Homecoming

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: I wish I had read the reviews before buying this at the book store. After reading the Evergreen saga from Evergreen to Harvest, this book was very disappointing.. It lacked the depth of plot and characters I was expecting after reading the others. The excerpt of Legacy of Silence at the end was better than the whole Homecoming book. Don't waste money on this one. Rent it from the library for a weekend read. I am waiting for my copy of Legacy of Silence to arrive. I'll let you know how it compares.

Rating:
Summary: Good book, but not good enough!
Review: I've read many of Plain's works, but I just found this one to be not well developed. Of course an incident always brings people together. That's just par for the course. This book read like one of Danielle Steels newer ones (The ones that have fallen in quality). You're better off reading another Plain book.

Rating:
Summary: Is this the same author?
Review: Is this the same author who wrote the literary gem "Evergreen"? If I hadn't seen Belva Plain's name on the cover flap, then I wouldn't have believed that such an established author could produce such a trite, unimaginative, immature piece. Dare I call it literature? Quality is so much more important than quantity and I would suggest that instead of producing the "annual-quota" of fiction, Ms. Plain hibernate with her thoughts so as to present a better story line. This was truly disappointing.

Rating:
Summary: Is this the same author?
Review: Is this the same author who wrote the literary gem "Evergreen"? If I wouldn't have seen Belva Plain's name on the cover flap, then I wouldn't have believed that the such an established author could produce such a trite, unimaginative, immature piece. Dare I call it literature. Quality is so much more important than quantity and I would suggest that instead of producing the "annual-quota" of fiction, Ms. Plain hibernate with her thoughts so as to present a better storyline. This was truly disappointing.

Rating:
Summary: Not the Belva Plain I'm Used To!
Review: There is something this story is missing. Everyone in 85 year old Annette Byrne's family is at war with each other. She wants to gather her family together at home and have them all make peace even knowing the strong bitterness between them. Annette does just that, and they all have a big fight with one another until an incident happens to bring them together while meeting at Annette's home.
I don't know-this story lacked something though. I think it was that she didn't develop the characters enough for the plot which was shallow somehow. I see where more could have been developed and elaborated on before the run-in with each other at the meeting took place.

Belva Plain usually writes with more depth than this with each one of her characters in the past books I read of hers. This just wasn't really developed quite enough.

Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Wonderful
Review: This was the first Belva Plain book I read and it was great. I loved the the entire plot. It was very true to life. All of the women in this book are very strong and to be admired. Annette was a very lovable character who brought her children together in a kind of sneaky way but for all the right reasons. I admired the daughter, Cynthia for the way she carried on after all of the tragedies in her life. This was a wonderful book and I would reccomend it to anyone as well of any of her other books.