Rating: 
Summary: Good on several levels
Review: I really liked this book, and am looking for more from these writers. The sci-fi was interesting, the charactors were great, and the romance was realistic. The main charactor grew from all her experiences, and became a better person. Plus, there were lots of laughs
Rating: 
Summary: A disappointment
Review: I thought that Connie Willis's The Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog were just great: clever, inventive, and character-driven. She even made me into a big Jerome K. Jerome fan! So I was really disappointed to realize that Promised Land was just a formula romance novel (of the most strait-laced kind) with formula characters and plot devices. Too bad.
Rating:
Summary: Stale flat and uninspired
Review: I was unable to find anything particularly interesting in the story, characters, setting or anything. I only give it 2 stars because it was easy to read andthere wasn't anything that particularly made me cringe. THe protagonist shows up to find herself married to a country bumpkin. Only she doesn't find out for a it because she keeps on interrupting people who are about to let that fact beknown. I thought that plot device died with 80s sitcoms.
Rating:
Summary: NOT up to par with Connie Willis' best!
Review: If you've read "To Say Nothing of the Dog" and "The Doomsday Book," and you're looking for more Connie Willis material that's as amazing as those, DON'T waste your time with this book. It has none of her usual wit and charm, what character development it has is contrived and thin, and you know from page 1 EXACTLY where it's going plotwise.It was entertaining in the way that most mediocre sitcoms are -- no intellectual stimulation, but if you need to stare at something to kill a little time, it'll satisfy that need.
Rating:
Summary: NOT up to par with Connie Willis' best!
Review: If you've read "To Say Nothing of the Dog" and "The Doomsday Book," and you're looking for more Connie Willis material that's as amazing as those, DON'T waste your time with this book. It has none of her usual wit and charm, what character development it has is contrived and thin, and you know from page 1 EXACTLY where it's going plotwise. It was entertaining in the way that most mediocre sitcoms are -- no intellectual stimulation, but if you need to stare at something to kill a little time, it'll satisfy that need.
Rating:
Summary: A disappointment
Review: Like a lot of people, I picked up this book on the strength of Connie Willis' name and, also like other people, I was sorely disappointed. This book is nothing more than a Harlequin Romance wrapped in a Saran Wrap-transparent "sci-fi" setting. (I guess if you make up weird vegetables and such, it qualifies). The "heroine", Delanna, is your average shallow, unthinking romance novel woman, whose main emotional attachment (even after she supposedly "falls in love") seems to be to her pet scarab. We know it's not a bug just the same way we know never to touch Thomas Covenant - she continually tells *everyone* over and over. The "hero", Sonny, is a walking mannequin. He never once has any type of independence and is never shown to be a real, thinking person. He's very conveniently been mooning after Delanna since she left Keramos at the age of *five* and he hasn't seen her since. Ummm, I think that's a little more worrying than admirable. His sole purpose is to stand around being noble and patient until the writers decide the interminable plot (and I use that word loosely) has stretched on long enough for Delanna to have the "realization" that she loves Sonny and living on Keramos. The other characters - the witch who really is just misunderstood, the ......... single guy who wants Delanna as well, also have about as much individuality as a block of tofu. I like light. I like humor. I like opposites attracting. I just deplore cookie cutter fiction.
Rating:
Summary: Fluff
Review: Like a lot of people, I picked up this book on the strength of Connie Willis' name and, also like other people, I was sorely disappointed. This book is nothing more than a Harlequin Romance wrapped in a Saran Wrap-transparent "sci-fi" setting. (I guess if you make up weird vegetables and such, it qualifies). The "heroine", Delanna, is your average shallow, unthinking romance novel woman, whose main emotional attachment (even after she supposedly "falls in love") seems to be to her pet scarab. We know it's not a bug just the same way we know never to touch Thomas Covenant - she continually tells *everyone* over and over. The "hero", Sonny, is a walking mannequin. He never once has any type of independence and is never shown to be a real, thinking person. He's very conveniently been mooning after Delanna since she left Keramos at the age of *five* and he hasn't seen her since. Ummm, I think that's a little more worrying than admirable. His sole purpose is to stand around being noble and patient until the writers decide the interminable plot (and I use that word loosely) has stretched on long enough for Delanna to have the "realization" that she loves Sonny and living on Keramos. The other characters - the witch who really is just misunderstood, the ......... single guy who wants Delanna as well, also have about as much individuality as a block of tofu. I like light. I like humor. I like opposites attracting. I just deplore cookie cutter fiction.
Rating: 
Summary: warm, sweet and utterly enjoyable
Review: Maybe it was just the right book at the right time in my life, but this book struck just the perfect chord with me. So what if you can smell the happy ending a mile away? I for one was content to relax in the capable hands of two skilled authors and let the story take me there. This wasn't what my mother would refer to as a "deep" book, but I read books for all kinds of reasons, not least of which is plain and simple enjoyment. The characters are interesting and develop in complexity as the main character grows to know them better. For all that the storyline is relatively straightforward, it's still complex enough to keep me going and surprise me now and then. I love this book. It even passed that most difficult of all tests: the re-read.
Rating:
Summary: warm, sweet and utterly enjoyable
Review: Maybe it was just the right book at the right time in my life, but this book struck just the perfect chord with me. So what if you can smell the happy ending a mile away? I for one was content to relax in the capable hands of two skilled authors and let the story take me there. This wasn't what my mother would refer to as a "deep" book, but I read books for all kinds of reasons, not least of which is plain and simple enjoyment. The characters are interesting and develop in complexity as the main character grows to know them better. For all that the storyline is relatively straightforward, it's still complex enough to keep me going and surprise me now and then. I love this book. It even passed that most difficult of all tests: the re-read.
Rating:
Summary: Ripping good story
Review: Nothing deep about this; just a really good piece of fluff. Very appealing characters, well drawn - even Cleo the scarab and the fire monkeys. Very nice romance. I found this hard to put down, read it in essentially one sitting, and was sorry to see it end.
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