Master of the Game

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Summary: The best book I have ever read.
Review: I couldn't even put the book down. I have never finished reading a book, and felt the way I felt after reading Master of the Game.

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Summary: Interested in the movie
Review: I read the book years ago when I was about 13 years old. I am 28 now. I loved it. I read it because I saw the mini-series on TV and loved the mini-series too! I would like it if someone could tell me where I can get the video of the movie!

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Exciting I could not put it down. I loved the ending.

Could somebody please tell me where I could purchase the movie.My husband and I seen it on t.v. years ago and would love to see it again.

Thanks. Diane

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Summary: His most exciting and outstanding book
Review: This book kept my attention from the first page to the last. I feel there was a lot of imagination and a very good story line that keeps you captivated. I have recommended this book to many people who agree that this is one of, if not the best book they have read.

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Summary: the best
Review: it is my all-time favorite and sheldon's best. it was the first sheldon book i've read and after master of the game i can't stop reading until i've finished every one of his books. i've read them all and master of the game is still the master of it all. (tell me your dreams is rather disappointing)

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Summary: This the best book that I have read in my life...
Review: Master of the Game.This book is the best

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Summary: Pure brain candy: Loads of fun, but short on substance
Review: This is the first Sydney Sheldon novel I've read. You don't often find stories this enticing. I was hooked from the first page, a vivid scene of the 90-year old heroine surveying her life, her family, and ghosts of old mistakes come back to haunt her. Despite its hefty length, this book kept me coming back for more, daydreaming at work about what would happen next, and staying up late at night to get to the next chapter. I read it in just a few days even though with my schedule it usually takes me at least a week to finish a book.

However, despite the story's addictive sway, Sheldon's writing style did not meet my expectations. After reading all the glowing reviews at Amazon.com, I expected this to be a terrific epic that would leave me awed and inspired, something in the vein of Gone With the Wind or Lonesome Dove. Instead, "Master of the Game" is more akin to John Jake's "North and South" -- yes, it is a multigenerational saga full of adventure, betrayal, and suspense, but it resembles a television screenplay more than a novel. The author moves from scene to scene, from tragedies to triumphs and back again, at a breakneck pace with only the barest attention paid to character development and plausibility. While I enjoyed the twists and turns of the story, it started to seem a bit melodramatic and predictable. You didn't have to be a brain surgeon to realize that [spoiler alert!] Salomon van der Mewre was going to cheat Jamie McGregor out of the money. Or that Tony would fall in love with Marianne rather than Lucy - and that it was Kate's plan all along. [end spoiler].

This book is pure brain candy, all fun with no substance. Similar to a night-time TV soap like Dallas -- you can predict what is going to happen, you know it is wildly improbable, but yet it has just the right mixture of intelligence, ruthlessness, and intrigue to keep you coming back.

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Summary: sheldon's best work so far
Review: This is by far sheldon's best work...the story starts off with a boy from ireland who goes to africa looking for diamonds and ends in NY with an established buisness house...very well written....i read the book around 5 times...definitely a must for sheldon fans and highly recommended for others....as i said before it is the best of his works till now....no other book written by him actually comes even close to this one

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Summary: A page turner
Review: In this book there is a business woman that owns a diamond mining company. She's very controlling of her business and family. Axcepts nothing but her demands on them. A very excellent book. Adults or mature teenagers only must read this book.

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Summary: Miners dream come true
Review: It's a book about how a man going to South Africa to look for gold during the gold rush times got conned, near death and got rich. Good introduction and a heck of a good ending!