have to admit, I've mostly read fluff lately. But sometimes reading fluff is good. :) One needs at time an escape from the world.
The long Road Home by Danielle Steele. Well... what a gripper of the heart and emotions. The realism in the first half of the book had me wondering what would happen...would the child live or die? Would the story then follow a different character? The last half of the book seemed a bit ...I don't know... a bit overdone and too focused on relational stuff. But wow..the first half will most likely sit on my mind for a while.
The intense specter of child abuse portrayed in this book is so real that one weeps for a child so badly treated. I suppose that's why the end of the book seems a let down...I had so hoped the main character would somehow help make change in the world for others....but it just seemed a let down.
The intense specter of child abuse portrayed in this book is so real that one weeps for a child so badly treated. I suppose that's why the end of the book seems a let down...I had so hoped the main character would somehow help make change in the world for others....but it just seemed a let down.
A romance this book is. Jude Deveraux wrote Legend. It's a clever story I have to admit that. And it certainly made my story-telling heart go hmmm... what could I do with a plot like this? I talked it over with my son, telling him about a girl who went back in history...but went back to a pretend history and then went back to a real history and he was SO intrigued by the idea. We talked alot about the idea... which of course led to stories in Stargate and Star Trek when people go back in history or there are times of pretend history. It's an intriguing notion is it not?
What I liked in the story?... The character grew and changed as the result of all the things that she went through. Lives were changed. A good redemptive type story. Just ignore the worldly romance type things is all. :)
What I liked in the story?... The character grew and changed as the result of all the things that she went through. Lives were changed. A good redemptive type story. Just ignore the worldly romance type things is all. :)
A very interesting book has Catherine Coulter written. This book is a thriller romance. Sometimes I think this author tries too hard to make her books scary...all I want is intriguing, and an interest keeper. BUT in this book... it wasn't over done. It was just a hmm... what is going to happen, and who really is behind it all, and when you do find out who is behind it all it's a surprise.
The ending seemed a bit too.. I don't know..... too easily fixed for the good of all and the annihilation of evil. I generally don't think that life ties up quite so neatly.
I really liked the character of Rafe. She was quite believable. :)
The ending seemed a bit too.. I don't know..... too easily fixed for the good of all and the annihilation of evil. I generally don't think that life ties up quite so neatly.
I really liked the character of Rafe. She was quite believable. :)
read this book cover to finish but all in all.. DID not particularly like it. it seemed a bit too 'over the edge' for me. Just too improbable...or maybe in a scary world...too probable.
Have to admit... I liked this book. The characters were believable. The nastiness of the people involved probable. The realness of the good guys was believable. A suspense/thriller romance. The good guys win out in the end and the bad guys get shown for what they are. A couple of areas which seems a bit overdone, but overall an okay book that I'd read again sometime.