Rating: Summary: KEEP AWAY!!! Review: All of JM's book have made my stomach tingles w/ excitment and lasting pleasures b/c the characters and the plot are so smoothly entwine that you actually feel them and want to be part of their lives. Yet this one was truly disappointing b/c the plot makes no sense. The characters are not all what you think. Ramon is a male chauvinist who expects his girl to obey him w/o a thought of her own while Katie's happy thoughts are on materialistic stuff. I give her a star b/c all her other books are truly amazing whereas this one was her very first novel.
Rating: Summary: I didn't like it Review: Like many others of you love, I JM but this book just plain old sucked! lol First of all Katie is an racist and Romon is an idiot. Yes I too got tired of hearing about her red hair and blue eyes. Any Hispanic person beside a produce truck has got to be the rider of it...ofourse! That really upset me. Like is she really that stupid?? Katie seemed like a clutz. And then she goes on to defend Ramon at the pool side when one of her friends call him a name and that is suppose to some how many her honorable??? And Ramon is just a big old bafoon. Ordering her to change her clothes when they were going out to the pool, not letting her work, and being ashamed to show her where he lived just because it wasnt like what she was used to??? I didnt even finish the book and I paid for it! I couldnt believe that this was JM either. I recomend Perfect and Paradise. I was so surprised to see that so many people didnt like it also cause I thought that I was the only one.
Rating: Summary: Ick! Review: Judith McNaught is usually wonderful. I have read every book that she's written to date and enjoyed them all until this one. I still can't believe that JM wrote this! Go to a library and check it out if you're curious, but don't waste your money. There is no character development and this story is completely random, with no real flow or definite story line. Horrible. If you want to read a good book try any of her other books. I especially loved Paradise, Whitney, My Love, and Until You.
Rating: Summary: Did she really write this?? Review: Oh Goodness! I figured this would be a great book considering it's by Judith McNaught. Boy was I wrong. I agree with everyone who says this is not a good example of her work. I've read almost all of her books and this is the only one that I haven't liked. It seems like it has good potential -- the back cover sounds interesting. But, it didn't grab my emotions like the other books and I didn't really like the characters. Ramon seemed really rude and weird.... really weird. If you're tempted to read this, get it at the library!
Rating: Summary: Who Wrote This Dribble? Review: Judith McNaught is usually wonderful, but this book was awful. Ramon gave me the creeps. Handsome, sure, but he was overbearing and bossy in a menacing way. Please, take this book off the shelves!
Rating: Summary: OH MY GOD!!! Review: The only reason it got one star is because its judith mcnaught and i respect her.otherwise, this is one of the most dissapointing books i have ever read.i am a JD fan and i love all of her books but this was a mockery of her real work.if u are interested in judith mcnaught read "whitney my love" or "perfect".u will love them.As a matter of fact, read any other book of judith mcnaught except this one.you will love her for the other ones, but this one will hurt you.stay away.
Rating: Summary: Dissapointing! Review: Is this the Mcnaught I know and love who wrote this? Considering the hassle I went thru' to get this book, let me say that 'disappointing' is an understatement. The book practically put me to sleep. Where on earth did she get that Ramon character? Do they make men as myopic as that still? I guess I'm definitely better off with Paradise. I might as well read that for the 10th time. It would definitely make my day!
Rating: Summary: I hate it when people don't communicate! Review: I'm a big McNaught fan and have read most of her books. This one is a big disappointment. The killer for me in a story is if someone does something really stupid that has no reasonable explanation. In this story Ramon keeps the truth about himself from Katie for no reason that makes any sense at all, yet he expects her to be totally truthful with him about everything. And poor little Katie never gets up the nerve to ask him about what's bothering her or tell him about her past - yet we're supposed to believe she's going to marry him? STUPID! Her other books are so good that this one just seems like she phoned it in.
Rating: Summary: A Poor Showing Review: I generally LOVE Judith McNaught books so I could not believe how much I disliked this one. The characters are not at all likable the heroine is a spoiled brat that goes out of her way to be obnoxious and the hero not only puts up with her garbage but looks the other way. I had a hard time finishing the story since the whole concept of these to unlikely people falling in love was just to much of a stretch.If you have never read McNaught I would recommend you read a different book by her such as "Something Wonderful" or "Once and Always" in order to see what a great Mcnaught book is like. Not everyone will agree with this review but I must say JM could have done much better.
Rating: Summary: Give me a break! Review: Ok, i'm a big fan of JM, but come on, the hero (if you could call him that) is so narrow minded! He believes that a women should have to live on what he provides and dosn't think it's right for her to go out and work. Then when Katie comes out in a skinny bathing suit he orders her to go change into something more sutible, that's bs, she has a right to wear whatever she wants, it wasn't like they were really dating yet. Also the plot is so unbelievable! Ramon expects Katie to marry him and go live with him in Puerto Rico living on basically nothing, but that's not even the point because i understand if you love someone you might be willing to live in poverty, but they knew each other a week at the most! So they expect you to believe that a girl whose rich and has a VERY well paying job will leave it all for a man she knows for a week and who tells her what to do! If you really want something good to read try PARADISE, PERFECT, and ALMOST HEAVEN all by Judith McNaught.
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