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Summary: always great
Review: A story we can all relate to---A great mother/daughter tale, a wonderful second-chance love story, a beautiful setting. This is a smart,literate, emotional novel for all women to enjoy. Read DREAM COUNTRY and all of Luanne Rice's other books!
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Summary: Ja Fool is rapping
Review: Dream Country by Luanne Rice is a novel that follows the lives of different individuals in the story. Those individuals are Daisy, Sage, and James. Daisy Tucker, a young mother, has always been an independent person. Sage, her daughter, dislikes her mother as she does not get Sage at different times. Sage runs away one day with her boyfriend Ben. They hop on a train and are headed to Wyoming to see Sage's father. The one thing that Daisy does not know, besides Sage running away, is that Sage is pregnant. James Tucker, Sage's father, loves being on the ranch. The only problem is, is that he won't leave without finding his son, Jake. His son disappeared mysteriously in a canyon one day and James thinks that it is all his fault. This is a romantic novel, so if you enjoy these novels, I recommend it.
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Summary: Dream country rings false to Dubois, Wy resident
Review: I am a big Luanne Rice Fan and Dream Country is another, absolutely wonderfully written book by Rice. I could not, once again, put down one of her books, and read the book in two days.Dream Country is about finding the love of your life and sharing and building that forever life, and yet, that once in a lifetime dream comes shattering down on you with the devastating loss of one of your children. Jack and Daisy are ripped apart by the mysterious disappearance of Jack, their darling three year old. Unable to cope and fearing for Jack's twin, Daisy flees to Connecticut from Wyoming with Sage, Jack's sister, divorcing Jack in the process. With Sage's disappearance at sixteen, Daisy's life is once again thrown into turmoil. Knowing that Sage is on her way to Wyoming to see her father, Daisy flies to Wyoming and has to confront all that she escaped from, including the undying love, that she still has for her ex-husband. Rice brings together another heart-warming tale of family conflicts, enduring love and the mysteries of the heart. The ending will blow readers away and have them once again grabbing their Kleenex! Rice fans will delight in her departure from the shores of Connecticut to the roaming and wildness frontier of Wyoming. Readers will once again be captivated, drawn, and immersed into the lives of the Tuckers. Rice weaves magic once again! Wonderful, captivating book!
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Summary: Captivating yet once again
Review: I am a big Luanne Rice Fan and Dream Country is another, absolutely wonderfully written book by Rice. I could not, once again, put down one of her books, and read the book in two days. Dream Country is about finding the love of your life and sharing and building that forever life, and yet, that once in a lifetime dream comes shattering down on you with the devastating loss of one of your children. Jack and Daisy are ripped apart by the mysterious disappearance of Jack, their darling three year old. Unable to cope and fearing for Jack's twin, Daisy flees to Connecticut from Wyoming with Sage, Jack's sister, divorcing Jack in the process. With Sage's disappearance at sixteen, Daisy's life is once again thrown into turmoil. Knowing that Sage is on her way to Wyoming to see her father, Daisy flies to Wyoming and has to confront all that she escaped from, including the undying love, that she still has for her ex-husband. Rice brings together another heart-warming tale of family conflicts, enduring love and the mysteries of the heart. The ending will blow readers away and have them once again grabbing their Kleenex! Rice fans will delight in her departure from the shores of Connecticut to the roaming and wildness frontier of Wyoming. Readers will once again be captivated, drawn, and immersed into the lives of the Tuckers. Rice weaves magic once again! Wonderful, captivating book!
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Summary: Wonderfully good book
Review: I am usually a Jude Deveraux and Nora Roberts fanatic.My husband bought this book for me and I absoluty adore it. It captured my attension from the very beginning with her son going missing and her daughters life in turmoil . I could not put it down for a minute. I read it in 24 hours . The pace is fast and lasts. I adore all the charactors in the book especially the relationship between Daisy and James. His father is adorable even though his illness will breaks Loisa heart she is a possitive and admirable woman. This book is absolutely a great buy.I cant wait to read another one of her books . Infact I am going so I can order a new one !
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Summary: I couldn't wait to get this over with
Review: I found the characters so boring, one dimensional and typical that even they couldn't get me interested in this unbelieveably corny story. I almost finished reading it (I left about 10 pages of filler untouched) only because I was on a vacation and had lugged it with me all the way across the country. Every point and turn in this book seemed too perfectly timed, almost as if the author wanted to make sure that after the first third of the story you knew exactly how everything was going to turn out in the end. Even worse, each of the characters were so melodramatic that I couldn't stop myself from rolling my eyes from time to time. I thought I would like Luanne Rice but I am sure this will be the last of her books that I'll read.
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Summary: Haven't I read this before?
Review: I got a tremendous sense of deja vu while reading this book. The main storyline between the parents was very familiar - I've read similar stories in number of books, and this one didn't add anything new to it. The reason for the intial separation didn't ring true given the mother's love of Native American spirituality, and the way she seemed more suited to the West rather than New England. Sage's story was a little more interesting, but I didn't have to waste much brainpower figuring out what was going to happen. I found myself just skimming the book towards the end. This was my first book by Luanne Rice, and might be my last.
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Summary: DISAPPOINTING COUNTRY
Review: I have read all of Luann Rice's books, but this was the most disappointing one in terms of story and character development. I just felt that it dragged on, and the "mystery" is easily solved less than midway through the novel. The change of location was refreshing-away from the coastal waters of New England-but it is not enough to overcome the storyline and thin characterizations. Maybe she needs to return to Connecticut.
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Summary: Rice should research first. . .
Review: I have read and enjoyed several of Luanne Rice's books, though after reading Dream Country, I hesitate to continue. As a native of Wyoming, I am extremely disappointed that she didn't spend a little time in our beautiful state, and give her readers an accurate picture of this country, its people and the abundant wildlife (though sadly you'll not find bison grazing by any streams, unless you're in Yellowstone Park, or on a Reserve). She has wolves howling throughout the book--one wonders if she has them confused with coyotes??? Does she know these animals had disappeared from the West, and had to be brought in from Canada several years ago to re-populate Yellowstone Park, and though they are doing well, they are not prolific throughout the entire state? Even her geography is completely off---believe me, I don't know of any "logging" roads connecting Nebraska and Wyoming, and beyond that, it would have taken Sage and David about seven hours (in good weather) to get from the Nebraska border to anywhere near Dubois. Her picture of ranch life, and the cattle industry is filled with innaccuracies and stereotypes. A small number of calves may be sold for veal, but most cattle are not sent to slaughter until long after they are weaned. Many are not slaughtered, but sold for breeding stock to other ranches. It all makes me wonder what other kind of misinformation and shoddy research techniques (or none at all) were used to create the atmosphere in any of her other books. One assumes she knows the New England area, because that's where she grew up, but if she intends to set her books in other locations, I really believe some research, and perhaps a trip to the area is required. The American West is a fascinating and beautiful part of the country, with history and mystery to spare, and deserves to be rendered accurately.
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Summary: Intense and Emotional
Review: I liked Dream Country. It's a pretty intense and emotional rollercoaster ride that hinges on some fairly unique plot points and takes some interesting side roads along the way. For that alone, I give Ms. Rice credit. I've read lots of books, and this particular plot is a new one to me. It isn' t the best book I've ever read, and I enjoyed Firefly Beach (the other Luanne Rice novel I've read) more, but there was something almost hypnotic about the way this story unfolded that kept me riveted right from the beginning. The main characters in this novel are very well developed, and the constantly changing POV is interesting, if a little over-used. I agree with some other reviewers that said the mystery wasn't much of a mystery, but I think that was the point. I think we were supposed to figure it out before the characters did and wait with bated breath to see how it would unfold. I certainly did. I was a little disappointed with the ending, which felt rushed and didn't do justice to the well-drawn characters we'd spent so much time getting to know. I was rooting for Daisy and James, and for Sage and David, so it was a bummer to not see more of them together in the end. If you're in the market for a dense, well-written novel that has an "epic" feel to it, then give this a try. If you're looking for something light to pass the hours, this will not suit.
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