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Summary: New readers- Do not judge Mcnaught by this book!
Review: Remember When was an extremely disappointing read. I have been a die hard Mcnaught fan ever since reading Something Wonderful and Perfect. This author is one of the most incredibly talented romance novelists ever but Remember When was not up to standard. The plot was slow moving and the characters annoying. It was impossible to care about the romance because Diana and Cole fell in love without any explanation at all. Similar to other reviewers, I also felt the description of Diana's family and the running of Foster's Home Living got boring to the point of being tedious. I would not give such a harsh review if I had not already experienced the spectacular quality of Mcnaught's earlier writings. I am just waiting for Judith Mcnaught to write another mesmerizing tear-jerker that I know she is capable of. First time readers should definitely check out Something Wonderful, Almost Heaven, and Perfect!!!
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Summary: McNaught's best contemporary
Review: This is the first contemporary of Judith McNaught's that I read straight through. Not even Paradise and Perfect managed to hold my interest like Remember When did. In fact, Remember When is second only to her historical romance, Almost Heaven, in the best writing Judith McNaught has produced. Cole Harrison and Diana Foster stole my heart.... Remember when Cole rescued Diana from public humiliation at the White Orchid Ball? Ordinary writers would have limited the scene to part of a chapter. McNaught made it the foundation for the rest of the book. Every other scene depends on the ramifications of this scene. So McNaught devotes plenty of space to it, setting up the scene perfectly and building up its romance. ... Remember when Diana brought Cole home to meet her family? Here, McNaught reverses roles and has Diana rescue Cole from embarrassment in explaining their hasty marriage and answering the false accusations that he only wants to take advantage of her. ... Remember when the family slowly accepts Cole as one of their own by regaling him with family stories? (Loved Diana and her stepsister, Corey's, adventure with the bear!) ... Remember when Diana finds out why the Haywards hate Cole? Ordinary writers would have shown Diana suffering at least momentary qualms as to Cole's integrity before suddenly "remembering" the evidence that proves his innocence. Diana has no doubts whatsoever. The evidence merely reinforces her already fierce faith in her husband. ... Finally, for sheer entertainment value, remember when Cole takes on both the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress and takes delightfully sweet (and appropriate!) revenge on both by using their greed against them? Remember When is contemporary romance at its best. Trust me, you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: I Remember When. . .
Review: Another victory for Judith. I have not yet been disappointed by Ms. McNaught. Remember When is nostalgic in the sense that the main characters was separated and then unite by fate. Truely romantic :) The ending had the most affect on me. ("Connor this is the city of Dallas and daddy is going to give it to you") How many people have ever heard that from their father? :)
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Summary: She's losing her touch
Review: I was very disappointed with Remember When as well as her previous book Until You. I am really starting to worry that we won't be seeing any more stories out of Ms. McNaught that meet the standard she set with Perfect, Paradise and Almost Heaven. The romance as well as the male lead were terribly underdeveloped. I miss her longer books where the romance and characters were so fully explored.
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Summary: Starts slow but picks up
Review: I thought the book wasnt bad. It started off really slow but picked up. McNaught does throw out ideas then leaves you hanging wwith no resolution to the ideas(ex:Doug's drunk driving charges, Jessica's scene with Barbara) However I enjoyed the book. I too agree that her historicals have much more depth but for a light contemporary read this one isnt bad.
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Summary: Recommended only for Diehard McNaught Fans
Review: This was the first Judith McNaught contemporary romance that I read and I was disappointed. I've read all of her historical romances and fell in love with each and every one of the heros and heroines, especially Whitney and Clayton (Whitney, My Love, which I wholeheartedly recommend to romance readers). Cole and Diana are - nice, but I agree with the reviewer who said that their love story was under-developed. Not only that, in the first part of the book, Judith spent a lot of paragraphs convincing us of Diana's sweet, neat and quiet nature. Diana Foster is a lady through and through but McNaught could have dispensed with some of the paragraphs. I'm sure her readers caught on to Diana's character by the third page of the book! It's a shame because there are some wonderfully sharp dialogue in the book. Compared to her historicals, the characters here are not as well developed and not as engaging. I stayed away from McNaught's comtemporary romances after this one, but after reading the reviews at Amazon, I think I'll try Perfect and Paradise.
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Summary: TERRIBLE, REALLY. . . .
Review: This from the woman who brought us "Perfect" and "Until You"? Ugh. The plot makes no sense. And what was that "Rosemary's Baby" scene? Cole, if he were a sensible man, would have dropped Diana like a hot coal.
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Summary: Pleasant, but lacked the sensitivity McNaught is known for.
Review: I have been an avid fan of Judith's from the very first words in "Whitney My Love" and through every historical romance she's written. I've read her contemporaries as well, but find them lack lustre. "Remember When" was no exception. I dearly wish she would return to Historicals and remain in the genre where she truely SHINES. I hope her editor reads this.
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Summary: Not her usual standard
Review: Admittedly this is not one of the vintage Judith McNaughts we all love so much, but it is not terrible either (compared to Tender Triumph...). One has to take into consideration that after so many really great books, among which I personally preferred Perfect, A Kingdom of Dreams, Paradise and Something Wonderful, it is quite hard to keep the high standard up. I was not so much bothered by the story of their youth as by the undeveloped love story and ending. What I mean is that after half the book being about their teenage life one would at least expect a well-developed and progressing love story, which unfortunately was not the case. Maybe I have been missing something (I honestly doubt it though) but I couldn't find a scene where Cole actually told Diana that he loved her much less a clear explication as to why they really fell in love with each other. Technicalities maybe but it casts a shadow on an otherwise endearing and enjoyable story.
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Summary: Not McNaught's best book
Review: This was not a terrible reading, but because I had high hopes for McNaught's books, it was disapointing. If you her other books (Paradise, Once and Always for example), you'll see what I mean. I didn't get me hooked as her previous books did.
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