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Summary: If you love Dynasty, here is a book for you
Review: Some people love to read novels set in upper class surroundings, portraying family dynamics. Here is a book for them. With this genre you cannot expect deep characters and a clever plot. The beauty of these books lies elsewhere, and many readers will find them shallow. I was impressed by the language, and Bradford is obviously a better writer than many bestseller authors.
Rating: 
Summary: SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: There should be an option for no stars!!!!!!!!!I love the comment from the reader in New York; I said the same thing "What uppercrust child calls their mother Ma" PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! SAVE YOUR MONEY! This book has no beginning, middle or end. WHAT A LET DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating:
Summary: WHAT IS THIS???
Review: This is absolutely one of the worst books I've ever read. I can't help wondering what the publisher was thinking about when putting the book to print. And this is an author of a dozen other books? I will remember her name and never EVER to read any of her books again. There is no story, no theme, no reasonable buildup of climax. What a birdbrain product.
Rating:
Summary: A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME
Review: This is the most boring book that I have ever read. The dialog is moronic! What uppercrust English child calls their mother Ma?? Considering Ms. Bradford is English hasn't she heard the term "Mummy". DO NOT I repeat DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK...IT IS A WASTE OF MONEY. I found that I kept waiting for something to happen IT NEVER DID! I just completed it and thought I would warn anyone thinking of buying it, not to. I wish someone had warned me.
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Summary: Boring!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is worst book I have ever read and I read
alot...There is absolutly no substance at all to
this so called book..Starts out in the middle of
the main charaters life and alludes to her past
in the many boring chapters.. She has 4 children
that are mentioned but does not delve into their
lives deeply at all..People just keep popping up
and you didn't know where they came from or what
they had to do with anything... Could have added
about 200-300 more pages and detailed the story..
Starting with how the main charater met her husband, their marriage, how he died, etc.. Then
how she learned to live on her own... How about
a few chapter about all the kids and their lives..
The first born son has a wife that was married before and the first you hear about it is when he
comes in near the end of the book and goes crazy
and shoots the wife and her sister-in-law...
Then one the twin boys is having a affair with a
married woman that he knew a ways back when teenagers and she just pops in and now getting
divorced to be with the son...The daugher is illegitmate, the mother tells no one who father is, says he died... Daughter gets shot, goes in coma...Mother feels bad, goes to see the father
that supposedly died...He shows up the last 2-3
chapters and all is forgiven..That his daughter
was kept from him for 18 yrs...Then to top it all
off the story just ends.... Could have used an
epiloque...Seems like the author was on a deadline
and had to get the story out in a hurry so just fluffed a story with no in depth detail and time
to get readers to love the charaters... If I had
time I would sit down and re-write this the way
it should have been written.
Traci (triumph@netgate.net)
Rating:
Summary: The Power Of Romance
Review: This novel is a waste of time. I expected it to be more character-driven, with people I could like if there was more substance to them. I enjoyed the characters of Stephanie and her daughter from what few characterizations were given, but I still needed more. The people in this book are all ultra-rich which just makes the reader depressed that she/he isn't rich too. It seems like all the characters do in this novel is travel from country to country, which I cannot relate too. They also don't seem to change that much by the end of the book. The plot is boring and corny, with many other subplots popping up (like one of Stephanie's sons having an obsessive ex-girlfriend) that never get anywhere. The author also made it sound like Stephanie's daughter Chloe's father was going to be a big suprise in the end. It wasn't, just another rich guy. It would have been great if Bradford had made him someone who was average. Overall, I didn't like the book. It was too sappy and depth-deprived.
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Summary: PURE CORN
Review: This novel is a waste of time. I expected it to be more character-driven, with people I could like if there was more substance to them. I enjoyed the characters of Stephanie and her daughter from what few characterizations were given, but I still needed more. The people in this book are all ultra-rich which just makes the reader depressed that she/he isn't rich too. It seems like all the characters do in this novel is travel from country to country, which I cannot relate too. They also don't seem to change that much by the end of the book. The plot is boring and corny, with many other subplots popping up (like one of Stephanie's sons having an obsessive ex-girlfriend) that never get anywhere. The author also made it sound like Stephanie's daughter Chloe's father was going to be a big suprise in the end. It wasn't, just another rich guy. It would have been great if Bradford had made him someone who was average. Overall, I didn't like the book. It was too sappy and depth-deprived.
Rating:
Summary: Wish I could give it 0 stars...
Review: This was an absolutely dreadful novel. It should have been rejected by the publishers. The characters are completely inconsistent; their motivations for their behavior are non-existent. It's as though Ms. Bradford started writing, had no earthly idea where the story was going, and just randomly pulled plot elements out of a hat. Why in the WORLD did she decide to turn Stevie's father-in-law into a rapist? What purpose did that serve in the story? And what about Gideon's "stalker" ex-girlfriend? What was THAT all about? I kept thinking she would be the one to hurt Chloe, but instead we get the deranged ex-husband of a minor character in the book, whom we never knew had an ex-husband in the first place. And that Nigel...who is he--Jekyll and Hyde? I could go on and on and on...Don't even think of bothering to read this book unless you just want an example of what NOT to do if you're considering writing a novel yourself.
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Summary: I don't like these people!
Review: This was my first Bradford book, picked up in the airport to shorten the fly time. The description hinted at some mystery and intrigue, where my true reading interests lie, so I took the bait. I was sorely disappointed, and regret spending the $8.00. It's only saving grace is that it is a quick read, although if I hadn't been flying, I don't expect I would have finished it. The characters were extremely shallow and self-involved, with inconsistencies in their actions that I could not overlook. The plot was very disconnected, and the twists it took seemed very arbitrary and unrelated to what had preceded in the story. I thought perhaps I just did not appreciate this author's style -- I'm glad to see my opinion is not unique among others who have submitted their review. Not a book I will recommend.
Rating: 
Summary: Very slow and hard to get into
Review: This was the first Barbara Taylor Bradford book I have read and I was very disappointed.
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