The Cottage

Rating:
Summary: All About Friendship
Review: Danielle Steele is a master artist at slowly piecing a book together, such as one of her better novels, The Cottage. This book consists of amazing characters that are split from the lives they once knew, and later are puzzled back together for a friendly meeting. Each main character, Jimmy, Mark, and Coop, are so different in their personalities but yet so much alike in their experiences. They cry, laugh, and just simply have fun when they are finally together. These three men share many similar situations throughout the novel and in the end, they all meet and talk about those certain happenings in each of their lives. How woman have left, cheated, and even passed away but they dealt with it and moved on. Luckily, they all found each other in their differences and similarities to be best friends. The capturing way Steele writes activates your emotions and slams your reality-way of thinking. She has a "happily-ever-after" touch to her writing and it takes your breathe away. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this selection and would reccomend it to anyone! Danielle Steele is truly a romantic genius.

Rating:
Summary: Could Have Been Better
Review: Danielle Steele is a master artist at slowly piecing a book together, such as one of her better novels, The
Cottage. This book consists of amazing characters that are split from the lives they once knew, and later
are puzzled back together for a friendly meeting. Each main character, Jimmy, Mark, and Coop, are so
different in their personalities but yet so much alike in their experiences. They cry, laugh, and just simply
have fun when they are finally together. These three men share many similar situations throughout the
novel and in the end, they all meet and talk about those certain happenings in each of their lives. How
woman have left, cheated, and even passed away but they dealt with it and moved on. Luckily, they all
found each other in their differences and similarities to be best friends. The capturing way Steele writes
activates your emotions and slams your reality-way of thinking. She has a "happily-ever-after" touch to
her writing and it takes your breathe away. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this selection and would
reccomend it to anyone! Danielle Steele is truly a romantic genius.

Rating:
Summary: Not All Bad
Review: I began reading this book and felt like I was walking in quicksand. Next, I felt like I was going round and round in circles. I said "I've been here before". DS kept telling the same thing over and over about the characters and each of the different life styles.

I would have rated the book a 3 but the story got better after "the accident" which takes place about midway the book. I started enjoying the book at that point. The main character,Cooper Winslow, leaves a lot to be desired by most women.Cooper has one relationship after another with women young enough to be his granddaughters. His relationship doesn't last very long with any of them. Cooper refuses to acknowledge that he is not a young man any longer.He will not take movie roles that don't portray him a leading man. Cooper doesn't realize he should be playing the roles of a father or a grandfather.

Cooper's poor management of money and his vanity threatens his financial future.His self-centered,egotistical,selfish personality made me gag. It took two special mature women in his life to turn him around.

Rating:
Summary: Light and Somewhat Enjoyable
Review: I go back and forth with Danielle Steele's books. Some I love, others are ho-hum, and some have such implausible plots that I don't even bother to finish reading them.

"The Cottage" is one of the better books Ms. Steele has written in a while. The characters are well-developed and, for the most part, likable; the dialog is fun; and the story keeps you interested with its various twists and turns.

I did have problems in a few chapters, and found myself asking questions like these:

How can a man who just lost the wife, whom he professed to be the love of his life, fall deeply in love with another woman not even six months after his wife's death?

How can a father and his child bond so swiftly and completely when they knew nothing of each other's existence for 39 years?

How can a well-educated, independent woman put up with the egocentricities and obnoxious behavior of a man old enough to be her grandfather?

I have to be in the right frame of mind for a Steele book: A hard day at the office, and a need to chill out with some light reading set me on to this book. Although I did say, "Oh c'mon," in several spots, I enjoyed it.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointed
Review: I had not read Danielle Steel in several years. I found The Cottage to be shallow, implausible, and completely predictable. I was very disappointed with this work.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointed
Review: I had not read Danielle Steel in several years. I found The Cottage to be shallow, implausible, and completely predictable. I was very disappointed with this work.

Rating:
Summary: Pretty darn good book
Review: I have read virtually every Danielle Steel book out there. In fact, for many years, the minute I saw the book on the shelf, I was a bit lighter in my pocket for having bought it. I've been really disappointed in much of her later works - feeling that they were extremely repetitive and worn out plots. The Cottage is the best of the latter works I have read. I enjoyed the characters, though I would have liked to see more of the interaction between Alex and Jimmy, as well as Mark and Taryn. Overall, a light, enjoyable read.

Rating:
Summary: The Cottage
Review: This is one of Danielle Steel's best books. It is about Cooper Winslow, a fading movie actor and lady's man who is in financial trouble. She develops the character of "Coop" well so it is easy to visualize him.

Coop decides to rent out his "cottage" guest wings for $10,000 a month to two different tenants. The story centers around his new tenants, their romances, activities and children. In the end, Coop learns valuable lessons about sacrifice, giving to others and true love.

A interesting story with a good message!