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Summary: Sudden Change of Heart
Review: I have just finished reading this book and throughly enjoyed it, it is not often that I am reduced to tears by a book but this one did. It has a interesting storyline and is an easy book to read.
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Summary: Please stop publishing this garbage!
Review: I keep borrowing BTB books from the library (won't pay for this) hoping she'll get better - and she only gets worse! This story has holes you could drive a truck through. The characters are flat, the action non-existent. It's bad! BAD! BAD!
Spoiler warning - two quick examples. The entire story is based on two children ages 5 and 10, being best friends. Ain't goona happen. And, in one crucial scene, two dying women are found shot on the floor, and their rescuer(?) calls an ambulance, then makes a pot of tea and sits there for 30 minutes. Does anyone in her world know first aid?!
Do not buy this book. Do not read it.
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Summary: Certainly not Bradford at her best ...
Review: I wondered as I read this if Ms. Bradford had written this novel much earlier on, and was able to publish it now after she has reached success with other books. This one is so shallow, so jerky, and so filled with characters who are so wooden that I can't believe Ms. Bradford, who is ordinarily a talented writer of engrossing women's contemporary novels, actually wrote this. What happened?
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Summary: Just not believable!
Review: I've enjoyed Barbara Taylor Bradford's work in the past, A Sudden Change of Heart does not live up to Barbara's reputation. The characters are very weak, and not convincing. She spent way to much time elaborating on things that really didn't enrich the story. Although she did delve into a lot of controversial topics, the characters just didn't carry the story well. The ending was so far fetched, I couldn't even talk myself into believing it. The story reads like a really bad Danielle Stelle novel, I was not impressed.
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Summary: Made me Cry
Review: I've read most of BTB's books. When I'm done with them, I donate them or sell them. But to me "A Sudden Change of Heart" was one of her best and I'm keeping it.Even though I agree with some of the other readers, that the "language" the characters spoke was a bit antiquated and formal, I really enjoyed the book. I was at a doctor's appointment today, and I started to tear while I was reading what happened to Claire. I had to stop for awhile. The friendship between Laura and Claire is very much alike to my best friend and me. We've known each other since we're 5 & 6 - and we'll be celebrating our 30th anniversary next year - so this kind of friendship does exist. Don't be afraid to buy this book. Try it, you may like it!
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Summary: Made me Cry
Review: I've read most of BTB's books. When I'm done with them, I donate them or sell them. But to me "A Sudden Change of Heart" was one of her best and I'm keeping it. Even though I agree with some of the other readers, that the "language" the characters spoke was a bit antiquated and formal, I really enjoyed the book. I was at a doctor's appointment today, and I started to tear while I was reading what happened to Claire. I had to stop for awhile. The friendship between Laura and Claire is very much alike to my best friend and me. We've known each other since we're 5 & 6 - and we'll be celebrating our 30th anniversary next year - so this kind of friendship does exist. Don't be afraid to buy this book. Try it, you may like it!
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Summary: Made me Cry
Review: I've read most of BTB's books. When I'm done with them, I donate them or sell them. But to me "A Sudden Change of Heart" was one of her best and I'm keeping it. Even though I agree with some of the other readers, that the "language" the characters spoke was a bit antiquated and formal, I really enjoyed the book. I was at a doctor's appointment today, and I started to tear while I was reading what happened to Claire. I had to stop for awhile. The friendship between Laura and Claire is very much alike to my best friend and me. We've known each other since we're 5 & 6 - and we'll be celebrating our 30th anniversary next year - so this kind of friendship does exist. Don't be afraid to buy this book. Try it, you may like it!
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Summary: BARBARA AT HER BEST!!!
Review: Imagine a book that you just can't stop reading.Did it? If the book is not A SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART, you are wrong! I'm quite sure it's Barbara's at her best! She never wrote such a book before! I just hope that she'll keep that good work coming. The more she can, because this is the kind of book it's worth reading. You just can't put it down! Barbara Taylor Bradford is a
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Summary: Don't bother with this one.
Review: Is someone ghost-writing BTB's books now? Or did someone ghost-write "A Woman of Substance"? Almost every book after her 1st have been poorly (swiftly?) written. In this one, she brings lots of today's current issues to the fore, without much detail of any of them; e.g., breast cancer, ebola virus, incest, spousal & child abuse, Nazi-looted art work, bisexuality. Gee, what did she miss? Maybe only the Bill & Monica story! Her dialogue was unnatural (no one speaks like that!), her characters underdeveloped, & a too fairy tale-like ending. I should have known she was going downhill when I couldn't finish even a 1/4 of "Angel" & wondered if the same author had written "Everything to Gain" as "Woman of Substance". I stopped reading her after that one & should have stayed stopped!
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Summary: A Sudden Change of Heart
Review: It is sad when an author gets a multi-million dollar book contract, and manages to create a book that obviously written to meet a deadline. There are a few tricks to make a short story into a novel and it is very apparent that the author needed to use most of them. How many time's do the characters 1st & last names need to appear? If this were a Mario Puzo novel it would be acceptable, but there are only a few characters in this book. Also, do we really need the characters history repeated everytime we are reintroduced to that said character. This is a really poorly written book and I am really sorry I ever wasted my time reading it. You would be better off picking up Danielle Steele's lastest.
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