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Summary: didn't leave me wanting more
Review: Like the other reviewer said this was not one of her best. I liked the characters, though. They all seemed interesting, especially Tia. She reminds me of someone I know (and like), with all her hypoallergenic and natural products & health problems. But the quest for these satues, I didn't understand and I thought that it was just unbelievable that they managed to get everyone together and be robbing all these places and sending Anita to jail without hardly a hitch. Also the subject of how far the characters would go for revenge & greed kind of upset me.
But there were some good parts in there
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Summary: Entertaining but unrealistic (still a great read!)
Review: I found this book to be a fast read and entertaining. I didn't expect much of anything from the description of the plot on the book's jacket but was pleasantly surprised. The plot was the best part about it for me and held my attention. This is the first book I've read from this author and the writing was fairly standard. I found the romantic subplot of the book to be enormously unrealistic but found myself rooting for the three couples in spite of this. I liked the way she mirrored the three fates with the three relationships though. The revenge was extremely satisfying and her character development enough to cause me to hate the villain and cheer for the "good guys". I also liked the way she portrayed the women as independent and gutsy even though the men wanted to protect them. Overall, entertaining but not for anyone who wants an extremely developed suspense plot.
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Summary: Pure enjoyment!
Review: The three Sullivan siblings Malachi,Gideon and Rebecca are determined to recover a family treasure which was stolen from Mal some years ago when he was duped and seduced by a clever, ruthless antiques dealer Anita. When the passenger ship "Lusitania" was sunk by German torpedoes at the beginning of WW1, the ancestor of the Sullivans, Felix Greenstreet seized his opportunity and stole a silver statuette which was subsequently handed down as a family heirloom. Three statuettes make up the whole piece and the Sullivans begin a search to locate and purchase the remaining two pieces as well as regaining their own original statue. This is an extremely entertaining story involving greed,lust, murder and fast chases around Europe and the U.S. The "goodies" are all likeable and good looking and the story is peppered with sizzling sex scenes which don't overstep the bounds--in other words--a darn good read .
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Summary: THREE FATES
Review: I am a Nora Roberts fan, but this was one of the best. I loved the unique and witty characters.
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Summary: Good characters, good suspense, but needed more homework
Review: In "Three Fates," Roberts takes us to two intriguing European countries, one of which is seldom the setting for novels of this genre - Czech Republic. While Roberts romanticizes the southern Irish city of Cobh, she unfairly portrayed Prague as a dreg city from which one would long to escape and never return. She did a good job portraying Irish-English dialog, but fell short with her Czech. The only Czech word in the book is "Praha," which is Czech for Prague. Nowhere else in the book does she include any Czech words, tribulations that the American exotic dancer Cleo may have gone through to learn the language, her reaction to the sound of the language, or hints about the Czech culture except that Prague has an area that is teeming with strip clubs (as does every major European city). An uninformed reader might think that Czechs don't even have their own language. Homework, Ms. Roberts! A little "jak se máš, dobre" would have been a nice touch here. And I wonder how many readers know that "Cobh" is pronounced as "Cove"? Nowhere do we read this in the book. Other than that, of course, I found it an exciting read. Despite the opinions of other reviewers, I thought the story had just the right amount of character development, especially for the villianess Anita.
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Summary: Predictably entertaining
Review: Runaway adventure, romance and suspense are lined up in Nora Robert's opus which spans from the sinking of Lusitania on May 1915 where Greenfield steals an antique Greek statue from Wyley and miraculously survives. The Sullivans who are Greenfield's descendents decides to trace the other two statues to complete the valuable collection. The Irish triumvirate consists of Malachi, the eldest who is attracted to mythology professor Tia Marsh in his information-gathering; Gideon, the second son gets hitched to cynical exotic dancer Cleo while Rebecca falls for Jack Burdett, a security expert who owes the third piece. Ambitious antique collector Anita Gayes is the villain who resorts to murder and deceptions to lay hands on the statues. While Three Fates is a jaunt of an adventure, the plot while sprawling remains assuringly predictable with a cliche villain. Roberts's most vivid portrayal is perhaps Cleo who is the most daring and vivacious out of the three. This resonates too the readers' desire for the more daring experimentation that appears in the earlier works of Ms. Roberts.
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Summary: ADventure and Fun on 2 Continents
Review: I have to admit it! Three Fates was quite fun! The plot was very readable, with the characters moving from Helsinki to Ireland, and from to Prague to New York, all for the sake of the three fates and pots and pots of money as well as romance. I especially enjoyed the beginning, with scenes of the sinking of the Lusitania. Well done.
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Summary: Another Nora Roberts Winner
Review: As always, Nora Roberts give us a beautifully constructed story with wonderful characters and settings. Unlike her usual novels, Three Fates focuses on 3 couples as they search for 3 statues. Their search takes them to Europe, Ireland, New york - and each of the 3 couples are diverse and captivating. This easily could have been as 3 separate stories (like her other trilogys) and i was disappointed on how brief some of the storylines for the couples seem. But all in all, it was a great summertime read!
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Summary: Twists, turns, and romance
Review: Whenever I need a light, fun, fast paced, happily ending read I turn to Nora Roberts. Three Fates wasn't anything spectacular for me, but it was an entertaining book that I enjoyed reading. The characters were all interesting and although a bit formulary, their relationship with each other was compelling. The story revolves around the Three Fates, three statues that are meant to be together, but at the beginning of the story, are in three different hands. Supposedly when together, the Fates have powers and a net worth that far exceeds that of each of them alone. A group of six people, including a family of two Irish men and their sister, come together to find the Fates, restore them back together, and sell or display them as they belong. There is also an evil woman who is trying to do the same. There is a race to the finish, as well as some twists and turns thrown in. In Roberts typical fashion there are three love affairs thrown in (note six people on the search team, three men, three women), and a picture perfect end to the story. I haven't read enough Roberts to compare this to others. However, I can say it is an interesting and captivating read. It isn't earth shattering or cerebral in any way, but it is an enjoyable read.
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Summary: This cannot be Nora Roberts
Review: Okay, let's put it this way. I am a big big fan of Nora's, but this was just awful. To many characters, the book jumped all over the place, boring and way to long to say the very least. I kept reading it because after all it is Nora Roberts, it just had to get better, but it didn't.
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