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Summary: If you loved Dallas
Review: Sidney Sheldon brought you Gilligan's Island. He brought you I Dream of Jeannie. And he brought you the Master of the Game.
Is this some parlor tricks, some scientific solution, or some Kentucky windage? Remind me not to think too hard about it.
It's like that book "To Serve Man" on Twilight Zone. Hmmm... This novel reads like a TV script without as much dialogue. The plot is everything. Characters are extremely stereotyped. And I'm not trying to knock Sheldon, because this is his conscious style. In TMOTG, when a guy is a tough hero, he is a tough hero. When he is a sodomite Greek playboy, that's all he is. The essence of the novel is extremes. The McGregors are one-noters. The founder of the dynasty is one tough and lucky and smart mule. He steals his initial fortune, then just happens to be the smartest businessman in the country, and multiplies it. However, he is the stupidest lover on earth. He has a woman who can give him everything, and he ignores her while going awhorin' nightly. Except when he gets drunk, gets her preggers, and then obsesses for ownership of the progeny, who turn out to be one-noters too. Always the head of the class, always getting straight As, they are either cut out to take over the business empire, or determined to never touch it. After all, they have some other precious talent, art or music, that can't be buried. What a gene pool Jamie MacGregor must have come from. Really, this gets kind of boring, and I'm glad the novel ended after only 495 pages. It was just launching a new one-noter into the plot, and I didn't feel like sticking around. But Sheldon was merciful, and he ended it. His convenient glossing and whitewashing of the terrible white racism of South Africa beats the ease with which the Dallas writers dispensed with it. Of course, everybody is racist except our "good guys". And even though they are fabulously rich, they are not rich enough to stop their fellow countrymen from running over the "lower races" - but be sure they will try to help one or two who have been personal friends in times past. "Some of my best friends are colored" - one line I would have cringed to see in print, was not here - thanks SS. This is a LCD book - it sells to the lowest common denominator of IQ. I give it 3 stars only because it's good at this. It aims low and succeeds.
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Summary: book review
Review: This book was about Kate Blackwell's family story. It starts present-day, with Kate thinking back to her father, how he started everything. The story then takes you back to the 1880s, Jamie McGregor's time (Kate's father) His ambitious nature takes him across half the world, from Scotland to Africa, in hope of finding diamonds. He sets out on the dangerous journey, with very little money, and a lot of hope. He gets there, and goes through a lot, but one day, he suddenly finds a bunch of huge diamonds, but gets cheated out of his share, because he made an unfair deal with a dishonest partner. His "partner" also beats him nearly to death and he swears revenge when he finally recovers. He makes his "partner" 's daughter (Margaret) fall in love with him, impregnates her, then lets her have all the humiliation by dumping her off. But when Margaret shows up one day on his doorstep, with his new son, he soon falls in love with his son, and agrees to marry her. A couple years later, he also fathers a daughter (Kate). But then his son gets killed, and he goes into depression, and dies. Kate's mom raises her, and Kate falls in love with a man named David Blackwell. They get married, and have a son named Tony, but then David dies in a war, and Kate continues to build the empire started by her father. Tony grows up and wants to become a painter, but Kate has other plans for him. She needs an heir to her empire, and so through manipulation and deceit, she leads Tony into thinking he has no talent whatsoever. Tony is crushed by this, and goes to work for the company. He gets married, and has twin daughters, but his wife dies, and his grief over his dead wife causes him to go crazy. His two daughters, Eve and Alex, grow up to be gorgeous young ladies; but while Alex is pure and kind, Eve is deceitful and manipulative. Kate at first sets her mind on letting Eve take over the whole business, but then finds that Eve is too evil for her own good, and tries to disinherit her. Eve is outraged, so she plans the murder of her sister and grandmother, so she can have everything for herself. But the murder ends up unsuccessful, and the story goes back to Kate, looking at all these events, at 91 years old. The only hope she has now, is on little Robert, Alex's child. She refuses to give up until she finds an heir to control the whole company. This book was so good, that I finished it in one day. It's full of action, and it's never boring. You wont be able to put it down till you're finished with it.
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Summary: reviewer from india
Review: I've read this book 3-4 times &each time it has captured my interest.It was as though I was reliving the experiences of Jamie.Kate's charater inspired me a lot as a woman.Her very presence brought thrill & anxiety in my mind.I've read all of Sidney's novels.I look forward to reading more.
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Summary: Sheldon is the Master of the Game!
Review: Please buy this book, you will not be disappointed! The story line is almost human! Hold on to something when you start reading because the plot twists and turns will throw you for a loop. You will be taken from the heart of South Africa to the USA on a 100 yr trip.
Sheldon knows how to wrap his readers into an all night reading frenzy. After you devour this one try MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT and THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT(10 stars each). The MIDNIGHT Novels are his finest work.
Keep it up Sidney, We need you.
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Summary: Perfect Vacation Book
Review: Very Fun book. It would be a perfect read while sitting next to the pool. Interesting characters and unexpected plot twists make The Master of the Game a winner.
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Summary: couldnt put it down
Review: this is the first sheldon book i've read; i like cuessler and ludlum - with lots of action. i found this one interesting and gripping from the beginning. i'm happy i found a new author to read.
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Summary: Once again Sidney Sheldon has a best seller!
Review: Who is Kate Blackwell? The symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world renowned. Who is Kate Blackwell? A survivor, indomitable as her father, the man who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the bleak South African earth. Now, celebrating her ninetieth birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil-her winnings in life. Is she the Master of the Game? from the back of the book
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Summary: Master Storyteller
Review: I have to say that this is the best book I've read yet. This book has so many twists and turns and just keeps you wanting to read more. I love Sheldon's style of writing, cause I never get bored, EVER!!!! Sheldon's writing is unlike other authors, cause the one thing that Sheldon is able to do is keep the reader constantly interested in the book. There wasn't a moment in this book and his others that I got bored, felt was dull, or wanted to skip. What I'm saying isn't an exaggeration either. If you read this book and Sheldon's others, then you'll find out for yourself the truth.
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Summary: THE MASTER OF BOOKS
Review: GREAT , INCREDIBLE. THE FIRST TIME I READ THE BOOK WAS WHEN I HAD 13 YEARS, AND BELIEVE ITS THE GREATEST BOOK I EVER READ. ITS ABOUT A POOR BOY , JAMIE McGREGOR THAT GOES TO SOUTH AFRICA TO FIND DIAMONDS, AND FINALLY HE BECAME VERY REACH, HAD TWO KIDS BUT THE OLDER DIED, KATE THE DAUGHTER CONTINUES THE COMPANY GOT MARRIED, ETC. HAD A CHILD, AND HE HAD TWINS, THE BEST PART, IT SHOKS YOU THE WAY EVE (THE OLDER TWIN) HATES HER SISTER AND TRY TO KILL HER IN SEVERAL TIMES THE ENDING ITS AMAZING AND THE MISTERY OF GEORGE MELLIS'S MURDER WILL KEEP YOU IN SUSPENSE. READ , IREALLY RECOMEND IT TO YOU, IM 15 AND I'VE ALREADY READ IT 5 TIMES.
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Summary: Best book I ever read!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is the first book I read by Sidney Sheldon and I must say it is the best book I ever read. I was unable to put it down once I started to read. I suggest you set some time aside once you start this book. You will be unable to think anything else except, "What is going to happen next"? Sidney Sheldon is a masterful storyteller.
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