1 to 20 of 49 -
Page:
Review Date: 10/1/2011
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
"A fun light read. Interesting comment on the period and treatment of antiquities from the Greece. I liked the heroinne and the introspection she goes through after her husband dies. While the plot was a bit slow, the characters were interesting and I enjoyed reading this book."
Review Date: 6/14/2011
"Not nearly as good as the first book. It's interesting but it feels too over the top. I did enjoy reading it but it just wasn't as good as I was hoping."
Review Date: 9/15/2011
"Such an amazing book. I was hooked from the first couple of pages. I didn't think that I would like the fact that the book is told by the dog, but it is perfect. One of my very favorite books. While the book draws many analogies from car racing, that is not what it's about, so don't let that put you off. It's about life, and told so wisely by this wonderful dog. It is a tearjearker though! I did pretty good right up until the end where the boy echo'd Enzo's dream, then I was a goner. This is a book I will read over and over."
Beauty : A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales)
Author:
Book Type: Paperback
133
Author:
Book Type: Paperback
133
Review Date: 10/8/2011
"A sweet reasonably simplistic telling of this fairy tale. Could certainly see where the Disney version got it's inspiration. I enjoyed it as a nice comforting read, although it left a lot of questions that I hoped would be answered, like why the Beast suddenly can't actually live if she is gone from the castle, why exactly he was cursed. McKinley seems to like to leave all the details to your own imagination. I really didn't like that Beauty became a beauty in the end, why wasn't it enough that he fell in love with her as is. Also didn't like that he had fallen in love with her during their first meeting when she's literally falling over in fear of him. Ah, I guess I maybe wanted a less YA version. Otherwise, really, it is a good re-telling and worth reading."
Review Date: 9/28/2010
"Very much enjoyed this book and it's one well worth re-reading. Alice Borchardt is a wonderful story teller and drags you fully into her stories. Well written. It feels very accurate to the time period and I love that people of both sides of the conflict are made into real characters rather than good vs. evil. Good romance story intertwined."
Review Date: 10/5/2011
"An interesting story focused around finding the bellwether of the fads. I particularly liked all the pieces about past fads, what was believed to contribute to them and what replaced them. It tied in really well with the book The Tipping Point which also discusses fads and what moves them from a small incident to a full fledged fad. The story didn't have much of a plot and was more of a vehicle to explain how a bellwether works. Having lived in Montana and around Boulder, I could appreciate the location and the references."
Review Date: 10/5/2011
"A well crafted story about figuring out what truely are the blessings in your life and finding out where home is. I enjoyed reading this book. There is a lot of sad/unhappy people in this book learning to come to terms with the hand life dealt them, but in the end everything mostly come out alright. There is a fair amount of symbolism in this book, not all of it I comepletely understood, but I enjoyed reading this book."
Review Date: 4/11/2012
"Hmmm, reading the reviews, I thought this would be a much better story, but sadly it was not. It was ok, but it felt forced. I wouldn't read it again or probably get another by this author. Maybe I'm just tired of dewy inexperienced gals falling for former(or often current) man whores and the whole conflict revolves around him being forced to actually say he loves the girl who is too stupid to see that actions say more than words. Sigh."
Review Date: 6/12/2011
"My least favorite kind of romance...the characters feel one dimensional, they say everthing they are thinking along with what they think the other character is thinking, as if anyone ever talks like that. Sorry, didn't like this at all and despite not having anything else to read couldn't force myself to finish this."
Review Date: 6/14/2011
"I wanted to love this book, but I had a really hard time getting into it. Not sure why. I liked the movie and this has to be one of the very few times I liked the movie better than the book. The book feels dry and disconnected from the characters."
Review Date: 10/20/2011
"While I liked the first book in this series fairly well, I just couldn't get into this book. I barely finished it, then with a lot of skipping around. I thought the third book was better, although predictable. It was just too much that she came to town to be a courtesan and was anything but."
Review Date: 6/12/2011
"This wasn't my favorite Balogh novel, although it was ok for a quick thoughtless read. The characters weren't bad, although you knew what was going to happen and how. Ok though"
Review Date: 10/2/2011
"I had higher hopes for this book. It was good, but the romance pretty much over road anything else that might have been interesting in the book. It was better than the average romantic drivel, but still the romance was the plot. Sigh. I love historical fiction for bringing into that period of time, but this book only gives a small glimpse. I liked the book better until the end where it had the typical romantic ending of the male lead forced to give up his deepest darkest secrets to prove his love. Oh please. At any rate, it is an easy mostly entertaining read that sets you up for the next books in the series and I admit I'm interested enough to order the next 3."
Review Date: 10/5/2011
"I could not get into this book and I made many attempts. Horrible. The author has a lot to tell you about this particular world and how it fits with the gods world and what makes them work/not work....so boring! Very little action with actual characters. The dragon is supposed to be the earth and the unicorn is of the sun and they have these hypothical mystical almost battles. Just couldn't do it."
Review Date: 6/14/2011
"I had a tough time getting into this book. Steamy sex scenes but meh for the dialog and character development. The actual plot (if you can call it that) just barely moves. I wouldn't order any more Kenyon books after having read this one."
Review Date: 9/15/2011
"This is an interesting twist on the modern fairytale...what happens after the prince rescues the princess. Some of the plot towards the end went way over the top, but it was still very good. Not what I was expecting."
Review Date: 6/14/2011
"Everything I hate in a romance...fake dialog, characters thrown together with no more chemistry than the fact that they are both gorgeous, some how always know what the other is thinking (ha, as if that was how it really works)--except of course when it is convenient to moving the plot along to have them completely misunderstand each other. I dispise the whole have sex even if she hates it because we have chemistry and somehow that turns into love. Really? Although I guess I've met a few people like that at the bar with the same wish... I could't force myself to finish this."
Review Date: 9/14/2011
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"I had a tougher time with Voyager and with the Drums of August, but this book was one of my favorites of the series. While I sometimes feel that since the novels are so long, Diana Gabaldon tries to explore every horrible or strange thing that could possibly happen to a person (Almost all the main characters have been raped, stabbed, various beating and near death experiences). However, her writing style is so wonderful and the characters are so real and so well drawn and fleshed out you feel like you are right there. And seriously, who wouldn't want Jamie around??"
Review Date: 10/5/2011
"Surprisingly a pretty good story with a small mystery, although the ending was a bit too trite...a "let's wrap this up with a good Hollywood ending". The romance stories were good, believable. A nice comfort book."
Review Date: 10/1/2010
"It was an alright readable romance. I really couldn't figure out where all the great reviews came from though. It was a bit different from the norm with the hero getting struck down and needing some serious rescuing, but nothing completely new. The pious outcries from the heroine got a little old, we got it--perfectly modest religious Christian girl. But all in all, good. I probably wouldn't read again though. I think Diana Gabaldon has completely ruined me for this genre though because it's really tough to beat (or even come close) Jamie and Claire."
1 to 20 of 49 -
Page: