The Promise

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Summary: This book is incredible!!!!!
Review: The Promise brings hope into the lives of the brokenhearted. When I finished the last page, I just sat there with my jaw to the floor. What a great peice of work. Hats off the Danielle Steel. Very recommended.

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Review: The Promise By: Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel, today's leading lady of love has written a profound novel on life's most rewarding emotion, love. The Promise one of many Danielle Steel's novels is complete with different kinds of emotions. I happen to think this book was tremendously interesting. It was a roller coaster of emotions. At certain parts of the book I felt happy and other parts I wanted to cry, because it was so depressing, but during the whole book I was impatient to knowing what was going to happen. Danielle Steel is famous for writing love novels. She keeps me guessing through the entire novel. Like any book The Promise also had its faults. The author emphasizes on the characters looks. Every character in the novel is portrayed as looking very beautiful and having an excellent figure. The words stunning, and exquisite are used often in the novel to describe ones character. She never allows you to forget that they are lovely and powerful. It's as if, if the character happen to be average every day people they would not have the same problems that these really attractive people do. She also likes to point out that the characters of the novel are rich and everything is excisable to them. The characters are plastic surgeons and owners of very powerful architectural company. The importance of money and power gives the reader an idea that without money nothing is possible. She as an author thinks the world consists of only striking and influential people and unfortunately this world doesn't. Once you get over the novels faults you begin to realize its good qualities. For example there is a lot of detail given to the reader to help them comprehend what the person is going through and what its environment is like. The excessive descriptions in the novel place the reader into the characters shoes, so they are able to see what kind of a situation it is. Another good quality of the novel is that there are a lot of sensitive parts to it. They share their feeling and make it seem so real. Makes the reader think its reality. I would not recommend the novel The Promise to a child, because first of all a child would not understand what the words mean, and when I say child I mean someone under the age of thirteen. Also this novel has a bit of profanity in it. A child is not ready to hear the difficulties of life and the hardships that come with is. I would highly recommend this novel to teenage girls. Considering that I am a teenage girl I really enjoyed it. I was so attached that I didn't want to put the novel down.

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Summary: Deep, hurting and excellent!!
Review: The story of two lovers who were about to change their dream into reality,when suddenly an accident changes both their lives, one with a loss of hope, and the other with the loss of her beauty. With the help of a great surgeon, and the terror of her lover's mother, the girl goes through endless pain to find and recover her broken heart and restore the dreams which were joined together with 'The Promise'

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Summary: Beautiful and Heart Rendering
Review: This book brings out the feeling of love and trust you just tend to fall in love all over again. It makes you feel WONDERFUL.

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Summary: At her best
Review: This book is in the Top 10 most favorite Danielle Steel books, for me. I loved it, I loved everything about it. I enjoyed the characters, but what I loved most of all was the twist I didn't see coming. And a happy ending, who could ask for more? This is a classic D. Steel book, pick it up & read it!

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Summary: Danielle Steel is the greatest writer alive.
Review: This book is incredible as all of Mrs. Steel's other works. You will never be dissapointed by her writing. She makes you feel like your in the story and witnessing the events that take place. Very realistic and lots of emotions.

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Summary: I loved it!
Review: This book keeps you on your toes! It does kinda lag a little in the middle but it was worth it. (This was the first DS book I read though) When my mom saw what book I wanted she said that it would not be very good. She said all DS books are the same.Well she just finished the book and she loved it! BUY THIS BOOK!

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Summary: A very toching story about what a promise really means.
Review: This is for anyone who likes love stories. It's about a young couple who has been involved for a couple of years and plan to be married. This is true love. The love worth making a promise about, which they have. They made a promise to each other that nothing would come between them. On their way to get married, they were involved in a bad accident. Michael not too seriously hurt, but Nancy almost died. Nancy being persuaded from Michael's mom to break all ties with him, and in return she would take care of all medical/living expenses until she was fully recovered. Life was miserable for both Michael and Nancy. I encourage you to get the book and find out how this story ends, it's well worth the reading.The book gives great details on what/where the settings take place. Read it, it's worth the time.

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Summary: I THOUGHT I didn't like to read until I read this book!!
Review: This is the book that made me realize that reading is a great escape. I read it in the late 70's or early 80's and I've never forgotten it. I'm buying it now for my daughter who also "thinks" she doesn't like to read.

THIS is a must read for all you romantics.

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Summary: Love Story Danielle Steel style in San Francisco
Review: This is the only Danielle Steel novel I will ever read. It's got her signature drama but the story is just plain good. The Promise has all the elements: forbidden love affair, tragic elopement, 3000 mile separation, a lovelorn architect and a reinveted artist in San Francisco. When Nancy McAllister leaves Boston to have a plastic surgeon reconstruct her face ... she assume a whole new life as Marie Adamson complete with a new voice, body, career, and lover. Everything on the outside changes except her love for Michael Hillyard. She keeps waiting for him to find her not knowing that his mother told him she was dead. Two years pass and a medical building project brings Michael to California. When Marie/Nancy comes face-to-face with Michael again .... you can't help but want to tell him her real identity. Although a bit dated, melodramatic, and typical 70's American romance .... this is a good summer loving read. Steel couldn't write this story today. Doctors can't get involved with patients, at least not legally, and if someone told me that a person close to me died, I'd want to see proof. Nonetheles, if you want dewey romance that sounds irrational at times, indulge!