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Summary: heart of a warrior
Review: My review may be a bit bias based on the fact that I am a collector of Johanna Lindsey's novels. But I wiil say that there are some that makes them more interesting and enjoyable. Heart of a Warrior was one, as it was different in the style of writing that she chose to use for her setting, in that it was removed from the traditional setting normally adapted to in these novels. This however did not detract from the story line as it serves to highens plot making the reader having to think about the things written. Now the major coup of the book was the character, they were humorous, down to earth saying what they think people not hiding all their emotions to the bitter end. This made them lovable and real. This book is a keeper.
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Summary: He's a Pleaser person
Review: Come on! He's from anyother planet. But hey if they all look like him-give him my number! He's agood guy. He actually looks to make her more comfortable. He steades her and that is sexy. Any way, I think that he should have tried to adjust to her world rather than pick her up and transport wherever he felt like it. Arrogant idiot. Read it anyway tough. Wait till you see who has some good ideas.
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Summary: It really irritated me.
Review: This book really irritated me. Here's why:
1. Way TOO much expository explantion instead of dialogue. I don't count computer Martha's pages of monologue as dialogue -- it just serves to set the stage, explain the culture into which Brittany, the heroine, is involuntarily placed. If the author cannot tell the story without pages and pages of exposition, then there is a problem with the story. Description does not equal story.
2. Although I had read the original book, with Dalden's parents' Tedra and Challen, I can imagine that even with all the explanations, it would be tough going.
3. Brittany refuses to believe that she is in an alien world and sticks to her theory that everything she sees is some sort of trick for WAY too long.
4. The gender roles in this book are much more aggravating than in the originating book in this series. Why? Because Tedra was trained to be tolerant of other cultures no matter what. Brittany is a 28 year-old, modern, American woman who is a carpenter. Being on her own and in a "man's" profession has required her to be extremely self-sufficient and emotionally strong. Before you know it, she's wearing sexually provocative clothing, giving up any notion of seeing her family or friends ever again (unless she can convince Dalden to "allow" her to see them), getting physically attacked for disobeying Dalden's orders, etc. etc.
Imagine this: replace the word Lindsey uses, "barbaric", with "fundamentalist Muslim" and this world to which Brittany submits so she can be with her "soulmate" would be Taliban Afghanistan. Women cannot go out without a male escort. Women cannot hold jobs. Women are not educated. Women have no say in their spouses. Women must dress according to male dictates and have no say in their own clothing. Women must obey what their spouse tells them to do or be punished (okay, so Brittany can't have her hand chopped off -- but isn't that nearly what happened as an author-created punishment for her "disobeying" Dalden's orders?) Women have literally no say in their own lives or those of their children.
And finally,troublemaking women are removed (by Tedra to other planets) so there will be no growth or change and the barbaric world Tedra so deplores will never evolve. There will always be rebels to repression and by removing them, Tedra is actually preventing a natural progression of cultural evolution that would be in the best interests of half the population! Argh.The sop at the end to our modern sensibilities by having Dalden "allow" Brittany to build her dream house was way too little way too late. The book would have been much better had the author had Tedra working in some fashion for change and learning how Brittany fit into that cultural moment.
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Summary: Stay Grounded (on Earth)
Review: I have read and loved every Lindsey novel...except this one. Had I even guessed from the back cover that it was a continuation of the outer space series I would have walked on by. Its confusing and disjointed, jumping from one thought to the next. Throughout the book I wondered what was in the heroine's head. She spends most of the book believing the hero was a nutcase pulling a very elaborate hoax on her. And this is who she loves??? I also spent a good portion of my reading time wondering what to make for dinner, what to wear for work the next day, what kind of cake to serve for my daughter's birthday. In other words, this story definitely does not bring the reader into the storyline.
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Summary: WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?
Review: I am a huge Johanna Lindsey fan and after reading WARRIOR'S WOMAN and KEEPER OF THE HEART, I couldn't wait to read the third installment. What a disappointment! The whole book is based on the heroine, Brittany, talking to the computer, Martha. There was barely anything going on between Brittany and Dalden. It wasn't even Dalden who got to save Brittany when she was attacked by some animal on his planet. by the time he shows up, she is already brand new again. The book seems to be more about the friendship between Brittany and Martha then about any romance between Dalden and Brittany. The first two books in this series were excellent and worth repeat reads. This one, though, is a disappointment.
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Summary: Definitely 3rd in a trilogy
Review: Excellent book, IF you have read the first two, written a decade ago. Warrior's Woman and Keeper of the Heart, without these books is extremely difficult to understand the story. Lindsay's attempts at long dissertations to keep one up to speed, don't do the trick, but are enjoyable answers to loose ends as a third to a trilogy. The Series as a complete whole is wonderful, just sorry it took her from 1990 to 2001 to finish it off.
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Summary: Heart of a Warrior
Review: This is a wonderful book. It's the third in a series by Ms. Lindsey that I recommend to any romance reader. The first two books in the series are Warrior's Woman and Keeper of the Heart. All three are wonderful reads. This is a great series and I can't wait to read more by Ms. Lindsey.
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Summary: Different but Good
Review: I really enjoyed this book and am not an avid Johanna Lindsey reader. But reading "The Heart of a Warrior" made me want to find the previous two as I was told there should be. Pooh on the fans who didn't like it. EXPAND your mind PEOPLE! I enjoy a varity of romance in my reading and like the new ideas Johanna came up with. Certaninly it was different but that is what I like about it.
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Summary: Johanna What Were You Thinking?
Review: I've been a fan of Johanna Lindsey's for eons, I like Science Fiction and Time Travel, and I love a good romance. It would seem that "Heart of a Warrior" would meld all these likes into the perfect book for me. Wrong! I struggled through the first 107 pages...leafed through the next 208...and never even looked at the last 90! The dialogue was appalling...Dalden's constant checking in with Martha annoying (I kept picturing the computer Buck Rogers' sidekick, Tweekie, carried around his neck)...and the entire plot was...well...plotless! For those of you who are unfortunate enough to pick up this book as your first Lindsey, please, please read some of her earlier works..."Fires of Winter", "A Pirate's Love", "Captive Bride"...most all of them are re-reads. She truly is...was (?)...a wonderful author with great storytelling ability and an appealing sense of humor...honest! From other reviews I've read, it seems some fans liked the earlier Ly-San-Ter novel...I don't know if I'm brave enough to try it!
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Summary: Ugh
Review: Give Johanna Lindsey points for thinking up TONS of details about how life on other planets might be...so if you like that kind of thing- relentless detail about possible creatures and flora and fauna and technical gadgetry- sure, read this book. If you actually want ROMANCE with your romance novels, or at least hot sex and chemistry, skip this one. Plus, the semi-articulated misogynic traits of the men are quite a turn-off. We never know why either Brittany or Dalden like each other, since all JL's time is spent recreating her planets. UGH. Skip it. Mine went right in the old trash can, and I usually save all the novels I buy.
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