The Ranch

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Summary: This book was wonderful in every way
Review: I loved this book!The only thing I wanted to know is what happens between Tanya and Gordon.The repition of things and descriptions really make the details stick in your mind.I think this is by far one of the best books I have ever read.This is only the second Danielle Steel book I've read but I would love to read more now that I've read Malice and The Ranch!

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Summary: SHE'S BACK
Review: I Loved this book, Danielle did a wonderful job. She came back to the way she used to write. I enjoyed these women in this book. I can even relate to them in some situations. I couldn't put it one down. I read it in one day. Then re-read it the next day

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Summary: No thank you....
Review: I read this book after it was given to me by a friend. I just skimmed right through this book, it had so little substance. It was boring and predictable, like so many of her novels.

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Summary: Very Good
Review: I really liked this book. One of the lead characters, the country music singer, reminds me of Tanya Tucker. I loved the true friendship of these women. They were with each other through thick and thin.

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Summary: A Good Read but not the ending I would have preferred
Review: I recently completed Steel's latest novel. I found that it was a good read and classic Steel. However, I did find that portions of her book could have been better composed. Personally, there was too much emphasis on one character, Tanya, over the other two. There was less focus on the Mary Stewart as well as insufficient resolution to her character's descision to recapture a lost marriage. One was lead to believe, through several chapters in the novel, that she would move forward in her life with her recent found love. Her character's conclusion was a diappointing one. The reader was teased into false hope for her, but more critically there was no expansion of how the marriage was saved (Steel expanded generously on Mary Stewart's new love relationship, but did not expand when it came to describing what Mary Stewart and her husband had discussed after they "talk at lenght after making love" etc. and eventually lead to the salvation of their marraige.) In regards to her character Zoe, I felt that there was not enough research done into her character's illness of AIDS. There was not enough insight with Zoe's emotional rollercoaster, her future descisions, her loneliness or her mental exhaustion with the disease except to mention it once in a while in each chapter. I believe that if there was an indepth research on her situation, her character would have been given more "life" and substance as one of the three in the novel. I also felt that her "love" story line could have been more thorough. However, despite all my complaints, I found the book a joy to read. I would not consider it one of Steel's best, but it was still one that was enjoyed by myself in three days:)

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Summary: Friendship, romance and solutions
Review: I thought this was a great Danielle Steel book. It is my 20th by this author and I loved it! The book focuses on three college friends living very different lifestyles. They keep in touch over the years (except for two that had a falling out) and have a reunion at a ranch. Their lives each have their own problems but their friendship continues! It was also romantic with the men in their lives but not gushy romance. Some of Danielle Steel's books make me really cry but this one had more happiness to it! Bittersweet ending also!

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Summary: Friendship, romance and solutions
Review: I thought this was a great Danielle Steel book. It is my 20th by this author and I loved it! The book focuses on three college friends living very different lifestyles. They keep in touch over the years (except for two that had a falling out) and have a reunion at a ranch. Their lives each have their own problems but their friendship continues! It was also romantic with the men in their lives but not gushy romance. Some of Danielle Steel's books make me really cry but this one had more happiness to it! Bittersweet ending also!

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Summary: Terrible and disappointing!
Review: I usually read Danielle Steele's books and like them. This one was slow and unrealistic. I didn't enjoy it at all. Danielle needs to get it together

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Summary: GOOD BOOK BUT IT ENDED TOO SOON...
Review: I've liked Danielle Steel for some time now. When I stumbled upon "The Ranch" I thought that it was going to be a book about friendship mostly, and it was, but also new loves, and betrayal. It's a very good book and the ending is quite unexcpected!

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Summary: Disappointed in Steel's latest offering...
Review: I've read Danielle Steel in the past for her storytelling. She has the ability to tell stories that make you care about the characters and completely escape from your own life for a little while. This book, however, was so poorly written that I had trouble finishing it. The sentences were never-ending, strung together by so many commas that you forget what she's talking about by the end. The writing was cliched, full of such gems as "her hair was like a huge mane." (Don't go out on a descriptive limb there.) At one point, when two main characters are talking, a quote is attributed to the WRONG CHARACTER. That's right, she has one main character apparently addressing herself. How did that ever make it into print? Now, I don't pick up Danielle Steel expecting complicated prose, but I do expect decent writing that allows me to enjoy the story. I was disappointed. I found the whole book to be shallow. I wasn't engaged by any of the characters, and I really found it hard to care about their lives. They weren't fleshed out enough, and the words that came out of their mouths seem to be repeated over and over. Each character said basically the same thing throughout the book. I've enjoyed books by Steel in the past, such as "Heartbeat" and "Mixed Blessings." Each of these books had characterization and good storytelling. You cared about the characters. This book left me flat...