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Summary: A wonderful escape
Review: "True Blue" is a wonderful reading experience with an escape to a beautiful seaside. Luanne Rice has captured the look and feel of a small New England town where everyone cares about everyone else. This is a heartwarming story of two sisters and the boy next door. Rumer was younger and more content than her older sister Elizabeth was. Elizabeth was determined to leave the town as soon as she was old enough. Zeb, the boy next door, and Rumer were the same age and inseparable best friends. At five, they decided that Rumer "ruled the earth" because of her love of animals and Zeb "ruled the sky" because he loved the stars. As Rumer and Zeb grew up their feelings grew to more than that of friends. It was awkward turning the friendship into something more but they were working on it. Rumer went away to college to become a vet and Zeb was at another college striving to become an astronaut. The distance was rough on them as they had never spent that much time apart and Elizabeth didn't help. Elizabeth had set her sites on Zeb and was pursuing her acting career as heartily as she was Zeb. Later Elizabeth and Zeb were married and had a son, Michael. Rumer's strength and determination are inspiring and her ability to forgive was hard to fathom. Her personality was lovable and her determination was admirable. Rumer never left Hubbard's Point and her love of family, animals, and the boy next door never waivered. I would love to move to Hubbard's Point, go lobstering with Quinn, another of Rice's enchanting characters and have my pets taken care of by Dr. Rumer. I would like to see a sequel to "True Blue". I'd love to read a sequel and continue Rumer and Zeb's story, along with finding out what happens with Quinn and Michael. Ms. Rice has created such loveable characters that I have grown attached to them. Go after your dreams but never lose sight of what is right in front of you. For a wonderful escape, pick up Luanne Rice's, "True Blue". Prequel: "Safe Harbor"
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Summary: A wonderful escape
Review: "True Blue" is a wonderful reading experience with an escape to a beautiful seaside. Luanne Rice has captured the look and feel of a small New England town where everyone cares about everyone else. This is a heartwarming story of two sisters and the boy next door. Rumer was younger and more content than her older sister Elizabeth was. Elizabeth was determined to leave the town as soon as she was old enough. Zeb, the boy next door, and Rumer were the same age and inseparable best friends. At five, they decided that Rumer "ruled the earth" because of her love of animals and Zeb "ruled the sky" because he loved the stars. As Rumer and Zeb grew up their feelings grew to more than that of friends. It was awkward turning the friendship into something more but they were working on it. Rumer went away to college to become a vet and Zeb was at another college striving to become an astronaut. The distance was rough on them as they had never spent that much time apart and Elizabeth didn't help. Elizabeth had set her sites on Zeb and was pursuing her acting career as heartily as she was Zeb. Later Elizabeth and Zeb were married and had a son, Michael. Rumer's strength and determination are inspiring and her ability to forgive was hard to fathom. Her personality was lovable and her determination was admirable. Rumer never left Hubbard's Point and her love of family, animals, and the boy next door never waivered. I would love to move to Hubbard's Point, go lobstering with Quinn, another of Rice's enchanting characters and have my pets taken care of by Dr. Rumer. I would like to see a sequel to "True Blue". I'd love to read a sequel and continue Rumer and Zeb's story, along with finding out what happens with Quinn and Michael. Ms. Rice has created such loveable characters that I have grown attached to them. Go after your dreams but never lose sight of what is right in front of you. For a wonderful escape, pick up Luanne Rice's, "True Blue". Prequel: "Safe Harbor"
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Summary: Original Tale of the enduring power of first loves
Review: At first glance this tale looks like another true love lost and found story. Not so. Rice has re-created a scene of emotions, nostalgia, regret, and remembrance that is original, touching, and full of warmth. We all wish we could find the other halves of our soul. Some of us do at an early age but through human errors ... destroy it. True Blue is a chance to read about possibilities to repair the heart despite time. Great for a cozy weekend romantic reading retreat. If you love this and other Rice books, you'll also enjoy The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve.
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Summary: True Blue or Tedious?
Review: For anyone looking for a good summer read, I suggest True Blue. This was the first L Rice novel for me. After falling in love with Rumer and Zeb, I would grab another. The characters are well defined and the settings are descriptive. I was able to see the houses and the roads, Blue, and the night sky! There were a few hiccups (I think someone else mentioned the Colin/Michael confusion), but getting past those, True Blue kept me entertained. At times it was predictable, but at others I was guessing. A slow leisurely read when all is said and done. -- sam
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Summary: Good Choice in True Blue
Review: For anyone looking for a good summer read, I suggest True Blue. This was the first L Rice novel for me. After falling in love with Rumer and Zeb, I would grab another. The characters are well defined and the settings are descriptive. I was able to see the houses and the roads, Blue, and the night sky! There were a few hiccups (I think someone else mentioned the Colin/Michael confusion), but getting past those, True Blue kept me entertained. At times it was predictable, but at others I was guessing. A slow leisurely read when all is said and done. -- sam
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Summary: I think she is a wonderful writer!
Review: Having already read several of her books, this one did not disappoint me. Some of her early books were not very good in my humble opinion, but she gets better all the time. In this one, Zeb Mayhew and Rumer Larkin, the two main characters are childhood friends, next door neighbors and eventually sweethearts. He is a star-gazer, she an animal and nature lover. He grows up to be an astronaut and she a veterinarian. He marries her sister Elizabeth, breaks Rumers heart in the process, has a son, divorces, then comes back to Hubbard's Point (Connecticut) and tries to win Rumer back again and make peace with his own heart. Along the tumultuous way, we get familiar with the whole family, and township of Hubbard's Point, and to read about other characters from some of Ms. Rice's other books, which we feel we already know. I love how she does this, as we get so connected with her characters that it is nice to pick up a new book and get an update and what happened to so-and-so from a previous novel. Every time I read one of Luanne's books about Hubbards Point I want to go there and see for myself what it looks like. I love her characters and few authors can rival this author's ability to portray the complex situations and emotions that bind family members as well as Ms. Rice can. Even 'though the reader can predict the outcome of this novel, it still has a surprise or two at the ending and nevertheless is a beautiful story of love, loss and reconciliation, without the explicit sex that other authors rely on to sell their books. I look forward to each of her books and definitely recommend this one.
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Summary: I think she is a wonderful writer!
Review: Having already read several of her books, this one did not disappoint me. Some of her early books were not very good in my humble opinion, but she gets better all the time. In this one, Zeb Mayhew and Rumer Larkin, the two main characters are childhood friends, next door neighbors and eventually sweethearts. He is a star-gazer, she an animal and nature lover. He grows up to be an astronaut and she a veterinarian. He marries her sister Elizabeth, breaks Rumers heart in the process, has a son, divorces, then comes back to Hubbard's Point (Connecticut) and tries to win Rumer back again and make peace with his own heart. Along the tumultuous way, we get familiar with the whole family, and township of Hubbard's Point, and to read about other characters from some of Ms. Rice's other books, which we feel we already know. I love how she does this, as we get so connected with her characters that it is nice to pick up a new book and get an update and what happened to so-and-so from a previous novel. Every time I read one of Luanne's books about Hubbards Point I want to go there and see for myself what it looks like. I love her characters and few authors can rival this author's ability to portray the complex situations and emotions that bind family members as well as Ms. Rice can. Even 'though the reader can predict the outcome of this novel, it still has a surprise or two at the ending and nevertheless is a beautiful story of love, loss and reconciliation, without the explicit sex that other authors rely on to sell their books. I look forward to each of her books and definitely recommend this one.
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Summary: Good, but with some oddities too
Review: I picked up the paperback a couple weeks ago, and noticed the cover states "First Time In Print" and I wondered about why the book may have skipped the hardcover stage. As a fan of LuAnne Rice's work I found the story easy to fall into,and the characters interesting, but the wackiness on pages 98-99 threw me. One moment a character is called Michael, and the next moment he's called Colin. Then suddenly he's Michael again. I kept going back over it to see if someone else had come on the scene or not!? Apparently one advantage of printing a hardback prior to going paperback is more thorough editing?! Strangely, the amazon description also describes the main character as "Schoolteacher, Rumer Larkin", who is in fact not a teacher at all, but a veterinarian. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying the story isn't good, but if I was LuAnne Rice I'd be wondering what my agent and editors were doing. If you've read any of Luanne Rice's other books, you will enjoy the references to other characters, and feel like you are among family once again. Read True Blue, and enjoy a nice summer read, but be willing to overlook some stuff.
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Summary: True Blue or Tedious?
Review: I read the whole thing, but knew when I started it what the foregone conclusion was, it just took a while to get there. One review mentioned getting to know the other characters in the story but I did not have any feeling of getting to know any of the others. Only Elizabeth who was sooo predictable, but she did redeem herself with a grandstand act in the end. The story covered the same ground over and over and over. Light, entertaining reading for someone that doesn't want to concentrate too hard on the plot. It can be read during commericial breaks with a TV movie.
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Summary: True Blue
Review: I started out skeptical when reading this book. I was given it by another and was not interested in it. The beginning seemed slow and melancholy. As soon as Rice started describing the water though I was hooked. The story does grow through the pages but, Rumer (one of the main characters) seems to take a step backward too often. Although for the story it is critical for Rumer to doubt, her heart is just not convincing enough for there to be this disagreement. Elizabeth the older sister adds to this story handing a much needed twist to the story. The story was good enough to finish just not catching enough at the start.
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