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Summary: Excellent.... but heartbreaking....
Review: Get the Kleenex ready for this one... I don't want to give too much away, so I'll make this review short and sweet. This story will excite you, and warm your heart, then take a tear-jerking turn!!! You'll feel sadness in ways you've never felt before. The movie was just as good as the book in this one. I never quite got over this book. Don't read if you've dealt with a loss of a loved one, or a tragic illness in the recent past!!! But save it... it's a wonderful story.
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Summary: Excellent.... but heartbreaking....
Review: Get the Kleenex ready for this one... I don't want to give too much away, so I'll make this review short and sweet. This story will excite you, and warm your heart, then take a tear-jerking turn!!! You'll feel sadness in ways you've never felt before. The movie was just as good as the book in this one. I never quite got over this book. Don't read if you've dealt with a loss of a loved one, or a tragic illness in the recent past!!! But save it... it's a wonderful story.
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Summary: I agree
Review: I am definitely agree with Bookworm who made a review in April 28, 2000 that the book is to repetitive, but I will write some things that Bookworm didn't write.
Since the illness of Liz till she die, are about 60 pages, when you read that she has bone cancer you just know that she will die, D S could write all this lines in less than 20. Another thing is that when the biologic father of Jane ask Bernie for money and his attorney told him why he didn't adopt her, he must adopt her immediately after he paid Chandler why didn't he?
When the judge say to Bernie that Chandler has the right to see his daughter once a week, that is OK because he is her natural father, no matter if he was in jail or if he didn't see his daughter in 9 years, but when he kidnapped her in the first visit, he took her out of the country with a fake passport in a stolen car, he didn't see his parole officer in more than two weeks and the judge give him (Chandler) his child again that is really pathetic, if those are the laws in California, thanks God that I don't live there.
The way that Chandler die is really unbelievable. and with that the book has to be finish, I don't know why it continue.
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Summary: One of my favorites! More than "just a romance" novel!
Review: I could read this book over and over! It includes everything that a full life should have...love, romance, sorrows, joys, children, animals, prosperity and happiness. This book's modern, true-to-life ups and downs are an inspiration to all of us who are seeking what is really important in life
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Summary: High Quality Steel
Review: I found this novel to be a very touching and endearing story, and it is very funny as well as sad. The characters were all realistic. I like the fact that this time around the main character's mother is alive, and like the majority of moms, is bossy and interfering (in an entertaining way, of course). I was starting to get rather annoyed by the characters whose parents both conveniently die in a car accident when the person is eighteen years old. I admire Mr. Fine's unusual courage and fortitude in fighting the unfit biological father for custody of the daughter. Great description of the setting (Napa Valley, CA) and cool name ("Fine Things") for a department store. It's definitely one of Danielle Steel's best.
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Summary: Half way thru and "caught in the middle"..Love it & Hate it
Review: I hate to be party pooper...I know that Danielle Steel is a fabulous author, and that her books are loved worldwide, and I do think she's an incredible person.... BUT I just picked up this book, I am still in the middle of it, and I thought I would give my opinion already... I think its an amazing story, great characters, and very emotional... but something about the writing is not very intriguing or "different"... Most of the sentences seem repetitive, like "he never loved her so much..."..."she never looked more beautiful"...."Jane loved him very much and he loved her too"...(I feel like these sentences are in each chapter). A lot of the writing is just predictable and boring; it almost seems like it was written for an elementary school reader...At times I have found myself re-reading sentences and saying "is she kidding ? ".. OK, here's one example "Her mother looked wide-eyed and alert and beautiful, just like she had before, only thinner, and they were moving to Stinson Beach the next day" ...can someone please tell me how that sentence makes any sense ? .. I found many of these, as a matter of fact they distracted me from reading all along my subway ride...I wish I had a highliter for each one I found...and for each "She loved him very much" or "She was never happier in her life"... Another thing I'm not crazy about is how DS always uses the phrase, ".....and he told him just as much"....If you have read this book you might remember... Another thing... After Liz and Bernie were married they were trying SO HARD to have a baby. They wished for it when they tossed coins into the Fontana di Trevi on Via Veneto...then a month or 2 later, Liz begins to feel nauseous and exhausted, misses her period (and doesn't realize it), never remembers feeling that horrible....and doesn't think that maybe she's pregnant ! ...it's just too unrealistic at times... Sure it's fiction, it's a novel, but it's easy to get absorbed into a good book.. This one is too surreal, and it's disappointing in a way... Redundancy... In each chapter, someone is going to or coming from an airport...A few times I thought I was re-reading a past chapter...Either Bernie is flying on a business trip, or his parents are coming to see him... More repetitiveness... Each time Grandma Ruth comes, she has bought tons and mountains and lots and lots and lots of toys for the kids from "Schwarz...and each time Bernie sees his mother he has a new bag for her or she is wearing a suit or hat that he bought her years before... There is way too much mention of the department store Wolff's...That store seems to be the saving grace of everything... Need food ? Wolff's has a gourmet department... Need a lawyer ? Wolff's has that too ! Whatever Bernie or his family needed was provided by Wolff's. Seems like these 4 people are living in a glass bubble called Wolff's... It is also annoying to have to hear about every piece of clothing worn by Grandma Ruth, Liz and every other woman in the book, where the oufit was made, what material it was, and how it looked on them....A run-on sentence just to describe an outfit...( I love clothing and shopping but this is a novel, not WOMENS WEAR DAILY)... Also, I was told in English class in high school NEVER to start a sentence with the word AND, and sure enough DS seems to do that VERY VERY often... I plan to finish this book, since it's a gripping story, but I am very bored with the writing style.......I will not give up on DS however, I do plan on reading more of her books, (not consecutively - i need a change of writing style)hopefully I don't come across these same bad habits...... I would love to hear if anyone agrees or disagrees with me...send me an email......no offense to anyone, just my honest-to-goodness opinion ! I never thought it was possible to like the story line of a book, but not like how it was written... I guess it's kind of like what they say about jokes "it's all in the delivery"......
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Summary: The most beautiful love story I ever read!!!
Review: I love all of Danielle Steel's books and this is my all time favorite! I seen the movie also and I cried during both! Bernie Fine is positively a womans dream caring for his dying wife and then fighting to keep her daugther with him after she passes away. Truly heartwarming. A must read book and also a must see movie!!
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Summary: I thought this book was so heart-touching !
Review: I loved this book ! It brought tears to my eyes..it was my first danielle steel book! I dont' wanna give the plot away to readers so I'll leave it at that..I would recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: I am half way through and I love it already.
Review: I read half of it last night and I sobbed my eyes out. If you are in for a real tear jerker I totally recommend this book. I just hope it has a good ending.
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Summary: Simply Wonderful!
Review: I saw the movie twice - it was simply wonderful. It was very sad, there were tears of sadness and tears of joy too. The book was as good as the movie. It's a must see movie and a must read book! If you are a D.Steel fan, go for it! However I am reading less of D.S books lately, I think that I should start buying her books again.
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