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Summary: A Twist on Typical Steel
Review: Not one of Steel's best written novels, but a page turner ~ I found myself unable to put it down. It has a more realistic tone than many of her previous potboilers. I'd give it three stars if not for the fact that I found the protagonist (Meredith) completely self-absorbed and unsympathetic. Loved her husband Steven though ~
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Summary: Not like it used to be
Review: Danielle Steel was one of the first romance authors I read as a teenager. My mother, gradnmother, and I would eagerly pass the new books around. No more...I didn't finish this book and discourage my mother and grandmother from even starting it. I felt nothing for the characters, not even pity. If you want to read a truly outstanding Danielle Steel book try The Ring or Remembrance.
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Summary: my review
Review: This book is about the story of two people who have been married for 14 years and who under incredible stress and circumstances find themselves being separated and losing their marriage.I don't think the story holds very well, you can predict the end a lot sooner than it takes the author to do it. The characters are very predictable. All in all, I don't think this is Danielle Steel's best.
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Summary: Irresistable Forces - excellent drama
Review: I don't understand what the other readers have found so completely horrible about this book. There was some repetitiveness to the storyline but how many times can we write about any single topic without getting something similar to a previous story? The drama in the book, as always with Danielle Steel, kept me reading straight through. Maybe rather than looking at the ending as "sad" the readers would be more interested and understanding if they looked a little deeper into the marriage - was it really all that spectacular from the beginning? Any couple that indulges themselves so completely in work so as not to produce any real quality time with their partner can't be "THAT" much in love. Anything that breaks that easily was broken deeper inside than you can tell from the surface. Enjoy the book - you may find it as interesting as I did.
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Summary: Boring
Review: What can I said, that hasn't already been said. I agree with most of the other reviews here. This book was boring beyond belief. It was very repetitive and I felt no sympathy for any of the characters. Not one of her best works.
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Summary: Codependent author??
Review: Disturbing....It makes me wonder about the author. The main character, an independent investment banker, falls to pieces when she realizes the "terror" of being alone....Her boss, Callen, is a man without boundaries. What boss would volunteer to go house hunting with his famale married employee?? Or take her dancing? Etc. He clearly crossed the line of professionalism. It disgusted me. The message of the book seems to be to live in the moment and nothing else really matters. The problems in the marriage of the two were circumstantial, completely. So the doctor husband was treated like a babysitter in his new job in California....so what. No reflection on the affairs of the two main characters by themselves. Basically that the marriage was over because the sex was good somewhere else. Not even believable when they supposedly had it all in their own marriage. I wonder if Ms. Steel is not completely codependent herself and/or has a boarderline personality. This was very disturbing for me to read. Marriage is about ups and downs, good times and bad, not just running when something else feels better. Big time disappointment, this book.
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Summary: repetitive and boring
Review: She has definitely lost her touch. Better turn off the computer and find something else to do. I cannot believe how many times she wrote how the main characters missed each other because they were apart. For heavens sake, take out the fluff and give us something good to read!
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Summary: 'Irresistibly Predictable'!!
Review: A true Danielle Steel, full of predictable storylines with unimaginative characters. Too like Steel's other novels, which led to a very boring night's reading! An excellent book for the unfunctional brains amongst us! Not worth the paper it's written on.
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Summary: BORING (The worst of her books)
Review: I have read all of DS's books except 2 and this was BY FAR the most boring. I normally enjoy her books but this was too repetetive. Many times I lost my place and picked up the book to seem like I was reading the same thing over & over. Most of the book is about her job which is boring, and if you don't know anything about her line of work, you lose interest (he as a doctor could have more exciting info put into the book). Not enough going on in the book to keep it exciting like the others. I was very disappointed. She isn't caring about her readers anymore, just pumping the books out. I hope her next 2 I have are better reading.
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Summary: Not worth 7 cents...
Review: I agree with many of the reviews I read on this page. This book is just the most aweful Danielle Steel book I have ever read-and I have read a lot! I pretty much abhored the main character and her rationalizations for cheating on her husband. I felt as if D. Steel was approving adultery. Usually I can't put down a D. Steel book...but, with IF, I wanted to throw it down and step on it repeatedly! If I could give it negative stars I would.
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