Where You Belong

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Summary: Was this a first draft?
Review: This is the only BTB novel I have read. I have to agree with the tone of most of the other reviewers that this was a waste of time and it is a wonder that a publisher actually read this and went ahead and published it. Was this a first draft that was written over a weekend and some how got to the publisher????

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Summary: Good Grief!
Review: Sorry, but I have to go with the majority on this one. First of all, it was one of the most unrealistic, cliche, and predictable novels I have ever read. The characters were so stereotypical and underdeveloped that not only could I not relate to them, I was actually sneering at them as I was reading it. As for "unrealistic", the plot with the grevious widow knowing all along that her husband was having an affair with Val and still managing to create a friendship with her just doesn't happen in reality. Many, many inconsistancies. There were no hurt or angry words, nothing we could relate to. And the mother-daughter relationship was just plain ridiculous. There was one chapter where Val's mother tells her the deep dark secret that she was never planned for and wanted(which was why her mother was so cold to her)and sounded like a bad B-movie script. The book is filled with unfinished and small underdeveloped storylines that never lead to anywhere. The part about Val taking over the family company is sooooooooo cliche that I almost expected it. The characters were rich, glamorous, and well-educated but that couldn't save them from the shallowness and dullness that engulfed them. They were either good or evil which was such a bore. Not worth it. No one wants to read a best-selling novel and feel empty in the end.