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Summary: A Great Book
Review: This was the first Nora Roberts novel I read, and by far the best I've ever read. This book had me glued from beginning to end, yes there are some nasty parts about child abuse, but it is something that happens in stories and in real life. This was a great book. I also enjoy reading Sandra Brown books, between her and Nora Roberts I never get anything done. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: thumbs down!
Review: I was expecting this book to be very good because I know that Nora Roberts is a popular romance writer. "Carolina Moon" was the first book by her that I've read and my expectations were not at all met. It was extremely overdramatic and most of the time I would feel like rolling my eyes. The conversations were much too lengthy and didn't always reveal very much and the characters were too horny. They made it sound more like lust than love. The ending was pretty abrupt and also very unrealistic. DUMB. I'm not reading another Nora Roberts, especially after having read that most of her books are the same plot and characters over and over again.
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Summary: child molestation
Review: I didn't finish this book, the depictions of child molestation and murder were too disturbing. If you like the murder mysteries you might like this book, a romance reader probably won't.
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Summary: Recommend-able, but with reservations...
Review: I just finished Carolina Moon late last night and was enthralled, as usual, by Roberts' plot and characterization. I have not read so many of her novels that I am disappointed as some of her fans. Yet, having read The Villa beforehand, I do see a strong resemblance in character types, as one reviewer pointed out. Still, I enjoyed CM due to its energy, especially. Some negatives I found disappointing are the stereotyping of Southern people, the overworked setting of swamp vs. "culture," the cruel, alcoholic father and abused family. I recently read Fox's Earth and find a strong similarity between Roberts' writing and that of Anne Rivers Siddons. I have grown weary of Siddons' rehashing of plots. I enjoyed the characterization of Faith the most. Cade was almost too good to be true, as was hero in Villa. Loved Aunt Rosie! Why were the FBI even in this one? Plenty of characters without them. Also, I occasionally was confused by the switching of points of view! Finally, the ending of this was surprising though not as shocking as that of Montana Sky. I will read others by Roberts and continue to consider her talents. This one held my interest and I have recommended it already to others.
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Summary: Phenomenal
Review: This has to be one of the BEST books she has written. I have read approximately 20 of her books. They are all page turners, but this one is the ultimate!! The main character, Tory, has these psychic powers. When Nora Roberts describes some of the scenes, I can actually feel it myself. Sometimes I get the chills! Nora Roberts is my favorite author. Absolutely incredible!!
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Summary: Heartfelt, Suspenseful, Wonderfully Told Story!
Review: I just finished this book last night, after taking me only over the weekend to read. Throughout the book you can feel the emotions and struggles of the main character, Tory, as she tries to heal after the trials from her childhood. Faced with memories of an awful summer night when she was eight years old, a budding romance with a childhood acquaintance, and the knowledge that events from all those years ago are still ever-present and dangerous, she finds the courage to fight back and hold on to the love of people around her. Filled with moments of sentiment, love, surprise, hate and shock, this book had me mesmerized from page one on. Buy, borrow, or steal this book in order to read it...you won't be sorry.
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Summary: Breathtaking
Review: It is not often that a book so totally consumes me that I can't put it down, but this one did. There were times when I was so overwhelmed with the emotion of the book I did have to stop reading it because it was making my heart race. I identified with Tory because I had an alcoholic father, and although he did not physically abuse my family, I felt the emotional pain she must have felt. I also thought the characters were very real, and I was especially glad Tory did not waste a lot of time pretending she didn't love Cade. I hated for the book to end, and I'm afraid there may not be another book out there that will make me feel this way again.
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Summary: Just like all her other books.
Review: Nora Robert's book have absolutely no originality. Carolina Moon is no exception. Her books are all copies of each other, with different character names and settings. They all follow a predictable pattern: a hurt, emotionally abused heroine goes back to her hometown or some other place to solve a mystery or murder from her past. She meets a gorgeous, oh-so-wonderful man who falls in love with her within two days (even though she treats him terribly). She acts like she wants nothing to do with him until two pages before the book ends. She then declares she is madly in love with him and cannot survive without him *snort* and they live happily ever after. Oh yeah, while they're "falling in love" (and by the way, Robert's love scenes are terrible; I usually end up laughing at the absurdity of most of them), they come with inane clues and try to solve the mystery/murder but the suspect always end up being someone who makes no sense at all. At any rate, I am not reading another Robert's book again. I can only stomach the same old plot so many times.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The story starts off promising as Nora Roberts sets the stage for her mystery. However, about halfway through the book the story gets bogged down and becomes predictable. The characters become cookie-cutter, and the story sort of veers off on a couple of tangents. The character of Dwight pops up at seemingly inopportune times in the story, and because Nora draws attention to him by doing that, it kind of gave the story away, in my opinion. I stopped reading the book for a few weeks because I was bored with it, and when I picked it up a few weeks later, the story unfolded just as I suspected. I love Nora's books, but I wouldn't recommend this one.
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Summary: Captivating read, Classic Nora Roberts
Review: Nora Roberts has done it again, brought to our daily lives the wonderful suspense, love and humility that has made her one of my favorite authors. In Carolina Moon the range of human emotions and struggles brought to me a feeling of happiness when they were overcome. The courage the characters exhibit in their lives is worth remebering. The book kept me reading until it was done and wishing for more especially the surprise twist at the end. A most excellent book
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