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Summary: Who wrote this book?
Review: I'd like to think it *wasn't* Barbara Taylor Bradford, as "A Woman of Substance" was such a wonderful read. This book has no plot that I've been able to discern, boring characters, predictable dialogue, and I'm only sorry I spent my hard earned money on such drivel. The author's introductory explanation should be a warning that this was not a well thought out book. I have my own ideas about Where (This One) Belongs... Sorry Barbara....
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Summary: I don't agree
Review: I'm writing this review because I don't agree with the current reviews of this book on the web site. I read this book in one day. I was never bored. The story was well told and the characters were really likeable.
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Summary: A Woman of Stubstance...not
Review: If it were not for her wonderful book, A Woman of Substance, I don't think any publisher would be interested in her writing. It has steadily declined. This book has unrelated subplots that are never resolved, very shallow characters that are so immature and basically stupid the reader cannot even become interested in their fate. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: poor writing style, shallow plot, simplistic characters
Review: Many years ago as a young teenager, I picked up the author's "A Woman of Substance" and could not put it down. That was the first novel that ever gripped me. Now after reading "Where You Belong" I don't know whether the author has regressed dramatically or my taste at 14 left much to be desired. "Where You Belong" is written in annoyingly childish sentences. The characters are ridiculously one-dimensional - her mother was a rip-off of Cinderella's step-mom - and there is no attempt at setting the stage so that readers could draw their own conclusions. The fact that the book is written in the first person does not help - The heroine/narrator spends most of the novel either describing her heroic efforts or stating that her family hated her. There really was no plot to the book. The heroine never grew or developed inn any way over the course of the novel. In short - I want my money back on this one!
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Summary: Who wrote this book??
Review: Not having read any of your books since the triology "Woman of Substance", I was expecting a comparable read - especially the chemistry and excitement your other main characters displayed.Totally disapponted - are you sure you wrote this one??
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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: 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.
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Summary: What a letdown
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.
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Summary: Puhleeze!
Review: The best thing I can say about this book is that it's doing a marvelous job as a coaster on my desk. I can fit about four Chardonnay glasses on it at one time. Call me a cynic if you must, but I submit that photojournalists in a war zone have better things to do than maunder on about their pathetic love lives. The characters were shallow and formulaic, and I loathed the title, proving that one can, indeed, judge a book by its cover.
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Summary: save your money
Review: The book is predictable and very boring. Barbara Taylor Bradford used to write good books but with this one she truly failed!
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