The Pursuit

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Summary: Will the real Johanna Lindsey please stand up?
Review: For the last several years I have been very disappointed with Johanna Lindsay. For starters it feels like several years until her next book comes out. After reading the last several I think I can see why. SHE'S LOST HER TOUCH! She should have just thrown the stories out rather than getting them published. It doesn't even read like a Johanna Lindsay book. Where is she? How can she let someone write this junk using her name? In the Pursuit...I don't even know where to start. The plot was horrible. Lincoln (bad name) was the worst hero I've ever read in a book. Also the language of the book--she didn't even try to make it fit into the century they were in. I hated the uncles-they were just filler for an extremely sorry plot. If I had read this book under another auther I would remember in the future to never read their books again. I could barely get from sentence to sentence without yawning let alone chapter to chapter. There was no fire between the characters. As soon as they met they knew they were for each other. Most of the Lindsey books I've loved the two main characters fought all the time but at least with those there was fire and passion. Thank God I got this book from the library; which is where I'll be getting all future Lindsey books in the future. I'll save my money for Nora Roberts or Sandra Brown or someone else equally deserving of my time and money.

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Summary: The Pursuit
Review: I usually like to start my reviews with a brief description of the books plot without telling too much of the story. With The Pursuit I find this extremely difficult to do. Basically the story is about a man, Lincoln, who has found the girl he wants to marry and has to fight off her sixteen uncles and persuade her parents he's not crazy. Basically that's the whole book.

I found this book extremely difficult to read. There is a lot of Scottish brouge or "burr" as it's referred to. This makes every conversation hard to read because usually one of the participants is from Scotland. I've read other Lindsey novels and even though she puts some Scottish dialect in her books it's not as bad as The Pursuit. Adding to the language issue is the sixteen uncles, six of which are named Ian. They are referred to as Ian One, Ian Two, and so on. I just found this really aggravating trying to read the novel and trying to keep the Ians straight.

I also found this story to be kind of drawn out. This book is just over 300 pages but I felt like it could have been told in 200 and been much more entertaining. It seemed like to took pages and pages for a simple scene to be acted out.

I was disappointed with this book. Prior to reading this book the only Lindsey novels I'd read were the Mallory novels. They were much more romantic and entertaining. I would suggest reading or even re-reading one of them instead of reading this book. Don't waste your money.

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Summary: The Pursuit
Review: This isn't the worst book I've ever read, but it is overly simplistic to be a Johanna Lindsey. Melissa and Lincoln meet and it's practically love at first sight. Throughout the course fo the story they don't spend much time together. The focus of the story seems to be Melissa's 16 uncles. I found it too many to keep track of (especially since many of them were named Ian) and I didn't even try. Their objection to Lincoln's pursuit of Melissa is a fight that occurred 19 years ago. This fight is brought up numerous times--enough times to bring new meaning to the phrase "making mountains out of molehills." What's more incredible is that Johanna Lindsey thought that she could base an entire novel around such a flimsy idea. My last objectioin was to Melissa's nickname--"Meli." What was that about? "Mel" maybe, but "Meli"?

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Summary: Breaks Tradition
Review: When I picked up this novel, I was so excited to that Johanna had written a sequel to one of my favorite books, Love Me Forever starring the unforgettable Lachlan McGregor. That's where the excitement ended. Melissa McGregor, Lachlan's daughter had the potential to have her own memorable love story, yet Ms. Lindsey failed to due her justice. The love-struck swain is forgettable and the actual love story takes up very little of the novel. There isn't that much interaction between the two main characters. Most of the novel revolves around Lincoln's distrust and angst regarding his relationship with his mother. Bitterly disappointed in this effort for which I had such high hopes. Home for the Holidays, Johanna's last historical release, was much better than this feeble effort. If you must read this book, I suggest waiting for the paperback.