Carolina Moon

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Summary: Yuk.....
Review: This book is the first I have ever not been able to finish. I think Nora Roberts is a poor author. I don't know if it is because she used too many adjectives or because she jumps around in time too much, but I found this book to be too confusing. Her character descriptions do not offer anything concrete to remember the character by... so you are constantly trying to remember who she is talking about. Also, there are too many characters - which also confuses the story. I lost my concentration so much that I finally gave up and put it up for auction on Amazon, thank goodness I got most of my money back.

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Summary: Not fair to the reader
Review: I can't really share why I think she was unfair to her readers in this one without revealing too much of the plot. But let me at least say that I don't think she truly provided clues so that a close reader could have figured out the mystery. When the killer was revealed, instead of being filled with amazement and wonder at her cleverness in hiding his true identity, I was just filled with resentment. She had provided almost no clues to his identity and the ones she did provide were based more on prejudice against a minority that even politically correct Americans still find it acceptable to put down. I can't recommend this book.

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Summary: Carolina Moon
Review: What a great read..N>R has really done it this time. I could not put it down and hated when it ended. Growing up in many of the same places that the book was set in, the scenes were accurate and the book riveting. Until the final moment I thought the bad guy was the father. If you read one book this year make in Carolina Moon.

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Summary: Appalling.
Review: Excuse me, but wasnt anyone who has read this book as appalled as I was by the fact that the empath-heroine walks herself through the scene of a brutal rape/murder, basically experiencing everything the victim did, and then immediately goes home and has sex with her perfect love interest? Yuck! Until I reached that point, I was genuinely compelled by the book, the choppy writing and the inconsistencies notwithstanding. But that scene was utterly arrogant on Roberts' part. I'm willing to suspend disbelief and lose myself in a romantic fantasy, but it should at least ring A LITTLE BIT true. Am I as a reader supposed to immediately dismiss this perfectly nice girl (who could just as well have been the heroine of another romance) who's been brutally murdered and instead identify with a heroine so callous? Don't insult me.

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Summary: Carolina Moon
Review: Nora Roberts is a wonderful writer and in each new book her stories become richer in Carolina Moon she writes about a special young woman named Tori who has a gift for seeing things that others can not see! As a child her best friend was horribly murdered and years later she travels back to the town of her youth to face her past and find her best friends murderer. Along the way she falls in love and begins a wonderful new friendship! This was a wonderful book and was enjoyed thoroughly as always!

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Summary: awesome
Review: I've never reviewed a book before, but gosh, that was just the greatest book I.ve ever read. Have you ever not been able to put a book down even though you need to get some sleep? Well, that's what will happen to you with this book. This is a book for people who can appreciate good literature,just like O'dell's 'Back Roads' or Brauner's 'Love songs of the tone deaf' this is beautiful, lyrical, and poetic storytelling at it's best. If you like to curl up for hours with a good book, grab this one.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: Great characters. An outstanding story combining romance and murder. Loved It!

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Summary: Another Excellent Book By Nora
Review: I just couldn't put this one down! I've been a Noraholic since the 80's and love to read her books. This book had less romance than I expected, and the ending was too abrupt for me, but I can live with that. I've read all of her J D ROBB books and can't wait until they are out. This book falls in the line of these books - the darker side of childhood, living with the pain as an adult, etc. I loved the heroine in this book, felt her need to overcome the pain of her childhood, the loss of her friend, wanting a "normal" life. I couldn't put the book down and read it right to the end. It's a keeper! I recommend this one to all who love a little romance and suspense, but be warned that the issue of child abuse is involved. Thanks Nora!

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Summary: Another Home Run!
Review: Nora Roberts never ceases to amaze me. Her novels have gotten better and better over the last few years, and even now I can't wait for her next book. Homeport and The Reef were my favorites, but Carolina Moon has nudged its way into the list. The characters were believeable and sympathetic, and as usual, the love scenes sizzle. I loved seeing Faith evolve from a cynical self-motivating witch to a loveable friend. Thanks Ms. Roberts!

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Summary: Carolina Moon
Review: I found this story to be a good read well up to Nora Robert's usual standards. Tory Bodeen grew up in an abusive home with a father who tried to beat her strange "feelings" out of her. She has psychic/empathic feelings and felt her best friend, Hope, being murdered at the age of 8. Tory returns to her home town to open a store in the area hoping to bring closure to the murder for herself. She becomes involved with Hope's older brother, Cade, and Hope's twin sister, Faith. With her return she stumbles on another murder out of the past and with research through an attorney friend discovers several other murders of slim, blonde, women who were the same age as Hope if she had lived and always in August the month of Hope's birthday. Her return is the catalyst for many of the town's citizens.