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Summary: Incomplete.
Review: I enjoyed the beginning of the book. The heroine, Val, in Kosovo, finding out her lover was married and finding a new relationship with Jake. THEN it just kind of fell apart. I didn't enjoy the shallow relationship with her brother (they don't speak for years and then he finds out she will give him the company and he LOVES her), the Angelique character, who SHOULD inherit Lowell's, but no one even thinks of trying to find, the brief flirtation with the artist (why? ), the goofy mother who is just left hanging, and her return to Kosovo, where she swore she did not want to go, to be with Jake. I thought there must be another cassette that was missing.
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Summary: Where You Belong
Review: While I found the book entertaining, it was not the quality of Woman of Substance or Act of Will. The book was simple but slow and I had to keep reminding myself that this is one of my favorite authors.This is a quick read and not realistic. One of the things I enjoy about Ms. Bradford's books is the realism and this one fell short.
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Summary: High Anticipation - Severe Disappointment
Review: After every book BTB writes, I think to myself "I have to wait a whole year for another chance to see if she writes any better" Well I'm not waiting any longer, and I'm certinly not spending my hard earned money that I purposly save to enjoy BTB's latest work. My family and friends all know what a huge fan I am (was), and would fight over who would by me the latest copy. They no longer will have that opputunity.
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Summary: Not her best work!
Review: After anxioiusly awaiting the publication of this book,I found it very disappointing. It appears that Ms. Bradford wrote this book merely for the money it would bring. I'm just happy that I got my copy from the public library and didn't actually buy it. The characters were predictable and I really didn't care what happened to them. I just skipped through the last few chapters. Your faithful readers need you to do better next time, Ms. Bradford. We need another Woman of Substance.
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Summary: Whatever Happened to "Substance?"
Review: You can't really blame BTB for continuing to try: her publishers seem willing to keep paying for her uniquely disappointing form of blather, so why not keep producing it? For readers, however, it's another matter: producing something this bad, this substanceless, this lacking in character development and plot, seems downright contemptuous of the reader. You'd have to have something like contempt for your own readers to give them such unrefined drivel. BTB either thinks she can pull the wool over readers' eyes or that they are genuinely unintelligent. Well, sales don't lie, and the author hasn't had a hit in YEARS. So when will the publishers finally get wise and take away the burden of having to meet any deadlines at all? It's not like anyone's waiting for the fruits of her efforts any more. We've moved on. BTB (I met her at a tea once) gets upset when people refer back to her only good book, A Woman of Substance, and desperately doesn't want to be thought of as a one book author. Well, sorry BTB: we've given you ample opportunity to rise again, and you just don't seem to have it in you. Give it up. After all, we have.
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Summary: Don't Belong!
Review: I love Barbara Taylor Bradford. I hate this book! The ending was predictable. The plot was all over the place. There was nothing driving you to finish this book. Ms. Bradford's heroines are usually strong, intelligent women. The main character in this book came across as a whiner. I was disappointed.
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Summary: Will the real Barbara Taylor Bradford please write !
Review: I began skip reading this book after the first chapter - no character depth and the story just seem to jump around with no purpose or focus. This book along with most of her books in the past few years have none of the qualities of that wonderful novel...Woman of Substance. The books now just seems to be quick put togethers to keep the author's name on the book lists. Thank heavens for libraries - would hate to be wasting good money on disappointing literature! How about it, Barbara - don't you have another Woman of Substance waiting in wings!
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Summary: infinitely-American photojournalist sees it all great book!
Review: The young American photojournalist on the frontlines, is actually you! the review says it is clear that Tony was still married and Val never knew. Well, She lives in New York City with her husband, the producer, so everything can happen. the book filled with inspirational examples infinitely more appealing than those sterile books telling us how to be perfect.
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Summary: Say it ain't so, Barbara Taylor Bradford
Review: So sorry that the author who gave us Emma Harte and family presented so uninteresting and shallow characters in her eagerly awaited new novel. I found myself asking "why am I bothering?" There was no point where I really cared what happened next- which to me should not be something to think about when reading such an established writer. Disappointed at best,questionable at least. Whatever happened?
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Summary: Stilted!
Review: I have read and enjoyed Barbara Taylor Bradford's books in the past, and I eagerly anticipated the latest, Where You Belong. However, I was very disappointed--the writing was stilted, the storyline one dimensional, and the dialogue laughable. As I read, my constant thought was "did Barbara Taylor Bradford really write this book?" I felt as if I were reading a very bad freshman English 101 creative writing assignment.
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