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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: This is one of my absolute favorite books. It's one of those that you just cannot put down. I don't want to ruin the end, which is the best part, but it is mind-blowing!
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Summary: couldn't put it down
Review: this is one of the better books i've ever read. its got everything you vould ask for : hate, violence, love, fear, lust, revenge, sex, self concept. Noelle and Cathrine captivate the audience. you get into thier caracters and when its over, you get rather upset, and its got a great ending that leaves you hanging. Read it, trust me, you'll like it.
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Summary: The classic Sidney Sheldon novel
Review: This is Sidney Sheldon at his best, writing about romantic entanglements, reverses of fortune, thrilling suspense, and ultimate justice. Beautiful but poor Parisiene Noelle Page falls madly in love with American flyer Larry Douglas during WWII. When she becomes pregnant, he deserts her, thus setting her on a path of revenge that consumes her very being. Ruthlessly driven, she becomes a supermodel, movie star, and finally, as mistress to mega-rich Constantin Demiris, Noelle is reunited with Larry. Will she make him pay for what he did to her... or will she fall under his spell again?
Noelle, Larry, and his innocent wife, Catherine, are such fascinating, memorable characters that you won't want to stop reading until you find out what happens to them next. The story takes us from a poor French fishing village to Paris, then Hollywood and Athens, and the excitement keeps building and building as Noelle comes closer to tying up lose ends with the dastardly Larry, who proves to be her match when it comes to plotting evil. But don't underestimate Noelle's lover, Demiris, who will use all of his resources to get what he wants.
While this novel is enjoyable on its own, the story continues in Sheldon's "Memories of Midnight."
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Summary: Just Plain Trashy
Review: This is standard Sheldon fare - cutthroats and graphic albeit cliche bedroom scenes. Same old story.Set during the 1940s, this book contains all of the ususal Sheldon fare including some poor editing. An example of poor editing was in the case of a character named Israel Katz, who had an amputated leg. Early in the book, it was his right leg and later in the book, his other leg was identified as the amputeded limb. Inconsistencies like that are inexcusable. Dramatis Personae Catherine - a silly, starry-eyed girl who has pie in the sky hopes like her dreamer of a dad. She has a crush on a boy in her senior class and when he somehow manages to convince her to spend a night with him, she makes bizarre comments and kills off a possible conquest. She drops out of college to work and becomes involved with one William Fraser, who is the only likable character in the book. A truly nice man, he has her interests at heart. Larry - a cruel, indifferent man. He manages to convince Catherine to marry him instead of Fraser. He would later jilt her for one Noelle Page after making attempts on her life so he can remarry. An erratic pilot, he is sacked from several airlines and mail runs before being hired as the private pilot for a Greek tycoon. Noelle Page - Catherine's foil; her opposite number. Noelle is a ruthless barracuda who was encouraged to believe she was born into a noble gentry. Instead, she was born in a fishing village in Paris, the daughter of another barracuda and an unknown sailor. The man she recognizes as her Papa sells her when she reaches puberty. She then goes on to seduce men and sharpen her teeth and claws. A Greek tycoon named Constantin Demiris who bears more than a passing resemblance to Ari Onasis takes in interest in the young barracuda. He woos her after a callous pilot named Larry who jilted her. These three lives collide. Larry supposedly kills Catherine and is executed in a trial after her disappearance; Noelle and Larry reconnect and Noelle meets a grim fate as well. A tale of revenge and excess, this one shares a place with other Sheldon novels. This is just too trashy for me.
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Summary: This book is AWSOME
Review: This is such a wonderful book I have read it about 5 times already. You can never put it down because you never know what is going to happen. As you read you learn so much about the characters and learn to love or hate them. Sidney Sheldon does an excellent job potraying each of the charcters own traits. Everyone should read this book because it has something in it for everyone.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: This was the first book by Sidney Sheldon I ever read. And I think the best! I have read other books of his, but this one and its sequel are by far my favorites! I have read them over and over again! No others compare to them. The way he writes is so wonderful and flowing I could read it all day, and often did! I found it very hard to put down. He has a way of making you love Noelle, even though she has done some cruel things. And the shocking ending leaves you hungry for more! Sidney Sheldon is my favorite author and I hope he keeps turning out the books for years to come!
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Summary: a great introduction to his books!
Review: When I picked up this book for the first time, I was a little unsure about reading Sidney Sheldon's books. I was unsure because my only favorite author at that time was V.C. Andrews and I had never read any of his books. However, when I started to read this book, I realized that his style is nothing like Andrews. He has much more tension and backstabbing in his book. Anyway, I read this book when I was in high school and I still think about it today. I was not very happy when Larry decided to cheat on his wife with Noelle.
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Summary: Can a book get any better? 50 Stars!
Review: Who do you hate and who do you love in this book. The characters are so well developed that you can relate to everyone. The ups and downs of each person are descibed with so much emotion. And the book takes you all over the globe. The scene where Catherine is left in the depths of the cave is breathtaking. Buy it, then read the sequel Memories of Midnight, it is just as good. Can anybody please get in touch with Sheldon - his fans are hungry for a new book.
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