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Summary: Answered Prayers
Review: "Answered Prayers, a warm-hearted novel that is so much more than just a story about a middle-aged woman, it is the life of a captured soul that is trying to be freed. This particular novel includes a very heartfelt beginning and tragic happenings. Danielle Steel is one of the most successful female writers on all of today. She knows how to relate to each type of woman, and problem that each is dealing with. Overall this is a great book to get your head stuck into. And you may never put the book down."
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Summary: You'll hate her husband!
Review: After being disappointed with a few of the newer Steel books, I thought this one was quite good. Beware though- you'll hate the husband! It's actually amazing to think there could ever be a man out there like this. I couldn't wait for him to get what was coming to him!I know a lot of people might read this story and think the characters are too simple-minded or that the story is predictable. Well, maybe they are; but the story kept me reading and I started to really love certain characters and love to hate others. Every now and then, you just need a good love story, no matter how predicatable or sappy.
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Summary: A truly thoughtful journey of self-discovery
Review: Answered Prayers by acclaimed romance author Danielle Steel is the compelling story of Faith Madison and Brad Patterson, two childhood friends who are each caught up in the midst of unhappy marriages and who correspond by e-mail. Gradually Faith and Brad find the courage to take necessary (albeit painful) steps in their lives that they never dared to take before. Answered Prayers is highly recommended as a truly thoughtful journey of self-discovery and reaching out to embrace life. The large print format is ideal for readers who vision requirements necessitates an easy-to-read font size.
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Summary: A Huge Disappointment
Review: Answered Prayers is the story of Faith Madison, the stylish, perfect housewife and mother to her husband Alex and daughters Eloise and Zoe. She runs into an old childhood friend, Brad, at her stepfathers funeral. Soon the two are emailing each other multiple times a day and calling each other whenever they aren't emailing. Faith decides to go back to school and maybe become a lawyer. This causes major tension between her and Alex and their two daughters. When Faith returns to school the tension builds and thus the story builds too. This book was extremely bland. This was almost like reading The Kiss. Except in this book there is no car crash that land Faith and Brad in the hospital. It seems like Ms. Steel uses the same story line in all of her books lately. Faith had absolutely no backbone and Alex was just a complete jerk (like the husband in The Journey). Eloise was nothing short of a witch. Zoe was a spot of sunshine in this book. The character of Brad was a bit too perfect. Always at the phone or computer whenever Faith needed him. This aspect I found extremely odd. Brad is a busy lawyer yet has time to email Faith more than once a day and he's always at his computer or phone whenever she writes or calls. Ms. Steels latest books have lacked the spark of her earlier works. She tends to repeat herself constantly. The book would be half the size if she wouldn't repeat herself so much. In this book she concentrates on Jack, Faith's deceased brother, way too much. He is brought up in the book as if he's still alive. The whole church aspect of the storyline was off too. Faith, the dedicated churchgoer, only went to church it seemed to light candles. Again, this whole part of the storyline just didn't seem to fit into the story right. To sum it up....boring book, same as all other books written by Ms. Steel in the past few years. I would recommend revisiting one of her earlier books or if you must read this one, borrow it from the library. Don't spend your hard earned money on this.
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Summary: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Review: Boring, repetitive, predictable. Definitely not one of her best novels. Faith's brother Jack was brought up over and over again, so often in fact that while I was listening(book on tape) I thought several times that I had accidentally rewound it or put the same tape back in instead of a new one.
Nothing unusual here. Old friendship rekindled,both are in unhappy marriages but they are only friends, both marriages break down and WHAM they find out they are actually in love. How boring.
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Summary: same ole, same ole
Review: Danielle Steele has essentially been writing the same book over and over again since "The Promise" came out. Obviously, her true fans love her formula and trust it.And after 56 books she knows the right way to go to get a bestseller. However, if you are a casual romance fan or if you haven't touched a Steele book since high school, I'd say pass this by or go the library. The only thing that stands out about it is that the tragedy is a little more dreary than usual.
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Summary: Tough look
Review: Danielle Steele turns her talent loose on unhappy marriages. This book retains her classic style, sans the warm and fuzzies. It's a bit harsh, but is interesting. For spiritual insights I recommend the non-fiction " THE PRAYER OF HANNAH " by Kenn Gividen.
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Summary: ick
Review: DS goes up and down, this one is down. Faith is such a wuss I lost all interest in her 1/2way throught the book. It is a throwback plot to the fifties--what middle aged man today would have such a strong reaction to an innocent little desire to go back to law school? Get real. Boring, dreary, and the emails do get horribly boring. And for such a pious little wimp that Faith is made out to be, she sure doth cusseth a lot.
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Summary: Gentle and well paced
Review: Granted, she writes to a formula - but its a very successful one and guaranteed to keep us entertained. After raising her family, Faith wants to do something else with her life. Her husband is very successful but hardly ever home. When he is, he takes her for granted. When she mentions going to law school, he is violently opposed to it. One daughter (Eliose) agrees with him and the other (Zoe) sides with her mom. At the funeral of her stepfather, she runs into a friend from childhood, Brad. Brad, Faith and her brother Jack (who is now deceased) were inseparable as children. Brad lives on the other coast with a very successful wife. He is a lawyer, but tends to want to defend the underdog which drives his wife, Pam, crazy. What I liked about the book (formula or not) is the slow pace and the idea that childhood (friends and feelings) can be regained. As one who is moving back to my hometown again, I guess it was the right book at the right time. I hope it is for you too.
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Summary: DISAPPOINTED
Review: I agree with Kristi of the U.S. It was a good story line but not believeable, pretty bland, but mostly I got aggravated with the repitition. I guess you fill pages that way and make a lot of money but it's not fair to the readers. I was glad when it was over and sorry I paid full price for this hard-back book.
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