Five Days in Paris

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Summary: Stepping Out...
Review: "Five Days in Paris" is a story of a man [Peter] and a woman [Olivia] who find themselves in Paris and help each other find the true meaning of love.

Olivia is in a loveless marriage with a United States Senator more consumed by this career than his wife. She finds herself giving up her life for him. Her existence is filled with compromising her dreams for his career. She, in fact, is just a tool for his political desires.

Peter, a pharmaceutical businessman, is in a marriage of complete compromise. All his compromising that is. Peter bends all the time on almost everything to fit the will of his wife and father-in-law. His wife, who is closer to her father than her husband, literally has it made with Peter right where she wants him.

Then, one fateful business trip to Paris, both Olivia and Peter soon discover love, life, happiness, and freedom with each other. As they discover the bond they share and realize that they were meant for each other rather than the people they are with, both Peter and Olivia decided to step out of their life for a couple of days and pretend they are two different people.

After their wonderful time together in Paris, can Peter go back to a life his eyes are now open to? No longer able to blind himself by the control of his wife and father-in-law? Can Olivia go back to her husband and live as nothing more than a simple tool?

I loved "Five Days in Paris". Let's face it, we all wish we could walk out of our lives for a brief moment or forever and just start over and begin a new life. This book hit home for me. Sometimes I too wish I could just be someone else living another life. I may not have the strength or courage to actually do it like Olivia and Peter... but reading the book filled my imagination with dreams. Too bad I didn't have their courage and strength to just step out of my life and start over... or maybe I do?

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Summary: Cliche ridden, boring, plot holes...should I go on?
Review: A friend recommended this book to me, so, respecting her opinion, I read it. What a waste of time. It's written in passive voice, totally boring, and filled with cliched characters who have mixed message motivations. Ms Steele drops plot lines like the proverbial hot potato, and her foreshadowing is poor. Though, maybe she doesn't need it, there's hardly an event you can't see coming. After reading this, and Jewels (I'll give anyone a second chance) I have to wonder why Ms. Steele is still being published. There are too many good books and too little time to waste said time on Ms. Steele. Spare yourself the anguish and read something else instead.

Oh yes, there was one good thing about it. Victor Garber did the narration and that's the only thing that kept me going til the end. He could make a telephone listing sound interesting.

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Summary: A very warm and touching story of hope and understanding!
Review: After reading some of the reviews, I had a hard time believing that people could be so hard on this book. I read it in a few hours and it touched me to the point that I could not read another book for a few days. (I usually read a book in 2 or 3 days, and can pick up another book a few hours after I finish one and enjoy the new book) I thought it was hard to get into at first, but then I realized that it was Peter's personality, since he was really the main character. It could touch home to so many people who are trapped in a loveless or unhappy marriage. You just never know when or where you will find love, and what better place to find that perfect sole mate than while spending Five Days in Paris?

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Summary: Boring, Tiresome, Dull... x 3
Review: Are you a busy person who has no free time, but who would love to be able to read a book? Well now you can, thanks to this handy hint! Take any Danielle Steel book - in this demonstration we're using Five Days in Paris, but any one will do - and read every third page! You'll find that not only will you finish the book in a third of the time, but you'll still be able to follow the story! That's right! The secret lies in the way the book is worded. Danielle takes everything that needs to be said, and rewords it three times, just to make sure you (the ... reader) understands. That is, she says the same thing over and over, but in a slightly different manner. By which I mean, she repeats herself without repeating herself in the exact same way.

Danielle Steel writes excellent books for prepubescent girls. Anyone over 20 with any brains will be bored senseless by her incessant need to oversimplify every single thing she says. These books need to go on the Adolescent bookshelf.

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Summary: Challenge and Betrayal
Review: DS has done it again. I totally enjoyed this book and would recommend it, especially for a day at the beach or the mountain cabin. Curl up and get ready for a wonderful novel. I loved remembering timeless Paris. This is one of Ms. Steels best works.

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Summary: A winning story to be sure,
Review: Five Days In Paris by super writer Danielle Steel is a wonderful story that was easy to get lost in. I loved the characters and the plot had me eagerly flipping the pages. I think most Danielle Steel fans will agree...this is one book you don't want to miss!

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Summary: Steel's best - you won't want to put it down
Review: Five Days In Paris makes you realize how an accidental meeting with one person can change your whole perspective of your life and those in it. Even though the main character is a man, I, as a woman, had total empathy with him and wanted the story to go in the direction it did. Although it was not totally predictable, there were enough surprise angles to keep you guessing, it was definitely the story line I wish I had chosen to write. I did not want to put the book down. I would read a few lines in the next chapter and was soon so deep into it that I promised myself I would put it down at the end of that chapter, and again would read "just a few lines" to see where it was going. Danielle, you get better and better. Thanks

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Summary: Too short and not in-depth enough for me!!!!!
Review: Five days in paris was a short, sappy book. Even a ten year old could read this in a day! I was disappointed with this one. Sort of reminds me of Special Delivery. Not her best, but not her worst.

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Summary: I liked it
Review: From my opinion Danielle Steel has had a hard time pulling off the shorter books, however, I did like this one. I thought it was a cute, fun story. Maybe I'm just a sappy romantic. If you're looking for more shorter stories by Steel, the others I liked were The Gift & Special Delivery.

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Summary: Challenge and Betrayal
Review: I am not a big "book reader" but once I started reading this book, I was anxious to finish it to see how it ended. I really enjoyed it. I think you will too.