A Good Woman
by Danielle Steel
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Book Reviews of A Good Woman
Book Review: Average Book, Lots of Repetition, AGAIN!
Summary: 2 Stars
Steel once again writes a story of a character who loses loved ones on the Titantic. Been there done that.
The book is mediocre, at best. The main character, in typical Steel style faces lots of tragedies, but the way the story is written, it just doesn't draw the reader in. She could have made it more interesting as this female character becomes a physician. But...it isn't interesting.
As in the Steel's books over the last 5-7 years, since she pumps them out in record time, this one is filled with repetition. Over and over the same words saying the same thing. I read this book in a day and a half. It seems most of her books could qualify for novellas. I wonder if she gets paid by the word??
Get this from the library, save your money.
Book Review: A Good Woman: A throwback to epic DS
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been reading Danielle Steel for many years. I LOVED this novel. It reminded me of some of her other epics like "Rememberance" and "Echos." Annabelle Worthington was an incredibly captivating character. This book is not at all the typical romance that DS does. In fact, the main character does not even have a functional love interest for the whole novel! Annabelle was a strong and independent woman that did what few women could at the time. Become a doctor. When I returned this book to the library today, I actually had to say good-bye to Annabelle in my head. Yes, some of the language is repetative, oh well. Ms. Steel created an amazing character. This was a very special book.Book Review: Good Read
Summary: 4 Stars
There was a bit of hand-wringing and repetition but on the whole the book was interesting and I couldn't put it down. It does take you places: Paris, South of France, England, Newport, R.I. Also, I really appreciated what two of the characters in the book said to her and about her. Truths for us all to hold on to. One said something about knowing who your real friends are and not being concerned about what fair-weathered friends think/say about you. The other about the real person inside, a person's qualities that set them apart from the masses. That being what defines us and makes us exceptional.Book Review: A Good Woman
Summary: 1 Stars
I have read many many of Danielle Steel's books, many of which I truly cherish. This one was not a book I enjoyed reading. I didn't enjoy the story much at all. I thought it started out well, but just was not happy with the many different directions it chose to take and I was quite dissatisfied with the abrupt ending. I don't write reviews often at all. And I was compelled to come online after finishing the book to see what other have thought. And, I guess like many things, there's people on both sides. Either people hated it or loved it. Not so much in between.Book Review: Typical Steele.
Summary: 1 Stars
I've read several DS books over the years and then quit for a while when they all ran together. I thought this book was a saga, much like Thurston House, a DS book that I did enjoy. I was SO disappointed in A Good Woman because it was so typical of her other books.....rich beautiful girl going through so much turmoil in her life and none of it her own fault, but she'll find a wonderful man to make it all right. If DS would have left out all the redundancy this book could have been 100 pages long. Last DS I'll read.