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Summary: Dull
Review: I am by no means addicted to Romance novels, but having been given this book during a short vacation visit to my aunt's, I decided to give the very famous Steele a chance.What struck me first is the prose-- it's by no means bad, but neither it is very good, though, I must note, it gets better into the book. But flowery, exaggerated, or downright laughable phrases like "she had legs so long that they seemed to reach her armpits" stuck to my mind for sheer awfulness. The plot includes a villain that, though not exactly a stereotype, is in some ways completely unbelievable. I just had a hard time believing that Adrian's husband was capable of abandoning his wife of so many years and unborn baby without looking back. If it had been a casual romance-- all right. But abandoning a woman he loves-- I realize that this IS a romance novel, but still. I was almost wishing for some great and sensational secret behind his decision to enliven the plot a little. Bill Thingpen, the protagnoist, is engaging enough, but Adrian has almost nothing in her to interest the reader. The plot, too, is dull. I thought that romance novels are full of sensational events, as they must be. But this one was almost too "life like" to be interesting. In summary, this novel fails on both counts. As a romance, it's not particularly exciting. As a realistic novel, the existence of an implausible villain makes it not realistic enough. It tries to go both ways, and fails on both counts. I found myself skimming some parts out of sheer boredom. I give this novel 2 stars instead of 1 only because it wasn't precisely horrible... I've read some romance novels that were much worse. Not bad, but not recommended.
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Summary: This book was delicious!
Review: I couldnt stop reading it, and i found myself staying up way later than i should have just trying ot get through the next couple of pages... Bill Thigpen was married to his work and didnt realize that his marrige was falling apart until it was too late, his then wife, Leslie, left him, taking their two young boys, Adam and Tommy, while Bill moved to California to persue his career. Meanwhile, Adrian Townsend is married to this creep named Steven, and Steven had a horrible upbringing, and he never wanted to have kids. So when adrian finds out that she is pregnant, he tells her to have an Abortion, or he will leave her. She finds that she cannot abort this baby, and Steven says that she betrayed him by getting pregnant. (it was his fault too..i hated him!) So Adrian is left on her own with this unborn baby, when she meets Bill. They kept running into eachother, and started a friendship. This book was so very good, and it goes through all the triles and tribulations. I loved it and I think you will too!
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Summary: If you pick it up...
Review: If you pick it up, be prepared to not be able to put it down!
Save it for a long weekend or something. This is such a fun story. All of DS books are such "easy" reads. She doesn't waste our time or her energy on unnecessary details or a huge vocabulary use. Don't get me wrong, I have a huge vocab,and read ALOT, but it's always nice to read a story where you can easily understand what is going on, by only reading through the sentence once.
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Summary: Lightweight Steel
Review: ok, i admit, this isn't the best book ever written, but so what? have any of you ever tried to write and publish a book. i thought that this was a pretty good book and people who are not critical about absolutely everything they see and read should try it out. i'm only 12 and i did!
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Summary: Not My Favorite
Review: Overall I guess this was a good book, but compared to the other Danielle Steel books I have read, Lightning and Mixed Blessings, it doesnt measure up. I liked those far more. For the first 200 pages I didnt think anything really happened and I had to fight to keep reading. I also kept expecting Adrian to get back together with Steven since the character in Lightning reunited as did Diana in Mixed Blessings. I would have liked to hear more about Bill and Adrians life after the birth of the baby as opposed to all of the tedious events that led to them meeting. As mentioned before, I did like it and 2 stars is deceiving. It was a great book, but not near as great as what Steel is capable of.
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Summary: dry in the middle
Review: the book started out pretty good and the ending was sweet but in the middle, it dragged on too long. the book is Ok.
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Summary: Dull Until the End
Review: This book started out good and had a wonderful ending. But,everything in between was dull. I don't understand how Bill neglected his first wife and his children by not spending enough time with them and then, be such a caring and devoted supporter for Adrian. Why wasn't he as committed to his orginial family as he was his second family? Next, Adrian nearly drove me crazy by being so secretive to keep from having confrontations with different characters in the story. She was going to have to tell Bill she was pregnant sooner or later so why let their relationship grow knowing it may end? It did not make sense for her not to tell her mother about the baby sooner. She should have told those whom she worked with that Steven had left her. As it was, her co-workers thought she was having an affair. Did she not tell the co-workers she was pregnant because she thought they would never know? She took the "road of least resistance" too many times to suit me. There are many other questions I had while reading the book but you can read it for yourself. Many have loved the book.
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Summary: Pretty good read
Review: This was the first book by Steele I have read, and , well, reading this one didn't make me want to jump up and buy any more of her works. Don't get me wrong-- the book isn't bad by any means. I just found it rather sappy. I couldn't make myself like the main character too much, either; she seemed like one of those whiny, moronic women who call Dr. Laura for advice. Bill Thigpen, however, was a nice character, and the jerk Steven made a nice "villain." A fast, easy read-- you don't need to pay much attention to detail. I would recommend this to someone who likes romance, but otherwise I would avoid this title.
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