The Other Side of Midnight

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Summary: An all-time favorite
Review: I have read this book several times and it still remains one of my all-time favorite books. It combines a tragic love triangle (perhaps even a quadrangle) with suspense and murder. Highly recommended!

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Summary: This book made me cry!
Review: I might be only 18, but I thought this book was totally great and Iv'e read it about 40 times already! It's hard to describe as theres so many things in it! I like Noelle - she sounds really sexy and I like her character. I like the way she just dumps her men and walks out. Its also good at the end where she dies. Although, I don't think she should have died! It made the sequel more boring. Although it was good! If Noelle had stayed alive and Costas (the Greek one) had arranged for her to be 'let off' she could have caused all sorts of trouble in the sequel. Also, it's sad the way she dies when she remembers when she remembers when she was young in Marseilles, looking at the ships. This book should be read by everyone and everything. It's so gripping and memorable and Iv'e never read anything like it. I reviewed this book for my college course and I did so well in it, I got top marks and just talking about it makes me want to go to my room and pick it up again..... it's the only one by Sidney SHeldon I have, apart from 'Memories Of Midnight' and I would be delighted if anyone could tell me about his other books.

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Summary: a work that comes alive
Review: I read The Other Side of Midnight in 8th grade -- about 25 years ago. It was all the rage with the girls in my class. Until recently, I would have dismissed our interest as teenage morbid laciviousness. Now, I believe the book is just one of those works of magic that "come alive," regardless of "literary merit" or "socially reedeming value."

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Summary: outstanding
Review: I read this book about 16 years ago I'd say and it has been a novel that I have not forgotten.It has love, betrayal,revenge and it has a surprising ending.I find Sidney Sheldon's earlier work much more entertaining and more effort put into the characters and story line.His later work seems like everything is written too quickly and not as much time has gone into planning his storylines and characters.But it has been a while since I've read his newer books so maybe I should pick one up.He still is an author that I enjoy.This one and Master of the Game are two of his very best.

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Summary: The Ultimate Globe Trotting Page Turner
Review: I realize I'm blowing all credibility by admitting this, but I have always adored this book. Before he turned to penning purple prose, author Sidney Sheldon was an Academy Award winning screenwriter in the 1940's and 50's, and he not only knows how to keep a story moving, but how to milk big, melodramatic scenes and plant great twists in the plot.

Fabulous is the only word to describe this tale of lust, revenge and murder...there's even a little Nazi intrigue thrown in for good measure. Face it, most of us don't have very exciting lives, or at least they're not exciting 'round the clock. Well, not so with Sheldon's duo heroines Catherine Alexander and Noelle Page. You have the choice of identifying with either French movie star Noelle (she of the blonde hair, violet colored eyes and awe inspiring sexual technique) or spunky career gal Catherine (the sharp brunette with great legs and comebacks). Noelle is the ultimate mistress, shrewd and inscrutable, while Catherine is the ultimate wife, determined to hold her man by any means necessary.

There's always been a snag in the plot that's bothered me, though, and I've spent far too many years obsessing about it. (Do not scroll further if you haven't read the book.) Larry -- dashing, decorated pilot Larry -- meets young Noelle in WWII Paris and they have a blissful affair. When he has to ship out, he gives her money to buy a wedding dress, promising to return in a few weeks time. Needless to say, he doesn't. But if Larry had no intention of seeing Noelle again, wasn't there an easier way for him to ditch her? Raising Noelle's hopes by sending her off to buy a WEDDING DRESS makes Larry seem sadistic, when he's only supposed to be a devil-may-care type rogue. It also bugged me that when the lovers cross paths years later, Larry can't even remember luscious Noelle, or her now famous violet eyes. (The whole point about Noelle is that she's not like you or me, but unforgettable!)

Anyway, this little snafu aside, "The Other Side of Midnight" is pure, spun candy perfection. It's surprising that the 1977 movie version was so weak, because the plot is blazingly widescreen, both physically and emotionally. (The clothes, by "Mommie Dearest" costume designer Irene Sharaff, and Susan Sarandon's performance as a brisk Catherine are the best things about it.) Sarandon complained in an interview at the time that the story was only soap opera, and yet the producers were treating it as if it were Chekhov. Yes, Susie, it's soap opera...but it's the ULTIMATE soap opera, bar none! Read it and weep, then continue the spree by running to the library to check out "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" by Dominick Dunne...

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Summary: Great Book
Review: I really enjoyed this book and plan to read the sequel to it. If you have NOT read the book do not read the review from [e-mail] from England , July 24, 1999 below because she totally ruin the story by telling you what happens at the end. That reviewer ruined the book for me but I still read it knowing the ending.

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Summary: The book is good, but the movie is BETTER
Review: I saw this movie in 1977. Catherine was played by Susan Saradon and it was one of my favorite movies. If it is out on DVD or video, I would recommend checking it out.

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Summary: The book is good, but the movie is BETTER
Review: I saw this movie in 1977. Catherine was played by Susan Saradon and it was one of my favorite movies. If it is out on DVD or video, I would recommend checking it out.

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Summary: WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE END..................
Review: I've read it countless times and it grips me every time. And considering the fact that I actually saw the movie first, (which was awful) that's really saying something. I felt for Noelle. It explains why she is so cold and uncaring to men. You really get in her head. And Catherine is easy to like also. Creating empathy for two rival women is a tricky thing to do, and Sidney Sheldon delivers with a punch. He is one of the greatest novelists ever. Don't pass up this book. The part where Noelle helps her friend who is a leader of the French Resistance will keep you on edge. This book is a great ride. I can't praise it enough. I read it in spanish edition....

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Summary: captures attention with its twists and mystery to the story.
Review: If I am not mistaken, this story is about twin sisters: one who is bad and the other good. One decides to trade with the other sister and believes she is drowning the good person. But in the end (to put it very short), one of then is vacationing in the tropicals. Very captivating story. END