Three Weeks in Paris

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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
Review: Boring story, forgettable characters and lots of French words. Pretentious to the extreme. I checked it out from the library, it was worth every penny and not one penny more.

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Summary: A Great Escape
Review: For those looking to escape the reality of todays headlines, this book is a really good diversion.

Barbara Taylor Bradford in a wonderful story teller and this book is surely one of her best.

Although she has created 4 interesting lead characters, the star of this story is the lovely city of Paris (which is described in great detail). BTB makes the most of the city in setting up the story as the drama unfolds.

Readers will also enjoy the character of Anya who is the mentor to the four successful women who return to Paris for her milestone birthday. Anya is spunky and sharp, as she tries to reconcile old friendships and encourage her pupils to make sense of their past.

Suspenseful and well written, this is one of Barbara's better novels.

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Summary: 3 weeks of being anoyed
Review: I chose 3 weeks in Paris because I like to read about modern women and I love Paris and I even enjoy a good romance novel now and again but this has got to be by far one of the worst books I have ever read! It started out alright in fact i really enjoyed it until the prologue ended. The book may have been passable had I been a ble to stand the main character Alexa but there was just something about her that made me want to ring her neck! It may have been the fact that everytime she said or thought something she sounded like someone who knew they were good at something but were trying to be modest in order to get attention. I have a strong feeling that Barbara Bradford is a very superficial woman and I dont think I will be reading another one of her books if I can help it. I would strongly recomend you stay away from this book or if you absolutly have to read it rent it from the library, dont waste your money!

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Summary: contrived and predictable
Review: I have never read one of Bradford's books before but this one called to me from the shelves. It was a story I was eager to read. By the time I was into chapter 4, I was embarrassed to tell people I had purchased it. The conversations sounded like horrible soap operas: pathetic and overly-detailed compliments. The reason for the characters' fight was weak and all actions were pre-determined. I wouldn't read any more of her books. Don't even think about this book.

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Summary: JUNK
Review: This book could have been half as long if you take out all the long boring descriptions of everything. BTB gives way too much information about what the room looks like, what the characters are wearing, etc. Using your imagination is one of the great things about reading a book. I should have learned from the last BTB book I read. This one is the last.

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Summary: Three Weeks in Paris
Review: This book reminds me a lot of that movie, which I loved. In this book about friendship and love we find four friends who have not communicated with each other in many years.
Once upon a time, these friends were inseparable. They attended the same Art school and you never saw one without one of the others. That is, until one of them makes the others cannot forgive. Eventually none of the four are even speaking to each other until a surprise FED-EX envelope mysteriously appears, forcing them together again - to hate or to love. Each girl has a story of her own. Each girl believes without doubt she is right, and each has a story never told. But there just may be magic in the air in the form of an 85 year old lady named Anya. Watch for a surprise!

Rating:
Summary: Rather boring
Review: This is a novel that I began b/c I adore books about Paris. Plus, I have read some other Bradford books and enjoyed them. This novel feels incomplete; characters are flat and the storylines are are wrapped up too neatly for my taste. In particular, the Alexa character gets on my nerves- too perfect to be true. Bradford presents us with scenarios that could be interesting (all the women have great careers) but are undeveloped. Only one plotline truly touched me and even that was rushed through. Paris isn't even that integral a part of the book! Thankfully, the book reads quickly. I recommend THe Last Time I saw Paris by Elizabeth Adler instead of this book if you are looking for something romantic, interesting and with more vivid Parisian scenes.

Rating:
Summary: Rather boring
Review: This is a novel that I began b/c I adore books about Paris. Plus, I have read some other Bradford books and enjoyed them. This novel feels incomplete; characters are flat and the storylines are are wrapped up too neatly for my taste. In particular, the Alexa character gets on my nerves- too perfect to be true. Bradford presents us with scenarios that could be interesting (all the women have great careers) but are undeveloped. Only one plotline truly touched me and even that was rushed through. Paris isn't even that integral a part of the book! Thankfully, the book reads quickly. I recommend THe Last Time I saw Paris by Elizabeth Adler instead of this book if you are looking for something romantic, interesting and with more vivid Parisian scenes.