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Summary: Loved it, but ....
Review: I just loved this book but... I was disappointed in the last chapter. Even tho Ellie wanted a child desperately, after discovering Skyler was infact her child who was kidnapped, I feel that after some long, hard deliberating she should have lovingly given over the baby to Skyler and then Tony, to raise. After all isn't the child the most important here. And isn't that a confusing situration. With her grandmother part of the week, and her mother on the weekend. And also just what name were each of them supposed to be called? Mommy? Unless I missed something, that was the way it would be forever, wasn't it. (And the fact that she is the grandmother and would always be near Alisa it would have been better all around. I also didn't like the way Tony had to do all the chasing. Skyler truly loved him and I wish she had the guts to take a chance on her feelings. I wonder IF the fact that they were from two different backgrounds, wasn't the real reason she hesitated, instead of following her heart, wondering if her parents would have accepted him and if he would fit it with her crowd. After being a softy regarding Ellis and Alisa, I feel that Kate and Will should have had some more down time thinking over just what they did. I don't think Will every will really realize how horrible they're decision not to own up was. And Kate really deserved a guilty conscience. I think Skyler forgave them too quickly, and it looked like to me that it wasn't made clear how her and Ellie were after reuniting.
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Summary: A VERY ENTERTAINING SUSPENSE
Review: I love the way Ms. Goudge loves to intertwine lives! This book is one of those examples. Like 'Garden of Lies', again lives are intertwined. Ms. Nightingales' baby is kidnapped. For several years she tries to adopt a baby, but each adoption fails. Finally an adoption succeeds. In that adoption, she unknowingly adopts her very own biological grandchild! In the end, victory prevails and everyone is happy. Very rich and deep plot. Very entertaining. I would recommend reading this novel, and I commend Ms. Goudge for writing it.
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Summary: This book was very entertaining and hard to put down.
Review: I loved this book. I thought it was thoroughly entertaining. I think the readers who didn't like it were trying to read too much into it. It's not a masterpiece. It's simply a book that a reader can get lost in and enjoy. I do agree with the reader that said that the male characters were poorly developed. I also hated the fact that Tony had to do all of the chasing. However, this is fiction. Purely enjoyable fiction.
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Summary: Am I missing something??
Review: I thought this book was one of the most predictable and boring books I have ever read. No meat. I guessed what would happen for 200 pages and gave up! Very disappointed.
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Summary: I was hooked after the first chapter
Review: I thought this was very enjoyable. A fast read and entertaining.
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Summary: I was hooked after the first chapter
Review: I thought this was very enjoyable. A fast read and entertaining.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: In her book, Trail of Secrets, Goudge tells of 3 protagonists. All of them are linked together by a secret that only one ofthem knows, which is Kate, and that is that her adopted daugther, Skyler, is the daugther of Ellie, whom she will meet up with years later. This secret will continuely hunt Kate, which boils it all down to the fact that she has kept this secret from her daughter which in the end, almost breaks her bonds with her daughter. Other things that also come into play in this book is that the reason the secret has become so important is because Skyler has a child, by accident, and gives it up for adoption, and who else none other than Ellie? So it is fate that brings all of them together which will wear down their defenses. I felt that this book was really good. I mean, it describes in beautiful detail the horrors of losing one's own child and what happens when you find her again. And I love how the author just brings everything together so beautifully. If you enjoy a good book, this is one to read!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: In her book, Trail of Secrets, Goudge tells of 3 protagonists. All of them are linked together by a secret that only one ofthem knows, which is Kate, and that is that her adopted daugther, Skyler, is the daugther of Ellie, whom she will meet up with years later. This secret will continuely hunt Kate, which boils it all down to the fact that she has kept this secret from her daughter which in the end, almost breaks her bonds with her daughter. Other things that also come into play in this book is that the reason the secret has become so important is because Skyler has a child, by accident, and gives it up for adoption, and who else none other than Ellie? So it is fate that brings all of them together which will wear down their defenses. I felt that this book was really good. I mean, it describes in beautiful detail the horrors of losing one's own child and what happens when you find her again. And I love how the author just brings everything together so beautifully. If you enjoy a good book, this is one to read!
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Summary: Boring, predictable, thankfully short book
Review: Is it just me, or was the whole plot written on the front flap of the book? I think this author should have kept some of the details secret, keep the reader in suspense & surprise us as the story unfolds. Like the majority of good books. How great is it when you are reading along & something amazing & shocking happens that you didn't see coming? I read about 35 pages of this book & I put it down. I just couldn't get into it. I found the dialogue very dry. I also felt like it was being written almost in movie format, not first person. Some of the thoughts were very over-dramatic. And I really just felt like what was the point in reading this book, when I knew what was going to happen from the flap? Maybe I should have stuck it out & tried reading more, but this book lost my interest, quick.
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Summary: The whole story on the front flap?
Review: Is it just me, or was the whole plot written on the front flap of the book? I think this author should have kept some of the details secret, keep the reader in suspense & surprise us as the story unfolds. Like the majority of good books. How great is it when you are reading along & something amazing & shocking happens that you didn't see coming? I read about 35 pages of this book & I put it down. I just couldn't get into it. I found the dialogue very dry. I also felt like it was being written almost in movie format, not first person. Some of the thoughts were very over-dramatic. And I really just felt like what was the point in reading this book, when I knew what was going to happen from the flap? Maybe I should have stuck it out & tried reading more, but this book lost my interest, quick.
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