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Summary: Not surprisingly, another brilliant story by Krentz.
Review: Just when you think you clearly recognize the pattern in Krentz' novels and it's becoming tedious and predictable, that you think to read some other prominent romance author, you go back to Krentz. For me, it's not that she writes the books, or that I know the story will be once again blissfully tearful and vivid. It's the sheer experience of reading her stories, the excitement my curiosity and adreneline initiates as I open her newest book. I want to live in Crazy Otis Landing, I want to own a book store, I want to fall in love with that arrogant, powerful, yet silently sensitive and quietly reassuring man. I want to be Charity
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Summary: Same old, same old...
Review: Ms. Krentz has a wonderful ability to keep her readers interested in her characters, even though they do not vary much from book to book. We find the same old, same old quirky, spunky heroine and strange, Zen-philosophical hero. Charity is nice but not unremarkable from Ms. Krentz's other heroines except for her claustrophobic feelings around big men and Elias is another Zen-type that seems to have fascinated this author but not this reader.Deep Waters is a nice, relaxing read and I was thoroughly charmed by Elias' parrot, Crazy Otis. A suggestion to Ms. Krentz for her next book: Try to break away from weird, made-up philosophies like Elias' water philosophy and Croft's (Midnight Jewels) circle philosophy and Quinton's (secondary character, Hidden Talents) math philosophy. Why not look at established world philosophies, especially the rich traditional Catholic philosophy? Just look at the wide variety of saints who developed it: From the converted sinner, St. Augustine (whose famous prayer was "Give me chastity, O Lord, but not yet"), to the Quiet Light, St. Thomas Aquinas, to the mystical St. Catherine of Siena, to a truly orthodox Catholic feminist (yes, such a woman exists!), St. Edith Stein. Ms. Krentz's characters need to be spiced with variety and brought down to earth with a realistic worldview. Three stars for a few hours of escapism and the howlingly funny Crazy Otis. Would have been more had the otherwise likeable characters been distinguishable from the crowd of others Jayne Ann Krentz has created.
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Summary: BORING, SLOW, AND RIDICULOUS
Review: There was basically was no plot throughout the book, with some occassional action. It was too slow paced for my liking. The water zen theory-come on. Overall, the secondary characters were most interesting, the primary characters-boring, the book had nooooooo purpose, the ending is plain ridiculous. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS BOOK!
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Summary: One of my favorite
Review: This book is one of my favorite JAK books. I loved Charity, I loved Elias, I loved the secondary characters, and I enjoyed the plot. I guessed the mystery fairly early on but I love it when you can do that because it's the logical solution. What I loved best about this book was the wit,humor,and love exhibited by Charity and Elias. I have no problem seeing them 40 years in the future more in love than ever. What a great book!
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Summary: Classic JAK
Review: Very classic JAK reading. I really enjoyed it - though it's not one of my favorite JAK's. I've always liked the small, northwest coastal town settings that JAK often uses. Typical of mid-90's JAK books, this one was a murder mystery without the spine-tingling effect.... just light mystery with a fun romance. I like reading this type after having read a couple of heavier much more serious murder mysteries.
Our heroine, Charity, was very personable, easy going, & likeable; Not a nitwit like a lot of authors would have made her out to be, but also not too serious nor with a lot of hang-ups. The hero, Elias, took a lot more effort to get to know. At the first of the book, I had trouble feeling like I would get to know him at all. I thought he was going to be a little over the top with the metaphysical stuff - but he started loosing up with Charity's help & by the end he was a much more personable & likeable fellow. I often grinned at the way he would just sit back & let Charity take over a conversation with others.
As usual with JAK, the odd-ball secondary characters were quite off-the-wall, but that just adds more fun to the story for me.
If you like classic JAK, I'd say you'll want to read 'Deep Waters'.
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Summary: Classic JAK
Review: Very classic JAK reading. I really enjoyed it - though it's not one of my favorite JAK's. I've always liked the small, northwest coastal town settings that JAK often uses. Typical of mid-90's JAK books, this one was a murder mystery without the spine-tingling effect.... just light mystery with a fun romance. I like reading this type after having read a couple of heavier much more serious murder mysteries.
Our heroine, Charity, was very personable, easy going, & likeable; Not a nitwit like a lot of authors would have made her out to be, but also not too serious nor with a lot of hang-ups. The hero, Elias, took a lot more effort to get to know. At the first of the book, I had trouble feeling like I would get to know him at all. I thought he was going to be a little over the top with the metaphysical stuff - but he started loosing up with Charity's help & by the end he was a much more personable & likeable fellow. I often grinned at the way he would just sit back & let Charity take over a conversation with others.
As usual with JAK, the odd-ball secondary characters were quite off-the-wall, but that just adds more fun to the story for me.
If you like classic JAK, I'd say you'll want to read 'Deep Waters'.
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