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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I have enjoyed Mitchard's previous books, and was surprised to find this book did not continue with her earlier promise as an author. I thought the characters were not believable, which makes it difficult to care what happens to them. There simply is no depth to this book. I never quite understood the reasons why True and Hank separated. Their self absorption was wearying at best and the plot was too thin to hold a reader's interest. It was an effort to keep reading it. I do not recommend this book and hope that Ms. Mitchard gets back on track.
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Summary: Twelve Times Cursed
Review: This book is what you'd get if you inserted a thesaurus into a Mills & Boon novel - an overly long, excessively wordy, sappy romance.The characters are horribly underdeveloped; we know very little about them aside from their romantic foibles and sexual adventures. (And then there were several cases of Too Much Information.)
A more positive review quotes "'Once again, we readers are blessed with J.M.'s sensuous eye for detail". Cursed, would seem more apt.
Descriptions of young boys genitalia, the burgeoning of an erection, and several other unnecessary observations mentioned throughout this self-indulgent saga were disappointing. This is not Mitchard's best piece of work. The Deep End of The Ocean and The Most Wanted are exceptional novels; Twelve Times Blessed does not come close.
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Summary: Deadly dull
Review: What a horrible book. I am an avid reader and have met very few books I could not finish. I forced myself to give this book 100 pages and I wish I had not. True is the biggest whiner and idiot I've ever had the displeasure to meet in the pages of a book. The book moves at the pace of a snail and is filled with idiotic, half formed characters. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
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Summary: terribly written -- not to mention hate-filled
Review: A great deal of this book is devoted to Christian-bashing. The sole purpose of one of the characters is to serve as a vessel for the author's hatred of evangelical Christians. The character is introduced as a "super-Christian" who homeschools her children and is revealed to be a malicious, lying, violent, child-hating gossip.
At another point, the main character and her best friend find themselves in a bed-and-breakfast with needlepoint Scripture verses on the walls, which they find frightening and disturbing.
These are only two examples.
Odd from an author who preaches "tolerance" in her newspaper column ...
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Summary: Snore
Review: This book was a complete & total waste of my time. I kept reading it hoping that something would happen. It was too long and drawn out and had no action or movement of story whatsoever. I am very disappointed.
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Summary: Badly written and poorly edited.
Review: Was this terrible novel written by an imposter? It reads like a very rough draft that was rushed into print with no editing whatsoever. The main character is sharp-tongued and thoroughly unlikable; the plot is melodramatic and predictable. BUT...the editing, or lack of it! In the first few pages there are uncorrected typos and mistakes in subject/verb agreement. Amazingly, there is even a scene in which a few characters are mentioned, then within a few sentences one of the characters mysteriously disappears and morphs into a DIFFERENT character, who was not present in the scene! This book is an insult to the reader's intelligence.
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Summary: A book that will waste your time
Review: Jacquelyn Mitchard's book "Twelve Times Blessed" had to be by far one of the worst books I have ever read in my life. It had no real plot to it, it jumped around and talked about nothign but sex scenes, which if it doesn't interest you, dont read this book. I thought it was really weird how she slept with a guy she didn't even know, while her son was out in the car, it's kind of gross if you think about it. I did kind of like how i could relate to her and her roomate, as they were best friends.
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Summary: Bad book goes down the drain
Review: Jacquelyn Mitchard's, Twelve Times Blessed, has to be the book with the most sex involved. It wasnt very interesting and exciting, infact there was sometimes when i had to put the book down out of disgust. The begining did catch my eye, but then it turns into this big sex novel. I would not suggest for anyone to read this book, it would be a waste of your time
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Summary: Enjoyed it!
Review: Unlike many other reviews, I really enjoyed this book. I kept reading it wanting to know True and Hanks fate...I actually wish she would continue the same story including thier life together now with the new baby! I found that she wrote beautifully and always had me feel the characters feelings. Thanks Ms. Mitchard!
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Summary: I can't believe I read the whole thing!!!
Review: A major disappointment from a favorite author. I am not going to repeat what other reviewers have said already. I was very surprised and disturbed at the ethnic slur in the post 9/11 discussion. Slow moving, irritating characters. It was hard to believe that True was a highly successful businesswoman judging by the way she handled her personal life. Borrow it if you must read it----not worth buying.
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