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Summary: SIDNEY SHELDON'S BEST TO DATE!
Review: ANOTHER SIDNEY SHELDON-CAN'T-PUT-DOWN READ!
THIS IS THE BEST BOOK BY SIDNEY SHELDON.
USUALLY, HIS BOOKS ARE THE SAME OLD STORIES. THE MAIN CHARACTER WILL B BELOW THE POVERTY LINE AND IN A GIFFY THEY BECOME RICH, FAMOUS, SUCESSFUL AND WHAT NOT.......
BOOKS LIKE RAGE OF ANGELS, STARS SHINE DOWN, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, NAKED FACE, STRANGER IN THE MIRROR, TELL ME YOUR DREAMS
AND BLOODLINE WERE MORE OR LESS THE SAME. O-K-A-Y.
IF YOU HAVE TIME TO WASTE, THEN U CAN READ THESE.........
BUT, TO GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE, HIS OTHER BOOKS LIKE.......
MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT, THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT, SANDS OF TIME, WINDMILLS OF THE GODS, DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY, BEST LAID PLANS AND THE OTHER REST WERE JUST E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMONG ALL, WINDMILLS OF THE GODS IS THE BEST.
TERRIFIC, PULSE-RACING EXCITEMENT....
IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEFORE READ A NOVEL BY SIDNEY SHELDON, WINDMILLS OF THE GODS IS A PERFECT BOOK TO START WITH.
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Summary: Good as an adventure story for boyscouts
Review: Anyone who is remotely familiar with the works of Forsyth, Clancy, Deighton, le Carre (I do recognize this is a quite diverse bunch) will immediately dismiss this novel.
The story is so predictable. The details essential for a political thriller is completely missing. The phrases are corny.
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Summary: Props are the only thing holding it together. Forget plot!
Review: As far as US ambassadors go good. Mary's side if you have to pick a side is good. Apart from that , everything else is rubbish.
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Summary: Gripping to the very last page
Review: Aww! What a thriller!Full of surprises!Lots of action.Funny at times. I finally got convinced that Sidney Sheldon is a great writer despite what some 'proud' or 'shy' people to read his books think of him. 'The windmills of Gods' is a fiction book in
which you have no idea who's who until the very last pages and they are never enough for a pleasant book such as this.Mary Ashley is a great professor,a lovely person, an envious neighbour and friend. Her grandfather was a Romanian - and she's very knowledgable when it comes to Eastern Europe issues. The newly elected U.S. President was so lucky to read one of her essays on Eastern Europe so she has to be the U.S.Ambasador in Romania. She's out of breath, flattered when she receives a phone call from a president himself and to be offered the Ambasador's position but she refuses it for the sake of the family happiness. Soon, her circumstances change. Her husband gets killed in a car 'accident' so she gets another call from a president to reconsider the offer. This time she accepts it.
But if she knew what was awaiting her she would probably not. She, and her whole world (two children) are in danger...for unkown reasons...and from a well know killer who is appointed by...the person she most trusted. If you decide to read it please make sure you don't start in a lunch break or when you're starving.This book will want to be read in one breath.
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Summary: Death and diplomacy
Review: During the Cold War, the President of the United States asks college professor and Mrs. Average America Mary Ashley to fill the very important post of Ambassador to Romania. She is flattered, but declines because her husband's job requires him to stay here. Faster than you can say "Conspiracy theory," the husband has a fatal accident and Mary is off to Bucharest, where the protocol is stifling, her office is bugged, and her assistant, smart aleck Mike Slade, just may be trying to kill her.
This story is a bit of a departure for Sidney Sheldon, who usually writes romantic thrillers about spunky, single young women. Mary Ashley is brave, but definitely from the Donna Reed School for Wives and she has two (perfect) kids, to boot. The character I liked best was the enigmatic master assassin, Angel, who has killed some of the world's most influential people, and now find Mary Ashley on his to-do list. The ever-smirking Mike Slade is a fun and likeable character. You'll learn a lot about diplomatic protocol in this tidy little political thriller.
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Summary: excellent!
Review: He has written a book that is so close to real life that it will scare the pants off you! The newly elected president decides he wants to develop a better relationship with countries of the old cold war, Romania especially. Instead of a trained person for the ambassador job, he picks a teacher from a Kansas school, who specializes in that area in her studies. He read an article she had written and since what she had written was also his views, he asks her to take the job. At first she declines because of her family and her husband's commitments to his patients (he is a doctor), but after he dies in a mysterious car accident, she decides to take the job. There are many who don't like the idea of Romania and the U.S. getting buddy buddy and a secret group from around the world, including those in the U.S., work to sabotage the presidents efforts. They hire an assassin, who has never been defeated to take out several key people. Mary Ashley, the ambassador, is turning out to be quite successful at her job, and is the target of an assassination. She doesn't know who to trust. This is interesting all the way to the end and keeps you guessing. Enjoy!
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Summary: excellent!
Review: He has written a book that is so close to real life that it will scare the pants off you! The newly elected president decides he wants to develop a better relationship with countries of the old cold war, Romania especially. Instead of a trained person for the ambassador job, he picks a teacher from a Kansas school, who specializes in that area in her studies. He read an article she had written and since what she had written was also his views, he asks her to take the job. At first she declines because of her family and her husband's commitments to his patients (he is a doctor), but after he dies in a mysterious car accident, she decides to take the job. There are many who don't like the idea of Romania and the U.S. getting buddy buddy and a secret group from around the world, including those in the U.S., work to sabotage the presidents efforts. They hire an assassin, who has never been defeated to take out several key people. Mary Ashley, the ambassador, is turning out to be quite successful at her job, and is the target of an assassination. She doesn't know who to trust. This is interesting all the way to the end and keeps you guessing. Enjoy!
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Summary: Greatest Mystery Ever
Review: I had read two Sheldon books before I read Windmills of the Gods, and I didn't really know what to expect, since I only kinda enjoyed the previous two. Anyway, I read this book. Six pages the first day. About 150 the second day, I think. This is simply a fabulous, page-turner book. It has the (from what I've read) different cultures in it, and the mystery in it is so amazing. I cannot express how good the twists in this book are, but they left me gaping, and re-reading a number of words, just to make sure I read it right the first time. This IS the Greatest Mystery I've ever read.
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Summary: Greatest Mystery Ever
Review: I had read two Sheldon books before I read Windmills of the Gods, and I didn't really know what to expect, since I only kinda enjoyed the previous two. Anyway, I read this book. Six pages the first day. About 150 the second day, I think. This is simply a fabulous, page-turner book. It has the (from what I've read) different cultures in it, and the mystery in it is so amazing. I cannot express how good the twists in this book are, but they left me gaping, and re-reading a number of words, just to make sure I read it right the first time. This IS the Greatest Mystery I've ever read.
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Summary: Not bad. Not amazing, but not bad.
Review: I never read a sidney sheldon book before so I cant really compare it to his other works. The book is not brilliant, but what I can say is that I chose to read it as a book report and I enjoyed reading it very much.
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