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Summary: If it's really nasty outside, this is better than daytime TV
Review: I started this book on a rainy afternoon because it was handy and I'd have to put on a raincoat to go to the library and select another book. When I reached the halfway point, the rain stopped and I decided I really didn't care all that much for any of her characters, so I pitched this one and went to the local library and took out a Marcia Muller mystery. Had the rain lasted another day, I would have finished this one. Honest Injin! Don't buy this book, but if nothing else is available, give it a shot.
Charlie
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Summary: Enjoyable Reading*
Review: This was not the best by JM, but it was a good read. The beginning was a bit of a turn off what with all the flashbacks that I didn't understand much at first, but then it picked up and I was with it until the end. I do recommend Someone to Watch Over Me to fans of Judith McNaught, even if it isn't her best work to date.
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Summary: More romance, less suspense, please
Review: In some reviews for other books, I have alluded to this new trend in contemporary authors to sublimate the romance part of the story in favor of a full-fledged suspense/mystery. While in itself there is nothing wrong with that, when I pick up a book from the Romance section of my local bookstore, I am looking for something specific. I mean, I have to assume most of us are not so directionally challenged that we couldn't find the suspense/fiction books if that's what we were looking for.In McNaught's latest offering, Leigh Manning is an extremely talented broadway actress basking in her latest theater triumph. She is going to meet her beloved husband Logan at their out-of-the-way cabin when she gets caught in a blizzard and loses control of her car. Next thing she knows, she wakes up in the hospital and no one can tell her where her husband is. As the days go by, the police uncover a series of clues that implicate a whole array of characters in Logan's disappearance--including Leigh herself--and the painful truth that he may not have been quite what he seemed. That's it in a nutshell. The romance aspect of the story is so mininal that I don't need to mention it for you to get an accurate synopsis of the book. That's what really bugged me. If I was judging this solely as a romance, I would give this 3, or maybe even 2, stars. But because the suspense/mystery part is well orchestrated, I will still give this four stars. As you can imagine, Leigh encounters romance along the way, although it is really not that stellar--such great things could've been done with such a sympathetic hero! I was much more intriged by the romance that evolved between two of the officers investigating the case, and would've happily read a whole book about Sam and Mack instead of the six or so meager pages the author alloted them. Bottom line, if you're looking for a love story with lots of emotional highs and lows accompanied by steamy scenes, THIS AIN'T IT. On the other hand, if you're simply looking for a good whodunit, this is well worth the purchase.
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Summary: someone to watch over me
Review: I enjoyed this book very much, but then I don't go in looking for flaws as I have read from some of you. I enjoyed for the suspence and readability. Good new word. But I was actually looking for Water's Edge. I had read in these reviews that the name was changed to this one. But WHOEVER was wrong. Where is that book? The little I read was fantastic, is it ever coming out?
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Summary: Loved this book!
Review: Exciting, mysterious, romantic, sensual. This book has it all. And just when you think you have it figured out, another twist. Very interesting characters with great detail makes you want to keep turning the pages. The hero has a dark past and a dark present but is really a knight in shining armor. Very romantic with a good mystery thrown in.
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Summary: McNaught is a lady
Review: Even after seeing all my favorite romance writers turn their hand to the "woman in danger" genre (and most of them faltering badly in the attempt,) I still cannot see the point. So many authors who wrote fantastic romance, Judith McNaught and Sandra Brown being two that come to mind, have succumbed to the pressure to branch out into more "legitimate" genres, and that's a shame. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the beautiful stories of male-female relationships they crafted before this new wave hit. I suppose I should be grateful LaVyrle Spencer retired before joining the throng. I mean, can you imagine a murderer running amok in Morning Glory? Didn't need one. In Someone to Watch Over Me, McNaught has retained most of the elegance of her earlier writing while incorporating into the story the currently requisite death and danger elements. In a book like this, the heroine could have used a bit more salt-to-the-sugar ratio, or at least a blemish or two to humanize her. But, over all, the characteristic Judith McNaught touches were in evidence and somehow got the story over the bumps and jolts of what is obviously still alien terrain to her.
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Summary: Why haven't I been reading Judith McNaught???
Review: This was a wonderful, incredible book. The story is about murder, but the romance is wonderful and the seduction scenes are the best I've ever read. I laughed and cried and fell in love, and I followed the murder investigation wherever it led. If her other books are BETTER, I can't wait!
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Summary: someone to watch over me
Review: i was really pleased with this book. it has such an unusual plot. judith is a genuis. however, i have been looking forward to "waters edge" since 1999. before 1999, i had sworn off romance, until i stumbled across "kingdom of dreams". this book renewed my interest in romance, and i have been searching for "waters edge" since then. call me a sappy, male-dominating romantic (female-empowering;such a contradiction)story-searcher. all the other books i have read since then have just been the tide-me-over until "waters edge" release. judith, where is it ..........?
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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: Ms McNaught seems to have lost her charisma in this book. I do not find the romance between Michael and Leigh as sensual and attractive as that between Mack and Sam. In fact, the story of the latter pair can be written as a separate story! I've so missed Whitney, My Love and The Kingdom of Dreams.
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Summary: what a letdown
Review: I love all of her books but after reading the excerpt to this one (before it came out,and obviosly before she wrote more than a few pages) I was VERY disapointed. this was supposed to be some kind of medieval/timetravel thing (called waters edge) and she suddenly turned it into a contemperrary novel. whats the idea? I guess she just couldn't go forward with the plot, still I think it WOULD have been a very good story!
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