elementary level book!! Read something by Lisa Jackson if you want to read something decent.
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Summary: Simple as it can be
Review: I am an avid Danielle Steel reader but this one is not one of her best. The concept was a good one but it was written in such simple language. The characters could have had a bit more depth. Maybe next time...I know she is capable for much better writing!!
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Summary: Miracles Really Do Happen
Review: In Danielle Steel's latest novel, number 58, she tells the story of a 17 year old boy who seems to have it all: a girlfriend he loves very deeply, a scholarship to a college, a family that loves him, and people who look up to him. Then hell breaks loose on prom night. Johnny and and his girlfriend, Becky, are involved in a traffic accident while on their way home from the prom. Riding in the car with Becky and Johnny is another couple. When the accident happened, the car got pinned between a big truck and a highway divider. at first, everything seems ok, but as we find out, things are not what they seem. The couple in the back seat are more stunned and shaken than anything, Becky has a gash on her cheek, and Johnny is dead behind the wheel with a broken neck. Things are going as smoothly as possible after a traffic accident occurs until Becky turns and sees the paramedics putting Johnny's body in the ambulance. She then goes into hysterics and has to be dragged away from the scene of the wreck. For months, all the people who Johnny was close two are inconsoloable, especially his mother and Becky. However, his mother gets sick one night and has to go to the hospital for a short stay. While there, she recieves a vision of Johnny and that the two of them are having a conversation. Thinking that it is all a dream, his mother does not want to wake up. However, he makes her and then she sees Johnny standing in her hospital room. At first she thinks it is the drugs the doctor gave her, but she is later convinced, by Johnny himself, that he is back because he has some work that he needs to finish. By the end of the book, Johnny has gotten quite a few miracles to happen, and everything turns out for the best.
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Summary: Fabulous....And totally different...very moving!
Review: For once a book that has no sex. This is a fabulous novel. I opened it and never put it down. Three hours later, I put the completed book down. It kept my interest the whole way through and was totally moving. I cried and laughed and cried some more. All the past novels of Danielle Steel's that I have read, I loved, but all were romance novels and ended up being sexual. This one was totally different it was a drama. This would make a fabulous movie!
Rating: 
Summary: So Good
Review: The only other Danielle Steel book I've read was Sunset In St. Tropez, which I didn't fully enjoy. But this book...I loved. It was very touching and even if you've never dealt with a loss, you still felt like you could relate with the characters. I didn't give it a 5 because I'm very picky about my books.
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