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Summary: A Pleasant Read
Review: Johnny Peterson is killed in a car accident on the night of his senior prom. When his mother becomes ill and hospitalized she sees him in a dream and learns that he will be coming back to earth to do some "work". He tells her he isn't sure what his "work" will be but that he'll be back and she'll be the only one to see him. Then, in the following chapters of the book, Johnny solves all the problems his family and his girlfriend's family had at the time of his death.Johnny Angel was a pleasant read. I don't normally read books with the death/angel subject as the main theme, but since this was a Steel novel, and I own all of hers, I bought this book and read it. I must say I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. It was comforting to read about Johnny and how his family was able to overcome their grief and problems. At just under two hundred pages Johnny Angel seems to be written pretty well except for one thing. Ms. Steel insists on repeating things over and over. This has become a major issue in her novels of late. How many times do we have to be told about Johnny's father thinking girls shouldn't play boys sports?? Or about the accident involving his younger brother Bobby?? Enough with repeating everything already. I don't need to be told things over and over again. Sorry, this just becomes aggravating after awhile. With the repeating aside, this story moved at a steady, quick pace. I was able to read it in just one day. All in all this is one of Ms. Steel's better books in the past few years. It was a good story and for the most part well told. This book will bring tears to your eyes and also make you laugh with the light humor that it contains. A four and a half star read.
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Summary: It did make me cry...
Review: Ok, first, I agree that Steel's writing has severely gone down hill the past 5 or so years. I don't know what has happened to those great long books she used to write, such as Jewels, Thurston House or Daddy...books that carried you through almost the persons whole life and when you put it down, you felt accomplished, like you'd read a complete story. Her newer books aren't that. Moving on... I did enjoy this book a little more than some of her other newer books. It was a very quick read at 180 pages, which might have helped keep my interest. It could have been more like 160 if she had cut out all of the repetition. She kept repeating herself over and over and over...I don't understand why. It wasn't a long book, so it's not like we'd forget. She even had the same conversations with questions and answers repeated two or three times! Looking past that, the story itself was compelling. It was sad, but you wanted to keep reading to see what would happen. The ending was so predictable, I figured it out probably 50 pages in, but still was a good ending. It did bring out some emotion in me and kept my interest, so I would recommend this book, the story is good, just need to look past the writing at times.
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Summary: Johnny Angel- Danielle Steel
Review: The best book ever written ! I cried my eyes out - reading the whole book !! And couldnt put it down except to wipe my eyes to read the book- EXCELLENT- keeps your attention from the first page to last and only took me a couple of hours to read -- would recommend this to someone that has lost an loved one -
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Summary: Johnny Angel
Review: The idea of losing someone unexpectedly and tragically is scary, REAL scary. The idea of that person being able to come back to "tie up loose ends" is wonderful isn't it? This book is about that very idea and how Johnny Angel came back to his family after his tragic death to right all that was wrong in his family before he died. The story itself was heartbreaking and touching, but the writing was so so. The book was short and very repititious. I expected more from such a well known author.
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Summary: So Good
Review: The only other Danielle Steel book I've read was Sunset In St. Tropez, which I didn't fully enjoy. But this book...I loved. It was very touching and even if you've never dealt with a loss, you still felt like you could relate with the characters. I didn't give it a 5 because I'm very picky about my books.
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Summary: Not one of Danielle Steel's best
Review: The story was touching, yet highly unrealistic. There was also too much redundancy. I thought this was an easy, yet disappointing read. I wonder if Steel has to meet a quota each year, and this was the by-product? Not her best book.
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Summary: laughter & tears
Review: This book grabs you right from the first page.....it makes you laugh right thru the tears it brings to your eyes. An emotional and real story of believable characters struggling thru life's ups and downs....In this book Steel covers it all...there is joy,sorrow,happiness,disappointment,first love,true love,tragedy grief & survival...it's all here in this quick & tender story (just under 200 pages)Once I started reading it I could not put it down. This page turner will lift your spirits as it tugs at your heartstrings!!
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Summary: Awesome
Review: This book was great. It had my eyes tearing with only a few pages. But don't worry, it's not a terribly sad book.
A family goes through changes as it copes with the death of Johnny, a loving son and brother.
Johnny comes back as an Angel and helps his friends and family move on and live better lives.
It's a great read. You won't be able to put the book down. Danielle Steel is a wonderful author and I can't wait to read other books by her.
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Summary: What a DUMB Story
Review: This book was so bad that if I could have given it ZERO stars I would have. What a totally ridiculous story. The boy in the book is just WAY too perfect - from his perfect behavior, the fact that he's a perfect student, boy friend, son, brother all the way to the perfect relationship he had with his mother. The story is not in the least bit interesting and the ending was just WAY too predictable. Don't even bother picking this one up. It was a total waste of time.
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Summary: Only good if you can't find ANY other books to read!
Review: This book was written in an extremely simplistic manner, almost to the point of the sentences seeming choppy.The book appears to be written for someone on a fifth grade reading level and is about as interesting. The whole story is very unrealistic, too "perfect," and wholly implausible. I agree with the other reviewers who said the story lacked depth in both plot and character. I very rarely read Danielle Steele (in my opinion, D.S. is to writing as stick figures are to great art), and after this one I have no desire to read any more. Is this woman really a best-selling author????? Yikes! Who is doing all the reading out there???
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