Divine Evil

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Summary: Disturbingly evil!
Review: First of all I want to warn people who have not read DIVINE EVIL to seriously reconsider about reading this. DIVINE EVIL is not your average horror or mystery. It is full of controversies and blasphemies. There's such things as satanism, murder and rape. Although the last two conditions are sort of expected, the way Nora Roberts play this out is very scary.

DIVINE EVIL isn't one of those happily ever after type books so if you guys do plan to read this book, beware. The author leaves you hanging and after I just finished this book, I was just surprised because usually Roberts give you a sense of peace and closure but the author doesn't give you this in DIVINE EVIL.

I had a hard time reading this book because the scenes were really violent and chilling but it was also very interesting. I wanted to find out how it ends and how the author would end it because this is a very deep issue in society. But the author doesn't really end it in a satisfying way. Besides the closure, the plot and scense were explained graphically and vividly. So much that you can just play it in your head.

But I think people who have a faint heart should not read this book because the book is just really evil.

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Summary: Disappointed in this graphic portrayal of satanism
Review: I am a huge Nora Roberts fan and eagerly await each of her books. However, I was extremely disappointed in this book. The love story was secondary to the primary focus on death, graphic violence, senseless murders, and satanic ritual. The characters of Clare and Cam were never fully developed. The purpose of the Ernie character was predictable from the very beginning.

I much prefer Nora's "lighter" treatments of witchcraft, as depicted in the Three Sisters Trilogoy. Even the sometimes too realistic Eve Dallas stories pale in comparison to this book. A true disappointment.

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Summary: A mean book
Review: I once would have said I love all of Nora Roberts' books. I can't say that now. This book was schizophrenic, in that, when it wasn't being violently mean it was being "stupid-heroine-keeps-running-into-places-she-shouldn't." The only excuse I can see for the lack of quality in this book is that it wasn't written 13 years ago. Maybe Roberts was still feeling her way into the romantic suspence genre. But no way, did Divine Evil deserve to be reissued in hardback. Publishers want big bucks though, so they'll dig up anything by a famous author to make more money. The rituals of a Satanic cult which lie at the heart of evil in this book are portrayed over and over and over again with mindless, bloody violence. It was stomach-turning and the only reason I kept reading was I was hoping that the relationship between the hero and heroine would make up for it. I was disappointed. Clare is one of those women who thinks she always knows best, who is so independent and blind to the fact that others might know more than she does, that she refuses to accept the truth about what's going on around her, hides what she does know about the crimes, and blithely goes off on a crusade to save people from themselves. She ends up in a nightmare, and I began to feel she deserved it. Her sheriff lover is going to have deal with her stupidity for years. I'm sorry for him. I won't tell you not to read this book. Afterall it did have some good characters and Roberts writes well even when she's writing trashy. So go ahead, but don't blame me if on balance you end up with a bad taste in your mouth.

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Summary: Really loved it
Review: I thought the book was pretty good, but there was so many holes that you kinda wanted to go to the end and re-write it yourself. I HATED the ending. Not typical Nora Roberts.

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Summary: Watch Out! Reissue of an old book
Review: Just a warning on purchasing this book in hardcover-- Though the information on the Amazon website states the book was published August 3, 2004, this is an old book-- it was published in paperback in 1992. Looks like an effort to shake out a few dollars by the publisher-- or perhaps the author?-- by releasing the old book in hardback, and hoping people will purchase it, thinking it's new.

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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Nora Roberts is a truly gifted writer. What I love about her stories is that they stay so fresh in my mind, even after having read some of them several years ago. I can only pray that I'll be able to forget this one. Unfortunately her gift of description was used to describe in great detail pure evil, Satanism, rituals and enough perversity to give me a nervous stomach to contend with. I have read more Romantic Suspense than I can count, but this book in no way falls under that category in my opinion! It should be in the Occult section. I can't even recommend reading it for the love story because it's so lacking. I would say about ten percent of this book dealt with a great couple that I would have liked to read more about. The last conversation between the hero and the heroin leaves you hanging abominably. And the "twist" at the end was terrible, and ridiculously unbelievable. I can't even believe that I'm saying this about a Roberts book, but I strongly advise skipping this one. It's not worth the sick feeling that I hope soon fades.

For great Romantic Suspense I recommend every other Nora Roberts, Susan Anderson, Cherry Adair, Lauren Bach, Jane Graves, Linda Howard, and "To Trust a Stranger" by Karen Robards.

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Summary: It's not bad at all
Review: This book was good....I mean it is a 5 because it's well written and it hold attention...it's not a WOW CANT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN kinda book but it was like: Hmmm wow this is weird let me read to see whta will happen after...ok Im done....that's what it was like. The scenes with the Satanic cult are like any other gruesome scenes in one of her books which adds to the mystery. It's not a big deal like some of the other reviewers said...I think it's a good book. I definetly dont think it's a 3 1\2....Not less than a 4

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Summary: I really liked this book!
Review: This is one of the few "romance" type books I have read. I really enjoyed it, it kept me interested throughout the story. The characters were pretty likable, but I would have enjoyed more development in that area. The ending was a COMPLETE SURPRISE!! I did not see it coming! I have purchased Montana Sky and Sanctuary for future reading. Being from Maryland, I had heard about Nora Roberts, but had never read her. I think I was missing something, to be honest. I recommend this to anyone wanting a diversion, a little bit scary, with some romantic suspense. A winner! I also recommend the wonderful Barbara Michaels, and Kay Hooper.

Kathleen

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Summary: Really loved it
Review: This is the ONLY book, to date, that I started to re-read the SECOND I closed the back cover. I really enjoyed it. It was different than anything I'd ever read.